AirportsWainwright Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Wainwright, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is AIN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- AIN
- ICAO code
- PAWI
- City
- Wainwright
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 70.6380° N, 159.9950° W
- Elevation
- 12 m (41 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,370 m (4,494 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, AIN means Wainwright Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: PAWI. ICAO codes that begin with P belong to the North Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 70.6380° N, 159.9950° W. It stands 12 metres (41 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Wainwright Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,370 metres (4,494 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 518.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 1,370 m 4,494 ft | 27 m | Gravel | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Atqasuk Edward Burnell Sr Memorial AirportAtqasuk | ATK | 97 km |
| Wiley Post Will Rogers Memorial AirportUtqiaġvik | BRW | 137 km |
| Point Lay LRRS AirportPoint Lay | PIZ | 152 km |
| Cape Lisburne LRRS AirportCape Lisburne | LUR | 306 km |
| Nuiqsut AirportNuiqsut | NUI | 338 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,115 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,245 km | 11 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,997 km | 11 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,339 km | 8 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,657 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 4,771 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,087 km | 12 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,222 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,257 km | 15 h 15 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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