AirportsBorkum Airport is a small airport serving Borkum, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BMK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BMK
- ICAO code
- EDWR
- City
- Borkum
- State or region
- Lower Saxony
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 53.5964° N, 6.7092° E
- Elevation
- 1 m (3 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BMK means Borkum Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDWR. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 53.5964° N, 6.7092° E. It stands 1 metres (3 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Groningen, about 43 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Amsterdam, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Borkum Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 1,000 metres (3,281 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 31.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,000 m 3,281 ft | 20 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 12/30 | 870 m 2,854 ft | 40 m | Grass | not listed |
| 05/23 | 810 m 2,657 ft | 40 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Juist AirportJuist | JUI | 25 km |
| Norden-Norddeich AirportNorddeich | NOD | 32 km |
| Norderney AirportNorderney | NRD | 36 km |
| Emden AirportEmden | EME | 41 km |
| Baltrum AirportBaltrum | BMR | 46 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,223 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,746 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,087 km | 6 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 539 km | 1 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,919 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,944 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,366 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,124 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,481 km | 20 h 20 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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