AirportsBole Alashankou Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bole, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is BPL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- BPL
- ICAO code
- ZWBL
- City
- Bole
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 44.8955° N, 82.3001° E
- Elevation
- 382 m (1,253 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,600 m (8,530 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, BPL means Bole Alashankou Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWBL. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 44.8955° N, 82.3001° E. It stands 382 metres (1,253 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Bole Alashankou Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,600 metres (8,530 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 137.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 2,600 m 8,530 ft | not listed | not listed | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ili Yining International AirportIli (Yining / Ghulja) | YIN | 130 km |
| Usharal AirportUsharal, Kazakhstan | USJ | 184 km |
| Xinyuan Nalati AirportXinyuan | NLT | 184 km |
| Tacheng Qianquan AirportTacheng | TCG | 213 km |
| Karamay AirportKaramay | KRY | 217 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,874 km | 2 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,999 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,255 km | 4 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,846 km | 7 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,209 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,003 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,290 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,885 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,176 km | 14 h 00 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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