AirportsCologne Bonn Airport is a large airport serving Köln (Cologne), in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CGN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CGN
- ICAO code
- EDDK
- City
- Köln (Cologne)
- State or region
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 50.8659° N, 7.1427° E
- Elevation
- 92 m (302 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,815 m (12,516 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CGN means Cologne Bonn Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDDK. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.8659° N, 7.1427° E. It stands 92 metres (302 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Berlin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Cologne Bonn Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,815 metres (12,516 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13L/31R | 3,815 m 12,516 ft | 60 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 06/24 | 2,459 m 8,067 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 13R/31L | 1,863 m 6,112 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Düsseldorf AirportDüsseldorf | DUS | 54 km |
| Dortmund AirportDortmund | DTM | 80 km |
| Maastricht Aachen AirportMaastricht, Netherlands | MST | 96 km |
| Frankfurt-Hahn AirportFrankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) | HHN | 103 km |
| Weeze (Niederrhein) AirportWeeze | NRN | 107 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,214 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,680 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,967 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 534 km | 1 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,060 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,185 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,371 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,349 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,565 km | 20 h 25 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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