AirportsChoiseul Bay Airport is a small airport serving Choiseul Bay, in Choiseul Province, Solomon Islands. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CHY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CHY
- ICAO code
- AGGC
- City
- Choiseul Bay
- State or region
- Choiseul Province
- Country
- Solomon Islands
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 6.7119° S, 156.3961° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 660 m (2,164 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CHY means Choiseul Bay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AGGC. ICAO codes that begin with A belong to the western South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 6.7119° S, 156.3961° E. The nearest town in our data is Arawa, about 106 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Bougainville, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Choiseul Bay Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 660 metres (2,164 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 18 airports of Solomon Islands on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 15.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 660 m 2,164 ft | 25 m | Sand | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ballalae AirportBallalae | BAS | 64 km |
| Aropa AirportKieta, Papua New Guinea | KIE | 87 km |
| Mono AirportStirling Island | MNY | 121 km |
| Kaghau AirportKagau Island | KGE | 148 km |
| Nusatupe AirportGizo | GZO | 163 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,330 km | 11 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,577 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,431 km | 14 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,602 km | 18 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,785 km | 17 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,984 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,884 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,010 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,076 km | 4 h 10 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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