AirportsCangyuan Washan Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Lincang (Cangyuan), in Yunnan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is CWJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- CWJ
- ICAO code
- ZPCW
- City
- Lincang (Cangyuan)
- State or region
- Yunnan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 23.2763° N, 99.3732° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,600 m (8,530 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, CWJ means Cangyuan Washan Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZPCW. 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 23.2763° N, 99.3732° E. The nearest large city in our data is Lincang, about 100 km away in a straight line.
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
Cangyuan Washan 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 140.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,600 m 8,530 ft | 45 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lincang Boshang AirportLincang | LNJ | 84 km |
| Lancang Jingmai AirportPu'er (Lancang) | JMJ | 104 km |
| Dehong Mangshi International AirportDehong (Mangshi) | LUM | 152 km |
| Lashio AirportLashio, Myanmar | LSH | 169 km |
| Pu'er Simao AirportPu'er | SYM | 171 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,300 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,783 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,446 km | 5 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,650 km | 10 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,873 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,502 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,489 km | 3 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,112 km | 5 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,394 km | 10 h 35 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.
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