AirportsDatong Yungang International Airport is a large airport serving Datong, in Shanxi Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DAT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DAT
- ICAO code
- ZBDT
- City
- Datong
- State or region
- Shanxi Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 40.0614° N, 113.4805° E
- Elevation
- 1,049 m (3,442 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DAT means Datong Yungang International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZBDT. 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 40.0614° N, 113.4805° E. It stands 1,049 metres (3,442 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
Datong Yungang International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 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 84.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shuozhou Zirun AirportShuozhou | SZH | 111 km |
| Ulanqab Jining AirportUlanqab | UCB | 123 km |
| Zhangjiakou Ningyuan AirportZhangjiakou | ZQZ | 144 km |
| Hohhot Baita International AirportHohhot | HET | 165 km |
| Xinzhou Wutaishan AirportXinzhou | WUT | 169 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,549 km | 4 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,512 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,581 km | 7 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,999 km | 10 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,012 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,215 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,410 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,356 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,093 km | 11 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.
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