AirportsDecatur Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Decatur, in Illinois, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DEC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DEC
- ICAO code
- KDEC
- City
- Decatur
- State or region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W
- Elevation
- 208 m (682 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 2,590 m (8,496 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DEC means Decatur Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KDEC. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.8346° N, 88.8657° W. It stands 208 metres (682 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Springfield, about 67 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Decatur Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 2,590 metres (8,496 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 213.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,590 m 8,496 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 12/30 | 2,072 m 6,799 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 18/36 | 1,615 m 5,298 ft | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of Illinois Willard AirportSavoy | CMI | 55 km |
| Abraham Lincoln Capital AirportSpringfield | SPI | 69 km |
| Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBloomington/Normal | BMI | 72 km |
| General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPeoria | PIA | 116 km |
| Scott AFB/Midamerica AirportBelleville | BLV | 166 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,273 km | 15 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,194 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,884 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,565 km | 8 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,282 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,694 km | 3 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,252 km | 18 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,264 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,735 km | 18 h 15 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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