AirportsDeoghar Airport is a small airport serving Deoghar, in Jharkhand, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DGH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DGH
- ICAO code
- VEDO
- City
- Deoghar
- State or region
- Jharkhand
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 24.4468° N, 86.7050° E
- Elevation
- 110 m (361 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 731 m (2,398 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DGH means Deoghar Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VEDO. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 24.4468° N, 86.7050° E. It stands 110 metres (361 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Dhanbad, about 77 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Deoghar Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 731 metres (2,398 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 114.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 731 m 2,398 ft | not listed | Paved | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kazi Nazrul Islam AirportDurgapur | RDP | 107 km |
| Gaya AirportGaya | GAY | 180 km |
| Birsa Munda AirportRanchi | IXR | 189 km |
| Shah Makhdum AirportRajshahi, Bangladesh | RJH | 194 km |
| Jay Prakash Narayan AirportPatna | PAT | 207 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,059 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,547 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,156 km | 4 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,717 km | 9 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,502 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,001 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,170 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,195 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,406 km | 11 h 50 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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