AirportsLa Désirade Airport is a small airport serving Grande Anse, in (unassigned), Guadeloupe. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is DSD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- DSD
- ICAO code
- TFFA
- City
- Grande Anse
- State or region
- (unassigned)
- Country
- Guadeloupe
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 16.2969° N, 61.0844° W
- Elevation
- 3 m (10 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 605 m (1,985 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, DSD means La Désirade Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: TFFA. ICAO codes that begin with T belong to the Caribbean. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 16.2969° N, 61.0844° W. It stands 3 metres (10 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Le Moule, about 28 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Guadeloupe, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
La Désirade Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 605 metres (1,985 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 605 m 1,985 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 |
|---|---|---|
| St-François AirportSt-François | SFC | 20 km |
| Maryse Condé International AirportPointe-à-Pitre | PTP | 48 km |
| Marie-Galante AirportGrand-Bourg | GBJ | 52 km |
| Basse-Terre Baillif AirportBasse-Terre | BBR | 77 km |
| Douglas-Charles AirportMarigot, Dominica | DOM | 87 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,300 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,625 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,730 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,577 km | 8 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,970 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 6,014 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,459 km | 21 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,845 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,246 km | 20 h 05 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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