AirportsShakhtyorsk Airport is a small airport serving Shakhtyorsk, in Sakhalin Oblast, Russia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is EKS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- EKS
- ICAO code
- UHSK
- City
- Shakhtyorsk
- State or region
- Sakhalin Oblast
- Country
- Russia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 49.1903° N, 142.0830° E
- Elevation
- 15 m (50 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,600 m (5,249 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, EKS means Shakhtyorsk Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: UHSK. ICAO codes that begin with U belong to Russia and neighbouring states. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 49.1903° N, 142.0830° E. It stands 15 metres (50 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Poronaysk, about 73 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Sakhalin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Shakhtyorsk Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,600 metres (5,249 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 136 airports of Russia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 121.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 1,600 m 5,249 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk International AirportYuzhno-Sakhalinsk | UUS | 261 km |
| Nogliki AirportNogliki | NGK | 298 km |
| Bogorodskoye AirportBogorodskoye | BQG | 373 km |
| Komsomolsk-on-Amur AirportKomsomolsk-on-Amur | KXK | 394 km |
| Wakkanai AirportWakkanai, Japan | WKJ | 422 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,872 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,914 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,683 km | 9 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,273 km | 10 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,427 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,844 km | 9 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,433 km | 8 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,528 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,288 km | 11 h 40 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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