AirportsOrcas Island Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Eastsound, in Washington, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ESD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ESD
- ICAO code
- KORS
- City
- Eastsound
- State or region
- Washington
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 48.7082° N, 122.9100° W
- Elevation
- 9 m (31 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 884 m (2,901 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ESD means Orcas Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KORS. 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 48.7082° N, 122.9100° W. It stands 9 metres (31 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Surrey, about 45 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Orcas Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 884 metres (2,901 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 639.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 884 m 2,901 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rosario Seaplane BaseRosario | RSJ | 8 km |
| Waldron AirstripEastsound | WDN | 8 km |
| Westsound/WSX Seaplane BaseWest Sound | WSX | 11 km |
| Deer Harbor SPBDeer Harbor | DHB | 12 km |
| Blakely Island AirportBlakely Island | BYW | 16 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,196 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,316 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,790 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,612 km | 9 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,916 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,684 km | 2 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 12,861 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,602 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,495 km | 15 h 35 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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