AirportsSea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase is a medium-sized airport serving Wurster Nordseeküste, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FCN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FCN
- ICAO code
- ETMN
- City
- Wurster Nordseeküste
- State or region
- Lower Saxony
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 53.7677° N, 8.6592° E
- Elevation
- 23 m (74 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,439 m (8,002 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FCN means Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ETMN. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 53.7677° N, 8.6592° E. It stands 23 metres (74 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Bremen, about 78 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Berlin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval Airbase has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,439 metres (8,002 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 20.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 2,439 m 8,002 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Heide-Büsum AirportOesterdeichstrich | HEI | 46 km |
| Wangerooge AirportWangerooge | AGE | 49 km |
| Helgoland-Düne AirportHelgoland | HGL | 67 km |
| Bremen AirportBremen | BRE | 81 km |
| Baltrum AirportBaltrum | BMR | 85 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,094 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,621 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,972 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 666 km | 1 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,031 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,017 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,237 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,031 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,356 km | 20 h 10 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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