AirportsFort Wayne International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Fort Wayne, in Indiana, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is FWA.
Key facts
- IATA code
- FWA
- ICAO code
- KFWA
- City
- Fort Wayne
- State or region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 40.9789° N, 85.1945° W
- Elevation
- 248 m (814 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,652 m (11,981 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, FWA means Fort Wayne International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KFWA. 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 40.9789° N, 85.1945° W. It stands 248 metres (814 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Indiana/Indianapolis, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Fort Wayne International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,652 metres (11,981 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 36.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,652 m 11,981 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 2,439 m 8,002 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 09/27 | 1,220 m 4,001 ft | 23 m | Concrete and 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 |
|---|---|---|
| South Bend International AirportSouth Bend | SBN | 124 km |
| Eugene F. Kranz Toledo Express AirportToledo | TOL | 134 km |
| Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International AirportKalamazoo | AZO | 142 km |
| James M. Cox Dayton International AirportDayton | DAY | 145 km |
| Michigan City Municipal AirportMichigan City | MGC | 158 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,071 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,962 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,602 km | 14 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,250 km | 8 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 961 km | 1 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,014 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,217 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,347 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,065 km | 18 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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