AirportsGisborne Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Gisborne, in Gisborne Region, New Zealand. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GIS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GIS
- ICAO code
- NZGS
- City
- Gisborne
- State or region
- Gisborne Region
- Country
- New Zealand
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.6633° S, 177.9780° E
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Runways
- 5
- Longest runway
- 1,310 m (4,298 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GIS means Gisborne Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: NZGS. ICAO codes that begin with N belong to the South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.6633° S, 177.9780° E. It stands 5 metres (15 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tauranga, about 192 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Auckland, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Gisborne Airport has 5 runways in the data. The longest is 1,310 metres (4,298 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 28 airports of New Zealand on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 19.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14R/32L | 1,310 m 4,298 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09/27 | 1,170 m 3,839 ft | 60 m | Grass | not listed |
| 03/21 | 1,150 m 3,773 ft | 60 m | Grass | not listed |
| 14L/32R | 763 m 2,503 ft | 60 m | Grass | not listed |
| 14/32 | not listed | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Whakatāne AirportWhakatāne | WHK | 124 km |
| Hawke's Bay AirportNapier | NPE | 131 km |
| Rotorua Regional AirportRotorua | ROT | 157 km |
| Taupo AirportTaupo | TUO | 165 km |
| Tauranga AirportTauranga | TRG | 191 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,826 km | 15 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,606 km | 15 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,491 km | 18 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 18,586 km | 22 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,047 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,396 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,720 km | 11 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,138 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,449 km | 3 h 25 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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