AirportsPiedmont Triad International Airport is a large airport serving Greensboro, in North Carolina, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GSO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GSO
- ICAO code
- KGSO
- City
- Greensboro
- State or region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 36.0994° N, 79.9373° W
- Elevation
- 282 m (925 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,048 m (10,001 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GSO means Piedmont Triad International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KGSO. 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 36.0994° N, 79.9373° W. It stands 282 metres (925 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Piedmont Triad International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,048 metres (10,001 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 94.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05R/23L | 3,048 m 10,001 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
| 05L/23R | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 14/32 | 1,945 m 6,380 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Concord-Padgett Regional AirportConcord | USA | 105 km |
| Raleigh-Durham International AirportRaleigh/Durham | RDU | 106 km |
| Charlotte Douglas International AirportCharlotte | CLT | 134 km |
| Roanoke–Blacksburg Regional AirportRoanoke | ROA | 136 km |
| Lynchburg Regional Airport - Preston Glenn FieldLynchburg | LYH | 151 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,435 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,244 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,737 km | 14 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,276 km | 8 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 737 km | 1 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,489 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,831 km | 19 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,051 km | 13 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,409 km | 19 h 05 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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