AirportsGolden Triangle Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Columbus/W Point/Starkville, in Mississippi, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GTR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GTR
- ICAO code
- KGTR
- City
- Columbus/W Point/Starkville
- State or region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 33.4503° N, 88.5914° W
- Elevation
- 80 m (264 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,439 m (8,003 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GTR means Golden Triangle Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KGTR. 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 33.4503° N, 88.5914° W. It stands 80 metres (264 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tuscaloosa, about 99 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Golden Triangle Regional Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,439 metres (8,003 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 240.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,439 m 8,003 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tupelo Regional AirportTupelo | TUP | 92 km |
| Key Field / Meridian Regional AirportMeridian | MEI | 125 km |
| Northwest Alabama Regional AirportMuscle Shoals | MSL | 170 km |
| Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International AirportBirmingham | BHM | 171 km |
| Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJackson | JAN | 188 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,957 km | 16 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,851 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,457 km | 15 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,047 km | 9 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,535 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,749 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,927 km | 19 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,841 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,569 km | 18 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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