AirportsSeiyun Hadhramaut International Airport is a large airport serving Seiyun, in Hadhramaut Governorate, Yemen. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GXF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GXF
- ICAO code
- OYSY
- City
- Seiyun
- State or region
- Hadhramaut Governorate
- Country
- Yemen
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 15.9659° N, 48.7881° E
- Elevation
- 639 m (2,097 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GXF means Seiyun Hadhramaut International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OYSY. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 15.9659° N, 48.7881° E. It stands 639 metres (2,097 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Mukalla, about 162 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Aden, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Seiyun Hadhramaut International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 7 airports of Yemen on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 37 m | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Riyan International AirportMukalla(Riyan) | RIY | 158 km |
| Sharurah Domestic AirportSharurah, Saudi Arabia | SHW | 244 km |
| Al Ghaydah International AirportAl Ghaydah | AAY | 363 km |
| Sanaa International AirportSanaa | SAH | 492 km |
| Najran Domestic AirportNajran, Saudi Arabia | EAM | 500 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,220 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,575 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,238 km | 2 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,859 km | 7 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,379 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,302 km | 17 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,259 km | 8 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,072 km | 11 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,114 km | 15 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.
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