AirportsGuyuan Liupanshan Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Guyuan (Yuanzhou), in Ningxia Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is GYU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- GYU
- ICAO code
- ZLGY
- City
- Guyuan (Yuanzhou)
- State or region
- Ningxia Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 36.0789° N, 106.2169° E
- Elevation
- 1,746 m (5,727 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,800 m (9,186 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, GYU means Guyuan Liupanshan Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZLGY. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 36.0789° N, 106.2169° E. It stands 1,746 metres (5,727 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Guyuan Liupanshan Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,800 metres (9,186 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 104.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,800 m 9,186 ft | 45 m | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Qingyang Xifeng AirportQingyang (Xifeng) | IQN | 128 km |
| Tianshui Maijishan AirportTianshui (Maiji) | THQ | 172 km |
| Zhongwei Shapotou AirportZhongwei (Shapotou) | ZHY | 191 km |
| Lanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportLanzhou (Yongdeng) | LHW | 238 km |
| Yinchuan Hedong International AirportYinchuan | INC | 250 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,849 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,763 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,953 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,958 km | 10 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,484 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,956 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,868 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,012 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,077 km | 11 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.
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