AirportsHeide-Büsum Airport is a small airport serving Oesterdeichstrich, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HEI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HEI
- ICAO code
- EDXB
- City
- Oesterdeichstrich
- State or region
- Schleswig-Holstein
- Country
- Germany
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 54.1533° N, 8.9017° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (7 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 720 m (2,362 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HEI means Heide-Büsum Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EDXB. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 54.1533° N, 8.9017° E. It stands 2 metres (7 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Bremerhaven, about 70 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Berlin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Heide-Büsum Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 720 metres (2,362 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 38 airports of Germany on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 34.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 720 m 2,362 ft | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sea-Airport Cuxhaven/Nordholz / Nordholz Naval AirbaseWurster Nordseeküste | FCN | 46 km |
| Helgoland-Düne AirportHelgoland | HGL | 64 km |
| Wangerooge AirportWangerooge | AGE | 76 km |
| Hamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportHamburg | HAM | 92 km |
| Westerland Sylt AirportSylt | GWT | 92 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,077 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,613 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,972 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 696 km | 1 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,030 km | 7 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,996 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,217 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,988 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,325 km | 20 h 10 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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