Heihe Aihui Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Heihe, in Heilongjiang Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HEK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HEK
- ICAO code
- ZYHE
- City
- Heihe
- State or region
- Heilongjiang Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 50.1716° N, 127.3089° E
- Elevation
- 319 m (1,047 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,500 m (8,202 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HEK means Heihe Aihui Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZYHE. 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 50.1716° N, 127.3089° E. It stands 319 metres (1,047 feet) above sea level.
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
Heihe Aihui Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,500 metres (8,202 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 193.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 2,500 m 8,202 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ignatyevo AirportBlagoveschensk, Russia | BQS | 29 km |
| Wudalianchi Dedu AirportHeihe | DTU | 211 km |
| Daxing'anling Elunchun AirportJiagedaqi | JGD | 228 km |
| Yichun Lindu AirportYichun | LDS | 297 km |
| Qiqihar Sanjiazi AirportQiqihar | NDG | 411 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,821 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,883 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,619 km | 8 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,686 km | 9 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,710 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,658 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,859 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,912 km | 2 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,644 km | 12 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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