AirportsHefei Xinqiao International Airport is a large airport serving Hefei, in Anhui Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HFE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HFE
- ICAO code
- ZSOF
- City
- Hefei
- State or region
- Anhui Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 31.9878° N, 116.9769° E
- Elevation
- 63 m (207 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,400 m (11,155 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HFE means Hefei Xinqiao International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZSOF. 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 31.9878° N, 116.9769° E. It stands 63 metres (207 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
Hefei Xinqiao International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,400 metres (11,155 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 52.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 3,400 m 11,155 ft | 50 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Bengbu Tenghu AirportBengbu | BFY | 131 km |
| Fuyang Xiguan AirportYingzhou, Fuyang | FUG | 153 km |
| Chizhou Jiuhuashan AirportChizhou | JUH | 154 km |
| Anqing Tianzhushan Airport / Anqing North Air BaseAnqing | AQG | 156 km |
| Nanjing Lukou International AirportNanjing | NKG | 181 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,828 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,617 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,981 km | 7 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,913 km | 11 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,864 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,671 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,669 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,140 km | 3 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,159 km | 10 h 20 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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