AirportsSacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base is a medium-sized airport serving Sacheon, in Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province), South Korea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HIN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HIN
- ICAO code
- RKPS
- City
- Sacheon
- State or region
- Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang Province)
- Country
- South Korea
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 35.0886° N, 128.0717° E
- Elevation
- 8 m (25 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,743 m (9,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HIN means Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RKPS. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.0886° N, 128.0717° E. It stands 8 metres (25 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Seoul, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sacheon Airport / Sacheon Air Base has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,743 metres (9,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 15 airports of South Korea on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06L/24R | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 06R/24L | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Yeosu AirportYeosu | RSU | 50 km |
| Gimhae International AirportBusan | PUS | 79 km |
| Daegu International AirportDaegu | TAE | 104 km |
| Gwangju AirportGwangju | KWJ | 115 km |
| Ulsan AirportUlsan | USN | 129 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,819 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,671 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,924 km | 8 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,163 km | 11 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,303 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,688 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,503 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,064 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,044 km | 10 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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