AirportsHaines Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Haines, in Alaska, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HNS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HNS
- ICAO code
- PAHN
- City
- Haines
- State or region
- Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 59.2439° N, 135.5239° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (15 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,219 m (4,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HNS means Haines Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: PAHN. ICAO codes that begin with P belong to the North Pacific, including Alaska and Hawaii. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 59.2439° N, 135.5239° W. It stands 5 metres (15 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Juneau, about 123 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Juneau, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Haines Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,219 metres (4,000 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 547.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 1,219 m 4,000 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Skagway AirportSkagway | SGY | 27 km |
| Gustavus AirportGustavus | GST | 92 km |
| Excursion Inlet Seaplane BaseExcursion Inlet | EXI | 92 km |
| Juneau International AirportJuneau | JNU | 113 km |
| Funter Bay Seaplane BaseFunter Bay | FNR | 116 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,801 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,929 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,566 km | 13 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,057 km | 9 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,668 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,082 km | 4 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,546 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,387 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,340 km | 15 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.
Links
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