AirportsTashikuergan Hongqilafu Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Tashikuergan, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HQL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HQL
- ICAO code
- ZWTK
- City
- Tashikuergan
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 37.6613° N, 75.2889° E
- Elevation
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,800 m (12,467 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HQL means Tashikuergan Hongqilafu Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWTK. 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 37.6613° N, 75.2889° E. It stands 3,200 metres (10,499 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Shache, about 190 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Urumqi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tashikuergan Hongqilafu Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,800 metres (12,467 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 20.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| not named | 3,800 m 12,467 ft | 45 m | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shache AirportShache | QSZ | 168 km |
| Gilgit AirportGilgit, Pakistan | GIL | 212 km |
| Kashgar Laining International AirportKashgar | KHG | 219 km |
| Skardu International AirportSkardu, Pakistan | KDU | 259 km |
| Chitral AirportChitral, Pakistan | CJL | 368 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,026 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,078 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,331 km | 3 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,913 km | 7 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,757 km | 13 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,928 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,991 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,644 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,168 km | 13 h 55 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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