AirportsHalwara International Airport is a large airport serving Halwara, in Punjab, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is HWR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- HWR
- ICAO code
- VIHX
- City
- Halwara
- State or region
- Punjab
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 30.7485° N, 75.6298° E
- Elevation
- 241 m (790 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,050 m (10,007 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, HWR means Halwara International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VIHX. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 30.7485° N, 75.6298° E. It stands 241 metres (790 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Halwara International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,050 metres (10,007 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 26.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,050 m 10,007 ft | 45 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Adampur AirportAdampur | AIP | 77 km |
| Shaheed Bhagat Singh International AirportChandigarh | IXC | 111 km |
| Sri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportAmritsar | ATQ | 133 km |
| Allama Iqbal International AirportLahore, Pakistan | LHE | 145 km |
| Pathankot AirportPathankot | IXP | 165 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 282 km | 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,326 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,077 km | 3 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,459 km | 8 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,476 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,673 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,428 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,891 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,694 km | 13 h 25 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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