AirportsSiargao Airport is a small airport serving Del Carmen, in Surigao del Norte Province, Philippines. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is IAO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- IAO
- ICAO code
- RPNS
- City
- Del Carmen
- State or region
- Surigao del Norte Province
- Country
- Philippines
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 9.8591° N, 126.0140° E
- Elevation
- 3 m (10 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,270 m (4,167 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, IAO means Siargao Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RPNS. 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 9.8591° N, 126.0140° E. It stands 3 metres (10 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Butuan, about 114 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Manila, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Siargao Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,270 metres (4,167 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 43 airports of Philippines on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 38.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,270 m 4,167 ft | 30 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Surigao AirportSurigao City | SUG | 60 km |
| Bancasi AirportButuan | BXU | 117 km |
| Camiguin AirportMambajao | CGM | 158 km |
| Daniel Z. Romualdez AirportTacloban City | TAC | 187 km |
| Laguindingan International AirportLaguindingan | CGY | 220 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,495 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,792 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,604 km | 9 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,492 km | 14 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,043 km | 17 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,665 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,612 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,179 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 5,549 km | 7 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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