AirportsInisheer Aerodrome is a small airport serving Inis Oírr, in County Galway, Ireland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is INQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- INQ
- ICAO code
- EIIR
- City
- Inis Oírr
- State or region
- County Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 53.0647° N, 9.5109° W
- Elevation
- 12 m (40 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 520 m (1,706 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, INQ means Inisheer Aerodrome. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EIIR. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 53.0647° N, 9.5109° W. It stands 12 metres (40 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Limerick, about 74 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Dublin, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Inisheer Aerodrome has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 520 metres (1,706 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 10 airports of Ireland on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 9.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 520 m 1,706 ft | 18 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inishmaan AerodromeInis Meáin | IIA | 5 km |
| Inishmore AerodromeInis Mór | IOR | 11 km |
| Connemara Regional AirportInverin | NNR | 19 km |
| Shannon AirportShannon | SNN | 56 km |
| Kerry AirportFarranfore | KIR | 98 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,293 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,820 km | 9 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,131 km | 7 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 640 km | 1 h 15 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,900 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,167 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,426 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,725 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,398 km | 21 h 30 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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