AirportsKirksville Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kirksville, in Missouri, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is IRK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- IRK
- ICAO code
- KIRK
- City
- Kirksville
- State or region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 40.0935° N, 92.5449° W
- Elevation
- 294 m (966 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 1,830 m (6,005 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, IRK means Kirksville Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KIRK. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 40.0935° N, 92.5449° W. It stands 294 metres (966 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Columbia, about 128 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kirksville Regional Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 1,830 metres (6,005 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 438.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,830 m 6,005 ft | 30 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 09/27 | 418 m 1,370 ft | 30 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin FieldQuincy | UIN | 116 km |
| Southeast Iowa Regional AirportBurlington | BRL | 143 km |
| Columbia Regional AirportColumbia | COU | 145 km |
| Des Moines International AirportDes Moines | DSM | 185 km |
| Kansas City International AirportKansas City | MCI | 205 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,307 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,263 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,026 km | 15 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,771 km | 8 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,588 km | 2 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,386 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,110 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,045 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,437 km | 17 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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