AirportsShumba Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Jaén, in Cajamarca Region, Peru. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JAE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JAE
- ICAO code
- SPJE
- City
- Jaén
- State or region
- Cajamarca Region
- Country
- Peru
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 5.5925° S, 78.7740° W
- Elevation
- 755 m (2,477 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JAE means Shumba Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SPJE. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 5.5925° S, 78.7740° W. It stands 755 metres (2,477 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Chiclayo, about 177 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Lima, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Shumba Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 25 airports of Peru on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 21.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Chachapoyas AirportChachapoyas | CHH | 122 km |
| Mayor General FAP Armando Revoredo Iglesias AirportCajamarca | CJA | 175 km |
| Capitán FAP José A. Quiñones González International AirportChiclayo | CIX | 177 km |
| Ciudad de Catamayo AirportLa Toma (Catamayo), Ecuador | LOH | 190 km |
| PAF Captain Guillermo Concha Iberico International AirportPiura | PIU | 208 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 16,413 km | 20 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 16,597 km | 20 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 14,672 km | 18 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,693 km | 12 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,166 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 6,054 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 19,452 km | 23 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,858 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 13,174 km | 16 h 20 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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