AirportsJiayuguan International Airport is a large airport serving Jiayuguan, in Gansu Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JGN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JGN
- ICAO code
- ZLJQ
- City
- Jiayuguan
- State or region
- Gansu Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 39.8591° N, 98.3393° E
- Elevation
- 1,558 m (5,112 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JGN means Jiayuguan International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZLJQ. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.8591° N, 98.3393° E. It stands 1,558 metres (5,112 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Jiayuguan International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 87.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 40 m | Paved | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zhangye Ganzhou AirportZhangye (Ganzhou) | YZY | 233 km |
| Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin AirportBadanjilin | RHT | 284 km |
| Haibei Qilian AirportHaibei (Qilian) | HBQ | 287 km |
| Dunhuang Mogao International AirportDunhuang | DNH | 302 km |
| Haixi Delingha AirportDelingha | HXD | 318 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,314 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,355 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,293 km | 5 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,188 km | 9 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,029 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,982 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,320 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,645 km | 4 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,837 km | 12 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.
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