AirportsJinchang Jinchuan Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Jinchang, in Gansu Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is JIC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- JIC
- ICAO code
- ZLJC
- City
- Jinchang
- State or region
- Gansu Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.5422° N, 102.3483° E
- Elevation
- 1,445 m (4,740 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, JIC means Jinchang Jinchuan Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZLJC. 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 38.5422° N, 102.3483° E. It stands 1,445 metres (4,740 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Wuwei, about 73 km away in a straight line.
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
Jinchang Jinchuan 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 88.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | not listed | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Alxa Right Banner Badanjilin AirportBadanjilin | RHT | 103 km |
| Zhangye Ganzhou AirportZhangye (Ganzhou) | YZY | 148 km |
| Haibei Qilian AirportHaibei (Qilian) | HBQ | 160 km |
| Xining Caojiabao International AirportHaidong (Huzhu Tu Autonomous County) | XNN | 226 km |
| Lanzhou Zhongchuan International AirportLanzhou (Yongdeng) | LHW | 252 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,579 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,568 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,619 km | 6 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,528 km | 9 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,202 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,926 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,139 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,316 km | 4 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,502 km | 11 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.
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