AirportsKangding Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Garzê (Kangding), in Sichuan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KGT.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KGT
- ICAO code
- ZUKD
- City
- Garzê (Kangding)
- State or region
- Sichuan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 30.1425° N, 101.7387° E
- Elevation
- 4,280 m (14,042 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KGT means Kangding Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZUKD. 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 30.1425° N, 101.7387° E. It stands 4,280 metres (14,042 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
Kangding Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 4,000 metres (13,123 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15/33 | 4,000 m 13,123 ft | 52 m | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Daocheng Yading AirportGarzê (Daocheng) | DCY | 186 km |
| Leshan AirportLeshan (Wutongqiao) | LSG | 209 km |
| Chengdu Shuangliu International AirportChengdu (Shuangliu) | CTU | 217 km |
| Xichang Qingshan AirportLiangshan (Xichang) | XIC | 243 km |
| Chengdu Tianfu International AirportChengdu (Jianyang) | TFU | 260 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,390 km | 3 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,155 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,567 km | 6 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,206 km | 10 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,131 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,736 km | 14 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,210 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,582 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,815 km | 11 h 05 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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