AirportsKashgar Laining International Airport is a large airport serving Kashgar, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KHG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KHG
- ICAO code
- ZWSH
- City
- Kashgar
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 39.5423° N, 76.0202° E
- Elevation
- 1,380 m (4,529 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KHG means Kashgar Laining International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWSH. 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 39.5423° N, 76.0202° E. It stands 1,380 metres (4,529 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Urumqi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kashgar Laining International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 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 70.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 41 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Shache AirportShache | QSZ | 170 km |
| Tashikuergan Hongqilafu AirportTashikuergan | HQL | 219 km |
| Tumxuk Tangwangcheng AirportTumxuk | TWC | 277 km |
| Osh International AirportOsh, Kyrgyzstan | OSS | 299 km |
| Andijan International AirportAndijan, Uzbekistan | AZN | 343 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,226 km | 2 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,294 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,496 km | 3 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,825 km | 7 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,589 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,710 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,104 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,521 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,236 km | 14 h 00 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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