AirportsBurqin Kanas Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Burqin, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KJI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KJI
- ICAO code
- ZWKN
- City
- Burqin
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 48.2223° N, 86.9959° E
- Elevation
- 1,195 m (3,921 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,500 m (8,202 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KJI means Burqin Kanas Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWKN. 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 48.2223° N, 86.9959° E. It stands 1,195 metres (3,921 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Jinshanlu, about 94 km away in a straight line.
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
Burqin Kanas Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,500 metres (8,202 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 200.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,500 m 8,202 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Altay Xuedu AirportAltay | AAT | 97 km |
| Zaysan AirportZaysan, Kazakhstan | SZI | 177 km |
| Ölgii Mongolei International AirportÖlgii, Mongolia | ULG | 232 km |
| Fuyun Koktokay AirportFuyun | FYN | 246 km |
| Tacheng Qianquan AirportTacheng | TCG | 324 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,346 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,481 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,756 km | 5 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,893 km | 7 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 9,954 km | 12 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,536 km | 13 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,461 km | 7 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,494 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,133 km | 13 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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