AirportsKlagenfurt Airport is a large airport serving Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, in Carinthia, Austria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KLU.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KLU
- ICAO code
- LOWK
- City
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
- State or region
- Carinthia
- Country
- Austria
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 46.6425° N, 14.3377° E
- Elevation
- 449 m (1,472 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,720 m (8,924 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KLU means Klagenfurt Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LOWK. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 46.6425° N, 14.3377° E. It stands 449 metres (1,472 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Vienna, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Klagenfurt Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,720 metres (8,924 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 6 airports of Austria on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 5.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 2,720 m 8,924 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 10R/28L | 740 m 2,427 ft | 27 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ljubljana Jože Pučnik AirportZgornji Brnik, Slovenia | LJU | 47 km |
| Graz AirportFeldkirchen bei Graz | GRZ | 92 km |
| Maribor Edvard Rusjan AirportMaribor, Slovenia | MBX | 105 km |
| Trieste AirportRonchi dei Legionari/Trieste, Italy | TRS | 113 km |
| Rijeka AirportRijeka(Omišalj), Croatia | RJK | 160 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,718 km | 7 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,093 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,322 km | 5 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,202 km | 1 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,740 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,884 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,872 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,377 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,149 km | 19 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.
Links
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