AirportsKirundo Airport is a small airport serving Kirundo, in Kirundo Province, Burundi. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KRE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KRE
- ICAO code
- HBBO
- City
- Kirundo
- State or region
- Kirundo Province
- Country
- Burundi
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 2.5448° S, 30.0946° E
- Elevation
- 1,375 m (4,511 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KRE means Kirundo Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: HBBO. ICAO codes that begin with H belong to east and north-east Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 2.5448° S, 30.0946° E. It stands 1,375 metres (4,511 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Kigali, about 66 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Bujumbura, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kirundo Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,000 metres (3,281 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 1,000 m 3,281 ft | not listed | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kigali International AirportKigali, Rwanda | KGL | 64 km |
| Gitega AirportGitega | GID | 99 km |
| Bujumbura Melchior Ndadaye International AirportBujumbura | BJM | 122 km |
| Kamembe AirportKamembe, Rwanda | KME | 132 km |
| Goma International AirportGoma, Democratic Republic of the Congo | GOM | 136 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,087 km | 7 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,257 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,120 km | 5 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,663 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,360 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 15,235 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,226 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 11,947 km | 14 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,651 km | 15 h 45 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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