AirportsKorla Licheng Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Korla, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KRL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KRL
- ICAO code
- ZWKL
- City
- Korla
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 41.6150° N, 86.1408° E
- Elevation
- 927 m (3,041 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,780 m (9,121 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KRL means Korla Licheng Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWKL. 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 41.6150° N, 86.1408° E. It stands 927 metres (3,041 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
Korla Licheng Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,780 metres (9,121 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 126.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,780 m 9,121 ft | 45 m | not listed | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Hejing Bayinbuluke AirportHejing | HJB | 232 km |
| Kuqa Qiuci AirportKuqa | KCA | 272 km |
| Ürümqi Tianshan International AirportÜrümqi | URC | 278 km |
| Turpan Jiaohe AirportTurpan | TLQ | 290 km |
| Shihezi Huayuan AirportShihezi | SHF | 293 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,667 km | 2 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,802 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,358 km | 4 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,319 km | 8 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,648 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,247 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,821 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,636 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,704 km | 13 h 25 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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