AirportsKaramay Airport is a small airport serving Karamay, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KRY.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KRY
- ICAO code
- ZWKM
- City
- Karamay
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 45.4665° N, 84.9527° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,600 m (8,530 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KRY means Karamay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWKM. 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 45.4665° N, 84.9527° E.
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
Karamay Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,600 metres (8,530 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 160.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 2,600 m 8,530 ft | not listed | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shihezi Huayuan AirportShihezi | SHF | 155 km |
| Tacheng Qianquan AirportTacheng | TCG | 183 km |
| Bole Alashankou AirportBole | BPL | 217 km |
| Zaysan AirportZaysan, Kazakhstan | SZI | 225 km |
| Xinyuan Nalati AirportXinyuan | NLT | 258 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,003 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,137 km | 4 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,465 km | 4 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,967 km | 7 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,209 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,877 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,247 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,671 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,054 km | 13 h 50 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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