AirportsKasos Airport is a small airport serving Kasos Island, in South Aegean, Greece. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KSJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KSJ
- ICAO code
- LGKS
- City
- Kasos Island
- State or region
- South Aegean
- Country
- Greece
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 35.4214° N, 26.9100° E
- Elevation
- 11 m (35 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 982 m (3,221 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KSJ means Kasos Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LGKS. 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 35.4214° N, 26.9100° E. It stands 11 metres (35 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Irákleion, about 161 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Athens, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kasos Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 982 metres (3,221 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 39 airports of Greece on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 37.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 982 m 3,221 ft | 25 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Karpathos AirportKarpathos Island | AOK | 21 km |
| Sitia AirportCrete Island | JSH | 77 km |
| Astypalaia AirportAstypalaia Island | JTY | 137 km |
| Rhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Rhodes | RHO | 152 km |
| Kos International Airport "Ippokratis"Kos Island | KGS | 154 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,744 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,841 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,943 km | 4 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,811 km | 3 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,313 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,501 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,752 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,502 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,986 km | 18 h 35 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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