AirportsKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport is a large airport serving Katowice, in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KTW.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KTW
- ICAO code
- EPKT
- City
- Katowice
- State or region
- Silesian Voivodeship
- Country
- Poland
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 50.4760° N, 19.0807° E
- Elevation
- 303 m (995 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KTW means Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EPKT. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.4760° N, 19.0807° E. It stands 303 metres (995 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Kraków, about 76 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Warsaw, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 15 airports of Poland on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26 | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Kraków John Paul II International AirportBalice | KRK | 67 km |
| Leoš Janáček Airport OstravaMošnov, Czech Republic | OSR | 111 km |
| Łódź Władysław Reymont AirportŁódź | LCJ | 140 km |
| Copernicus Wrocław AirportWrocław | WRO | 170 km |
| Poprad-Tatry AirportPoprad, Slovakia | TAT | 177 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,374 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,847 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,174 km | 5 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,369 km | 2 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,830 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,743 km | 12 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,532 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,828 km | 11 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,755 km | 19 h 30 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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