AirportsLanyu Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Orchid Island, in Taitung County, Taiwan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KYD.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KYD
- ICAO code
- RCLY
- City
- Orchid Island
- State or region
- Taitung County
- Country
- Taiwan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 22.0270° N, 121.5350° E
- Elevation
- 13 m (44 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,174 m (3,852 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KYD means Lanyu Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RCLY. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 22.0270° N, 121.5350° E. It stands 13 metres (44 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Taitung, about 91 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Taipei, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lanyu Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,174 metres (3,852 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 13 airports of Taiwan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 12.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13/31 | 1,174 m 3,852 ft | 24 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Taitung AirportTaitung City | TTT | 92 km |
| Kaohsiung International AirportKaohsiung (Xiaogang) | KHH | 136 km |
| Tainan International Airport / Tainan Air BaseTainan (Rende) | TNN | 171 km |
| Basco AirportBasco, Philippines | BSO | 181 km |
| Chiayi AirportShuishang | CYI | 198 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,501 km | 5 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,057 km | 6 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,680 km | 8 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,088 km | 12 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,869 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,133 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,981 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,322 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 6,970 km | 8 h 55 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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