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Kyzyl Airport (KYZ)

Kyzyl, Tuva Republic, Russia

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Kyzyl Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kyzyl, in Tuva Republic, Russia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KYZ.

Key facts

IATA code
KYZ
ICAO code
UNKY
City
Kyzyl
State or region
Tuva Republic
Country
Russia
Kind
Medium airport
Coordinates
51.6694° N, 94.4006° E
Elevation
647 m (2,123 ft)
Runways
1
Longest runway
2,700 m (8,858 ft)

Airport codes

On a ticket or a baggage tag, KYZ means Kyzyl Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: UNKY. ICAO codes that begin with U belong to Russia and neighbouring states. How the two kinds of code differ.

Where it is

The airport lies at 51.6694° N, 94.4006° E. It stands 647 metres (2,123 feet) above sea level.

Local time

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Time zone Asia/Krasnoyarsk, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.

Runways

Kyzyl Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,700 metres (8,858 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 136 airports of Russia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 61.

RunwayLengthWidthSurfaceLights
05/232,700 m 8,858 ft45 mConcreteYes

The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.

Nearest airports with scheduled flights

AirportCodeDistance
Ulaangom AirportUlaangom, MongoliaULO248 km
Abakan International AirportAbakanABA307 km
Ölgii Mongolei International AirportÖlgii, MongoliaULG435 km
Khovd AirportKhovd, MongoliaHVD458 km
Mörön AirportMörön, MongoliaMXV459 km

Distance to major airports

ToDistanceRough flying time
Delhi (DEL)India2,945 km4 h 05 min
Mumbai (BOM)India4,081 km5 h 25 min
Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates4,405 km5 h 50 min
London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom6,058 km7 h 50 min
New York JFK (JFK)United States9,687 km12 h 10 min
Los Angeles (LAX)United States9,972 km12 h 30 min
Singapore (SIN)Singapore5,667 km7 h 20 min
Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan3,987 km5 h 20 min
Sydney (SYD)Australia11,006 km13 h 45 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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