AirportsSaint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni, in French Guiana. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LDX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LDX
- ICAO code
- SOOM
- City
- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- State or region
- Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni
- Country
- French Guiana
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 5.4819° N, 54.0350° W
- Elevation
- 5 m (16 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LDX means Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: SOOM. ICAO codes that begin with S belong to South America. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 5.4819° N, 54.0350° W. It stands 5 metres (16 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Paramaribo, about 132 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Cayenne, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,000 metres (3,281 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 1,000 m 3,281 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Moengo AirstripMoengo, Suriname | MOJ | 43 km |
| Johan Adolf Pengel International AirportParamaribo, Suriname | PBM | 128 km |
| Zorg en Hoop AirportParamaribo, Suriname | ORG | 133 km |
| Eduard Alexander Gummels AirportKwatta, Suriname | EAX | 135 km |
| Drietabbetje AirportDrietabbetje, Suriname | DRJ | 168 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,562 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,594 km | 16 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,673 km | 14 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,084 km | 9 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,377 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,313 km | 9 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,460 km | 21 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 15,229 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,920 km | 19 h 40 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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