AirportsLijiang Sanyi International Airport is a large airport serving Lijiang, in Yunnan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LJG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LJG
- ICAO code
- ZPLJ
- City
- Lijiang
- State or region
- Yunnan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 26.6775° N, 100.2449° E
- Elevation
- 2,243 m (7,359 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LJG means Lijiang Sanyi International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZPLJ. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 26.6775° N, 100.2449° E. It stands 2,243 metres (7,359 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Lijiang Sanyi International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,000 metres (9,843 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 89.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ninglang Luguhu AirportNinglang | NLH | 109 km |
| Dali Fengyi AirportDali (Xiaguan) | DLU | 115 km |
| Diqing Shangri-La AirportDiqing (Shangri-La) | DIG | 136 km |
| Panzhihua Bao'anying AirportPanzhihua (Renhe) | PZI | 155 km |
| Baoshan Yunrui AirportBaoshan (Longyang) | BSD | 210 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,287 km | 3 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,922 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,466 km | 5 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,412 km | 10 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,504 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,138 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,845 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,864 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,617 km | 10 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.
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