AirportsLeros Airport is a small airport serving Leros Island, in South Aegean, Greece. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LRS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LRS
- ICAO code
- LGLE
- City
- Leros Island
- State or region
- South Aegean
- Country
- Greece
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 37.1849° N, 26.8003° E
- Elevation
- 12 m (39 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,012 m (3,320 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LRS means Leros Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LGLE. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.1849° N, 26.8003° E. It stands 12 metres (39 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Aydın, about 117 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Istanbul, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Leros Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,012 metres (3,320 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 39 airports of Greece on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 35.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 1,012 m 3,320 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kalymnos AirportKalymnos Island | JKL | 28 km |
| Kos International Airport "Ippokratis"Kos Island | KGS | 51 km |
| Samos AirportSamos Island | SMI | 57 km |
| Ikaria AirportIkaria Island | JIK | 68 km |
| Milas Bodrum International AirportBodrum, Turkey | BJV | 77 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,738 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,886 km | 6 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,007 km | 4 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 2,662 km | 3 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 8,182 km | 10 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,325 km | 14 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 8,785 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,380 km | 11 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,043 km | 18 h 35 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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