AirportsKey Field / Meridian Regional Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Meridian, in Mississippi, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MEI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MEI
- ICAO code
- KMEI
- City
- Meridian
- State or region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 32.3326° N, 88.7519° W
- Elevation
- 91 m (297 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,049 m (10,003 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MEI means Key Field / Meridian Regional Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KMEI. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 32.3326° N, 88.7519° W. It stands 91 metres (297 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Jackson, about 135 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Key Field / Meridian Regional Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,049 metres (10,003 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 87.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,049 m 10,003 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 04/22 | 1,540 m 5,052 ft | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hattiesburg Laurel Regional AirportMoselle | PIB | 111 km |
| Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International AirportJackson | JAN | 124 km |
| Golden Triangle Regional AirportColumbus/W Point/Starkville | GTR | 125 km |
| Mobile Regional AirportMobile | MOB | 189 km |
| Tupelo Regional AirportTupelo | TUP | 215 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,081 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,972 km | 17 h 20 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,568 km | 15 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,147 km | 9 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,623 km | 2 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,758 km | 3 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 16,037 km | 19 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,930 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,515 km | 18 h 00 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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