Cut Nyak Dhien Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Kuala Pesisir, in Aceh, Indonesia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MEQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MEQ
- ICAO code
- WITC
- City
- Kuala Pesisir
- State or region
- Aceh
- Country
- Indonesia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 4.0410° N, 96.2533° E
- Elevation
- 3 m (10 ft)
- Runways
- not listed
- Longest runway
- not listed
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MEQ means Cut Nyak Dhien Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WITC. ICAO codes that begin with W belong to Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby island countries. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 4.0410° N, 96.2533° E. It stands 3 metres (10 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Lhokseumawe, about 161 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Jakarta, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
The open data has no runway details for this airport.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Rembele AirportTakengon | TXE | 101 km |
| Malikus Saleh AirportLhok Seumawe-Sumatra Island | LSW | 153 km |
| Lasikin AirportLubang | LKI | 181 km |
| Sultan Iskandar Muda International AirportBanda Aceh | BTJ | 189 km |
| Alas Leuser AirportKutacane | LSR | 193 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,395 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,040 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,958 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 10,119 km | 12 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,944 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,443 km | 17 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 910 km | 1 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,671 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 7,132 km | 9 h 05 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
Airport data: OurAirports, as downloaded on 11 November 2026. This page does not show live flights, terminals or airlines. For those, use the airport's or the airline's own site. See About and data sources.