AirportsMili Island Airport is a small airport serving Mili Island, in Mili, Marshall Islands. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is MIJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- MIJ
- ICAO code
- 1Q9
- City
- Mili Island
- State or region
- Mili
- Country
- Marshall Islands
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 6.0848° N, 171.7314° E
- Elevation
- 1 m (4 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 869 m (2,850 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, MIJ means Mili Island Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: 1Q9. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 6.0848° N, 171.7314° E. It stands 1 metres (4 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Dalap-Uliga-Dorrit, about 118 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Majuro, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Mili Island Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 869 metres (2,850 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 8 airports of Marshall Islands on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 7.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5/23 | 869 m 2,850 ft | 23 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Enejit AirportEnejit Island | EJT | 28 km |
| Marshall Islands International AirportMajuro Atoll | MAJ | 120 km |
| Jaluit AirportJabor Jaluit Atoll | UIT | 232 km |
| Aur Island AirportAur Atoll | AUL | 237 km |
| Kili AirportKili Island | KIO | 292 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 10,135 km | 12 h 45 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 10,711 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,314 km | 15 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 13,572 km | 16 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,576 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 7,776 km | 9 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 7,530 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,622 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 4,949 km | 6 h 30 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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