AirportsNanchong Gaoping Airport is a small airport serving Nanchong (Gaoping), in Sichuan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NAO.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NAO
- ICAO code
- ZUNC
- City
- Nanchong (Gaoping)
- State or region
- Sichuan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 30.7981° N, 106.1642° E
- Elevation
- 349 m (1,145 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NAO means Nanchong Gaoping Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZUNC. 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 30.7981° N, 106.1642° E. It stands 349 metres (1,145 feet) above sea level.
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
Nanchong Gaoping Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 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 224.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Langzhong Gucheng AirportNanchong (Langzhong) | LZG | 79 km |
| Bazhong Enyang AirportBazhong | BZX | 114 km |
| Dazhou Jinya AirportDazhou (Dachuan) | DZH | 124 km |
| Dachuan AirportDazhou (Daxian) | DAX | 126 km |
| Chongqing Jiangbei International AirportChongqing | CKG | 130 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,812 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,584 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,982 km | 6 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,414 km | 10 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,072 km | 15 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,432 km | 14 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,282 km | 4 h 25 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,158 km | 4 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,608 km | 10 h 50 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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