AirportsVance W. Amory International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Charlestown, in (unassigned), Saint Kitts and Nevis. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NEV.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NEV
- ICAO code
- TKPN
- City
- Charlestown
- State or region
- (unassigned)
- Country
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 17.2057° N, 62.5899° W
- Elevation
- 4 m (14 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,218 m (3,996 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NEV means Vance W. Amory International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: TKPN. ICAO codes that begin with T belong to the Caribbean. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 17.2057° N, 62.5899° W. It stands 4 metres (14 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Basseterre, about 17 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/St Kitts, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Vance W. Amory International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,218 metres (3,996 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,218 m 3,996 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Robert L. Bradshaw International AirportBasseterre | SKB | 18 km |
| F. D. Roosevelt AirportOranjestad, Caribbean Netherlands | EUX | 52 km |
| John A. Osborne AirportGerald's Park, Montserrat | MNI | 62 km |
| St. Jean AirportGustavia, Saint Barthélemy | SBH | 82 km |
| Juancho E. Yrausquin AirportZion's Hill, Caribbean Netherlands | SAB | 83 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,331 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,692 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,808 km | 14 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,601 km | 8 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,818 km | 3 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,825 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,481 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,693 km | 17 h 00 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,177 km | 20 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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