AirportsDiori Hamani International Airport is a large airport serving Niamey, in Niamey Capital District, Niger. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NIM.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NIM
- ICAO code
- DRRN
- City
- Niamey
- State or region
- Niamey Capital District
- Country
- Niger
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 13.4815° N, 2.1836° E
- Elevation
- 223 m (732 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NIM means Diori Hamani International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DRRN. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 13.4815° N, 2.1836° E. It stands 223 metres (732 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Niamey, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Diori Hamani International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09L/27R | 3,200 m 10,499 ft | 30 m | Laterite | not listed |
| 09R/27L | 3,000 m 9,843 ft | 45 m | Bitumen | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Sadiq Abubakar III International AirportSokoto, Nigeria | SKO | 333 km |
| Gao International AirportGao, Mali | GAQ | 387 km |
| Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportOuagadougou, Burkina Faso | OUA | 420 km |
| Yakubu Tali International AirportTamale, Ghana | TML | 549 km |
| Umaru Musa Yar'adua AirportKatsina, Nigeria | DKA | 595 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,839 km | 9 h 55 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,523 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,694 km | 7 h 20 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,231 km | 5 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,859 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,818 km | 14 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,248 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 12,972 km | 16 h 10 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,151 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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