AirportsNanjing Lukou International Airport is a large airport serving Nanjing, in Jiangsu Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NKG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NKG
- ICAO code
- ZSNJ
- City
- Nanjing
- State or region
- Jiangsu Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 31.7350° N, 118.8659° E
- Elevation
- 15 m (49 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NKG means Nanjing Lukou International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZSNJ. 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 31.7350° N, 118.8659° E. It stands 15 metres (49 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
Nanjing Lukou International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,600 metres (11,811 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 41.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 07/25 | 3,600 m 11,810 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Wuhu Xuanzhou AirportWuhu | WHA | 73 km |
| Changzhou Benniu International AirportChangzhou | CZX | 88 km |
| Yangzhou Taizhou AirportYangzhou | YTY | 122 km |
| Sunan Shuofang International AirportWuxi | WUX | 150 km |
| Chizhou Jiuhuashan AirportChizhou | JUH | 158 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 4,008 km | 5 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,791 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,162 km | 7 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,035 km | 11 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,863 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,567 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,722 km | 5 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 1,979 km | 2 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,049 km | 10 h 10 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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