AirportsNinglang Luguhu Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Ninglang, in Yunnan Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NLH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NLH
- ICAO code
- ZPNL
- City
- Ninglang
- State or region
- Yunnan Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 27.5403° N, 100.7593° E
- Elevation
- 3,293 m (10,804 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,400 m (11,155 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NLH means Ninglang Luguhu Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZPNL. 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 27.5403° N, 100.7593° E. It stands 3,293 metres (10,804 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off. The nearest large city in our data is Lijiang, about 92 km away in a straight line.
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
Ninglang Luguhu Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,400 metres (11,155 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 55.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 3,400 m 11,155 ft | 50 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lijiang Sanyi International AirportLijiang | LJG | 109 km |
| Diqing Shangri-La AirportDiqing (Shangri-La) | DIG | 110 km |
| Xichang Qingshan AirportLiangshan (Xichang) | XIC | 149 km |
| Panzhihua Bao'anying AirportPanzhihua (Renhe) | PZI | 152 km |
| Daocheng Yading AirportGarzê (Daocheng) | DCY | 209 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,321 km | 3 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,991 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,503 km | 5 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,370 km | 10 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,413 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,030 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,933 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 3,778 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,656 km | 10 h 55 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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