AirportsAlbano Machado Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Huambo, in Huambo Province, Angola. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is NOV.
Key facts
- IATA code
- NOV
- ICAO code
- FNHU
- City
- Huambo
- State or region
- Huambo Province
- Country
- Angola
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 12.8089° S, 15.7605° E
- Elevation
- 1,703 m (5,587 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 2,660 m (8,727 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, NOV means Albano Machado Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: FNHU. ICAO codes that begin with F belong to central and southern Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.8089° S, 15.7605° E. It stands 1,703 metres (5,587 feet) above sea level. That is high for an airport. Thin air at this height means aircraft need a longer run to take off.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Luanda, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Albano Machado Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 2,660 metres (8,727 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 13 airports of Angola on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 6.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11/29 | 2,660 m 8,727 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 01/19 | 1,000 m 3,281 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Catumbela AirportCatumbela | CBT | 249 km |
| Menongue AirportMenongue | SPP | 295 km |
| Lubango Mukanka International AirportLubango | SDD | 333 km |
| Malanje AirportMalanje | MEG | 370 km |
| Ngjiva Pereira AirportNgiva | VPE | 471 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,034 km | 10 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,190 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,027 km | 7 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,317 km | 9 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,892 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,837 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,849 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,894 km | 17 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,998 km | 16 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.
Links
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