AirportsPortland International Airport is a large airport serving Portland, in Oregon, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PDX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PDX
- ICAO code
- KPDX
- City
- Portland
- State or region
- Oregon
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 45.5887° N, 122.5980° W
- Elevation
- 9 m (31 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,353 m (11,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PDX means Portland International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KPDX. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 45.5887° N, 122.5980° W. It stands 9 metres (31 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Portland International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,353 metres (11,000 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 61.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10R/28L | 3,353 m 11,000 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 10L/28R | 2,995 m 9,825 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 3/21 | 1,829 m 6,000 ft | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary FieldSalem | SLE | 82 km |
| Olympia Regional AirportOlympia | OLM | 155 km |
| Eugene AirportEugene | EUG | 170 km |
| Tacoma Narrows AirportTacoma | TIW | 187 km |
| Roberts FieldRedmond | RDM | 187 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,534 km | 14 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,656 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,136 km | 15 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,886 km | 10 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 3,939 km | 5 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 1,343 km | 2 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,081 km | 16 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,798 km | 9 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,358 km | 15 h 25 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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