AirportsPhiladelphia International Airport is a large airport serving Philadelphia, in Pennsylvania, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PHL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PHL
- ICAO code
- KPHL
- City
- Philadelphia
- State or region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 39.8719° N, 75.2411° W
- Elevation
- 11 m (36 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,658 m (12,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PHL means Philadelphia International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KPHL. 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 39.8719° N, 75.2411° W. It stands 11 metres (36 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/New York, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Philadelphia International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,658 metres (12,000 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 33.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09R/27L | 3,658 m 12,000 ft | 61 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 09L/27R | 2,896 m 9,500 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 17/35 | 1,981 m 6,500 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 08/26 | 1,524 m 5,001 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Wilmington AirportWilmington | ILG | 38 km |
| Trenton Mercer AirportEwing Township | TTN | 58 km |
| Atlantic City International AirportAtlantic City | ACY | 73 km |
| Dover Civil Air Terminal/Dover Air Force BaseDover | DOV | 85 km |
| Lehigh Valley International AirportAllentown/Bethlehem | ABE | 88 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 11,886 km | 14 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 12,672 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,150 km | 13 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,690 km | 7 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 151 km | 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 3,856 km | 5 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,431 km | 19 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,893 km | 13 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,883 km | 19 h 40 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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