AirportsPoitiers-Biard Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Poitiers/Biard, in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PIS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PIS
- ICAO code
- LFBI
- City
- Poitiers/Biard
- State or region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 46.5877° N, 0.3067° E
- Elevation
- 129 m (423 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,350 m (7,710 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PIS means Poitiers-Biard Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LFBI. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 46.5877° N, 0.3067° E. It stands 129 metres (423 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tours, about 95 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Paris, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Poitiers-Biard Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,350 metres (7,710 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 49 airports of France on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 29.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 2,350 m 7,710 ft | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tours Val de Loire AirportTours, Indre-et-Loire | TUF | 99 km |
| Limoges AirportLimoges/Bellegarde | LIG | 105 km |
| La Rochelle Île de Ré AirportLa Rochelle | LRH | 124 km |
| Nantes Atlantique AirportNantes | NTE | 159 km |
| Brive Souillac airportBrive | BVE | 195 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 6,780 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,160 km | 9 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,366 km | 7 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 546 km | 1 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,779 km | 7 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,166 km | 11 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 10,938 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,025 km | 12 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,195 km | 21 h 15 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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