AirportsProminent Hill Airport is a small airport serving Mount Eba, in South Australia, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is PXH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- PXH
- ICAO code
- YPMH
- City
- Mount Eba
- State or region
- South Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 29.7160° S, 135.5244° E
- Elevation
- 227 m (745 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,200 m (7,218 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, PXH means Prominent Hill Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YPMH. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 29.7160° S, 135.5244° E. It stands 227 metres (745 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Prominent Hill Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,200 metres (7,218 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 30.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 2,200 m 7,218 ft | 30 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Coober Pedy AirportCoober Pedy | CPD | 108 km |
| Olympic Dam AirportOlympic Dam | OLP | 156 km |
| Ceduna Airport | CED | 319 km |
| Port Augusta Airport | PUG | 374 km |
| Whyalla AirportWhyalla | WYA | 417 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,968 km | 11 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,628 km | 10 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,499 km | 13 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 15,675 km | 19 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 17,106 km | 21 h 05 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,170 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,809 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,271 km | 9 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,550 km | 2 h 20 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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