AirportsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport is a large airport serving Santiago de Compostela, in Galicia, Spain. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SCQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SCQ
- ICAO code
- LEST
- City
- Santiago de Compostela
- State or region
- Galicia
- Country
- Spain
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 42.8963° N, 8.4151° W
- Elevation
- 370 m (1,213 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,200 m (10,499 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SCQ means Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LEST. 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 42.8963° N, 8.4151° W. It stands 370 metres (1,213 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is A Coruña, about 53 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Madrid, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,200 metres (10,499 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 44 airports of Spain on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 10.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17/35 | 3,200 m 10,499 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 |
|---|---|---|
| A Coruña AirportCulleredo | LCG | 45 km |
| Vigo AirportVigo | VGO | 76 km |
| Bragança AirportBragança, Portugal | BGC | 182 km |
| Francisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPorto, Portugal | OPO | 185 km |
| Vila Real AirportVila Real, Portugal | VRL | 189 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,553 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,882 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,042 km | 7 h 45 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,126 km | 1 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,286 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,905 km | 11 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,704 km | 14 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,715 km | 13 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,985 km | 22 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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