AirportsLouisville Muhammad Ali International Airport is a large airport serving Louisville, in Kentucky, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SDF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SDF
- ICAO code
- KSDF
- City
- Louisville
- State or region
- Kentucky
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 38.1706° N, 85.7351° W
- Elevation
- 153 m (501 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,623 m (11,887 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SDF means Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KSDF. 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 38.1706° N, 85.7351° W. It stands 153 metres (501 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Kentucky/Louisville, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 3,623 metres (11,887 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 38.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17R/35L | 3,623 m 11,887 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 17L/35R | 2,615 m 8,578 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 11/29 | 2,210 m 7,251 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Grass AirportLexington | LEX | 100 km |
| Owensboro Daviess County AirportOwensboro | OWB | 134 km |
| Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportCincinnati / Covington | CVG | 135 km |
| Cincinnati Municipal Airport Lunken FieldCincinnati | LUK | 154 km |
| Evansville Regional AirportEvansville | EVV | 158 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,384 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,267 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,881 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,495 km | 8 h 20 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,062 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,959 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,509 km | 19 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,574 km | 13 h 15 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,958 km | 18 h 30 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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