AirportsSado Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Sado, in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SDS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SDS
- ICAO code
- RJSD
- City
- Sado
- State or region
- Niigata Prefecture
- Country
- Japan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 38.0602° N, 138.4140° E
- Elevation
- 27 m (88 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,033 m (3,390 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SDS means Sado Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: RJSD. ICAO codes that begin with R belong to East Asia, including Japan, Korea and the Philippines. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 38.0602° N, 138.4140° E. It stands 27 metres (88 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Niigata, about 57 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Tokyo, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sado Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,033 metres (3,390 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 83 airports of Japan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 81.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,033 m 3,390 ft | 26 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Niigata AirportNiigata | KIJ | 62 km |
| Shonai AirportShonai | SYO | 146 km |
| Noto Satoyama AirportWajima | NTQ | 154 km |
| Yamagata AirportHigashine | GAJ | 175 km |
| Toyama Kitokito AirportToyama | TOY | 191 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,693 km | 7 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,601 km | 8 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,735 km | 9 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 9,287 km | 11 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,672 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,755 km | 11 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,382 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 305 km | 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,115 km | 10 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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