AirportsShihezi Huayuan Airport is a small airport serving Shihezi, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SHF.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SHF
- ICAO code
- ZWHZ
- City
- Shihezi
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 44.2421° N, 85.8905° E
- Elevation
- 518 m (1,700 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SHF means Shihezi Huayuan Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWHZ. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 44.2421° N, 85.8905° E. It stands 518 metres (1,700 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Urumqi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Shihezi Huayuan Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 226.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | not listed | not listed | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Ürümqi Tianshan International AirportÜrümqi | URC | 132 km |
| Karamay AirportKaramay | KRY | 155 km |
| Hejing Bayinbuluke AirportHejing | HJB | 208 km |
| Xinyuan Nalati AirportXinyuan | NLT | 221 km |
| Turpan Jiaohe AirportTurpan | TLQ | 291 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,911 km | 2 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,047 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,464 km | 4 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,111 km | 7 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,360 km | 13 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,980 km | 13 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,093 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,613 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,910 km | 13 h 40 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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