AirportsShillong Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Shillong, in Meghalaya, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SHL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SHL
- ICAO code
- VEBI
- City
- Shillong
- State or region
- Meghalaya
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 25.7036° N, 91.9787° E
- Elevation
- 887 m (2,910 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,829 m (6,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SHL means Shillong Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VEBI. ICAO codes that begin with V belong to South Asia and mainland South-East Asia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 25.7036° N, 91.9787° E. It stands 887 metres (2,910 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Guwahati, about 58 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Kolkata, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Shillong Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,829 metres (6,000 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 94.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 1,829 m 6,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportGuwahati | GAU | 60 km |
| Osmany International AirportSylhet, Bangladesh | ZYL | 83 km |
| Silchar AirportSilchar | IXS | 134 km |
| Tezpur Airport | TEZ | 138 km |
| Yongphulla AirportYongphulla, Bhutan | YON | 179 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,506 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,095 km | 3 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,663 km | 4 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,963 km | 10 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,493 km | 15 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,648 km | 15 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,998 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,657 km | 6 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,109 km | 11 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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