AirportsBegum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur is a medium-sized airport serving Sukkur, in Sindh, Pakistan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SKZ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SKZ
- ICAO code
- OPSK
- City
- Sukkur
- State or region
- Sindh
- Country
- Pakistan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 27.7220° N, 68.7917° E
- Elevation
- 60 m (196 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,743 m (9,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SKZ means Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OPSK. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 27.7220° N, 68.7917° E. It stands 60 metres (196 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Karachi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport Sukkur has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,743 metres (9,000 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 22 airports of Pakistan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 14.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Shaikh Zaid AirportRahim Yar Khan | RYK | 164 km |
| Shaheed Benazirabad AirportNawabashah | WNS | 172 km |
| Khuzdar AirportKhuzdar | KDD | 211 km |
| Jaisalmer AirportIndia | JSA | 225 km |
| Hyderabad AirportHyderabad | HDD | 271 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 819 km | 1 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,046 km | 1 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,363 km | 2 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,226 km | 8 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,489 km | 14 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,116 km | 16 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,756 km | 6 h 15 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,635 km | 8 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,047 km | 13 h 50 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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