AirportsAbraham Lincoln Capital Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Springfield, in Illinois, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is SPI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- SPI
- ICAO code
- KSPI
- City
- Springfield
- State or region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 39.8441° N, 89.6779° W
- Elevation
- 182 m (598 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 2,439 m (8,001 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, SPI means Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KSPI. 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 39.8441° N, 89.6779° W. It stands 182 metres (598 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Chicago, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 2,439 metres (8,001 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 252.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 2,439 m 8,001 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 13/31 | 2,255 m 7,399 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 18/36 | 1,615 m 5,300 ft | 46 m | Concrete and asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Decatur AirportDecatur | DEC | 69 km |
| General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International AirportPeoria | PIA | 91 km |
| Central Illinois Regional Airport at Bloomington-NormalBloomington/Normal | BMI | 96 km |
| University of Illinois Willard AirportSavoy | CMI | 121 km |
| Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin FieldQuincy | UIN | 130 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,287 km | 15 h 20 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,216 km | 16 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,921 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,615 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,350 km | 2 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,625 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,228 km | 18 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,221 km | 12 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,668 km | 18 h 10 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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