AirportsSt. Louis Lambert International Airport is a large airport serving St Louis, in Missouri, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is STL.
Key facts
- IATA code
- STL
- ICAO code
- KSTL
- City
- St Louis
- State or region
- Missouri
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 38.7487° N, 90.3700° W
- Elevation
- 188 m (618 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,359 m (11,020 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, STL means St. Louis Lambert International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KSTL. 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 38.7487° N, 90.3700° W. It stands 188 metres (618 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
St. Louis Lambert International Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,359 metres (11,020 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 52.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12R/30L | 3,359 m 11,020 ft | 61 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 12L/30R | 2,747 m 9,013 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 11/29 | 2,743 m 9,000 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 06/24 | 2,317 m 7,603 ft | 46 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Scott AFB/Midamerica AirportBelleville | BLV | 52 km |
| Abraham Lincoln Capital AirportSpringfield | SPI | 136 km |
| Quincy Regional Airport Baldwin FieldQuincy | UIN | 151 km |
| Columbia Regional AirportColumbia | COU | 161 km |
| Veterans Airport of Southern IllinoisMarion | MWA | 162 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,419 km | 15 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,351 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 12,056 km | 15 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,742 km | 8 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 1,433 km | 2 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 2,557 km | 3 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 15,320 km | 18 h 55 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 10,279 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 14,581 km | 18 h 05 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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