AirportsTaiz International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Taiz, in Taiz Governorate, Yemen. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TAI.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TAI
- ICAO code
- OYTZ
- City
- Taiz
- State or region
- Taiz Governorate
- Country
- Yemen
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 13.6860° N, 44.1391° E
- Elevation
- 1,475 m (4,838 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 3,060 m (10,040 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TAI means Taiz International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OYTZ. 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 13.6860° N, 44.1391° E. It stands 1,475 metres (4,838 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Aden, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Taiz International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 3,060 metres (10,040 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 7 airports of Yemen on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 4.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 3,060 m 10,040 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aden International AirportAden | ADE | 136 km |
| Sanaa International AirportSanaa | SAH | 199 km |
| Djibouti-Ambouli AirportDjibouti City, Djibouti | JIB | 260 km |
| Berbera AirportBerbera, Somalia | BBO | 377 km |
| Jizan Regional Airport / King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz AirportJizan, Saudi Arabia | GIZ | 394 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,779 km | 5 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 3,119 km | 4 h 15 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,742 km | 2 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,779 km | 7 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,233 km | 14 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,406 km | 17 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 6,720 km | 8 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,627 km | 12 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 12,410 km | 15 h 25 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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