AirportsTuticorin Airport is a small airport serving Vagaikulam, in Tamil Nadu, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TCR.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TCR
- ICAO code
- VOTK
- City
- Vagaikulam
- State or region
- Tamil Nadu
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 8.7242° N, 78.0258° E
- Elevation
- 39 m (129 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,351 m (4,434 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TCR means Tuticorin Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VOTK. 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 8.7242° N, 78.0258° E. It stands 39 metres (129 feet) above sea level.
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
Tuticorin Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,351 metres (4,434 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 114 airports of India on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 110.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,351 m 4,434 ft | 29 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Madurai AirportMadurai | IXM | 124 km |
| Thiruvananthapuram International AirportThiruvananthapuram | TRV | 125 km |
| Cochin International AirportKochi | COK | 239 km |
| Tiruchirappalli International AirportTiruchirappalli | TRZ | 239 km |
| Jaffna International AirportJaffna, Sri Lanka | JAF | 254 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 2,207 km | 3 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,280 km | 2 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,020 km | 4 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,453 km | 10 h 40 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 13,812 km | 17 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,964 km | 18 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 2,989 km | 4 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,900 km | 8 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,029 km | 11 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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