AirportsSasereme Airport is a small airport serving Sasereme, in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TDS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TDS
- ICAO code
- AYSS
- City
- Sasereme
- State or region
- Western Province
- Country
- Papua New Guinea
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 7.6217° S, 142.8680° E
- Elevation
- 37 m (121 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 900 m (2,953 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TDS means Sasereme Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: AYSS. ICAO codes that begin with A belong to the western South Pacific. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 7.6217° S, 142.8680° E. It stands 37 metres (121 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Daru, about 166 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Pacific/Port Moresby, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Sasereme Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 900 metres (2,953 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 32 airports of Papua New Guinea on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 28.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14/32 | 900 m 2,953 ft | 45 m | Red Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Balimo AirportBalimo | OPU | 48 km |
| Moro AirportMoro | MXH | 146 km |
| Kikori AirportKikori | KRI | 154 km |
| Lake Murray AirportLake Murray | LMY | 166 km |
| Daru AirportDaru | DAU | 167 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,107 km | 10 h 15 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,220 km | 10 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,119 km | 12 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,099 km | 17 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 14,857 km | 18 h 25 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,282 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,425 km | 5 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,811 km | 6 h 20 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,049 km | 4 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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