AirportsTanjung Harapan Airport is a small airport serving Tanjung Selor-Borneo Island, in Kalimantan Utara (North Kalimantan), Indonesia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TJS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TJS
- ICAO code
- WAGD
- City
- Tanjung Selor-Borneo Island
- State or region
- Kalimantan Utara (North Kalimantan)
- Country
- Indonesia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 2.8381° N, 117.3746° E
- Elevation
- 6 m (20 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,150 m (3,773 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TJS means Tanjung Harapan Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: WAGD. ICAO codes that begin with W belong to Indonesia, Malaysia and nearby island countries. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 2.8381° N, 117.3746° E. It stands 6 metres (20 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Tarakan, about 58 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Makassar, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tanjung Harapan Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,150 metres (3,773 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 111 airports of Indonesia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 96.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,150 m 3,773 ft | 23 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Juwata International Airport / Suharnoko Harbani AFBTarakan | TRK | 58 km |
| Kalimarau AirportTanjung Redeb - Borneo Island | BEJ | 77 km |
| Robert Atty BessingMalinau | LNU | 117 km |
| Tawau AirportTawau, Malaysia | TWU | 184 km |
| Yuvai Semaring AirportLong Bawan | LBW | 221 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,130 km | 6 h 40 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,162 km | 6 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,068 km | 9 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 11,629 km | 14 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,049 km | 18 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,898 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 1,496 km | 2 h 20 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,307 km | 5 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 5,408 km | 7 h 00 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.
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