AirportsYakubu Tali International Airport is a large airport serving Tamale, in Northern Region, Ghana. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TML.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TML
- ICAO code
- DGLE
- City
- Tamale
- State or region
- Northern Region
- Country
- Ghana
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 9.5539° N, 0.8661° W
- Elevation
- 169 m (553 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,438 m (7,999 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TML means Yakubu Tali International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: DGLE. ICAO codes that begin with D belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 9.5539° N, 0.8661° W. It stands 169 metres (553 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Accra, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Yakubu Tali International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,438 metres (7,999 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 5 airports of Ghana on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 2.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05/23 | 2,438 m 7,999 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sunyani AirportSunyani | NYI | 292 km |
| Ouagadougou Thomas Sankara International AirportOuagadougou, Burkina Faso | OUA | 319 km |
| Prempeh I International AirportKumasi | KMS | 326 km |
| Bobo Dioulasso AirportBobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso | BOY | 419 km |
| Lomé–Tokoin International AirportLomé, Togo | LFW | 443 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,332 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,964 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 6,171 km | 7 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,661 km | 6 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 7,879 km | 10 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,853 km | 14 h 45 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,610 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,521 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,080 km | 19 h 50 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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