AirportsTumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport is a small airport serving Tumxuk, in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is TWC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- TWC
- ICAO code
- ZWTS
- City
- Tumxuk
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 39.8867° N, 79.2334° E
- Elevation
- 1,087 m (3,566 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,600 m (8,530 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, TWC means Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWTS. ICAO codes that begin with Z belong to China, Mongolia and North Korea. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 39.8867° N, 79.2334° E. It stands 1,087 metres (3,566 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Urumqi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Tumxuk Tangwangcheng Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,600 metres (8,530 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 171.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,600 m 8,530 ft | 45 m | Concrete | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Aksu Hongqipo AirportAksu (Onsu) | AKU | 177 km |
| Aral Tarim AirportAral | ACF | 183 km |
| Shache AirportShache | QSZ | 262 km |
| Kashgar Laining International AirportKashgar | KHG | 277 km |
| Karakol International AirportKarakol, Kyrgyzstan | IKG | 300 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,275 km | 2 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,392 km | 3 h 25 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,751 km | 3 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,009 km | 7 h 45 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,653 km | 13 h 20 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,608 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,962 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,246 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,036 km | 13 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.
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