AirportsUtkela Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Bhawanipatna, in Odisha, India. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is UKE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- UKE
- ICAO code
- VEUK
- City
- Bhawanipatna
- State or region
- Odisha
- Country
- India
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 20.0978° N, 83.1833° E
- Elevation
- 209 m (685 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 914 m (3,000 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, UKE means Utkela Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: VEUK. 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 20.0978° N, 83.1833° E. It stands 209 metres (685 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Nowrangapur, about 117 km away in a straight line.
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
Utkela Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 914 metres (3,000 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 113.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 914 m 3,000 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jagdalpur AirportJagdalpur | JGB | 165 km |
| Swami Vivekananda AirportRaipur | RPR | 193 km |
| Jharsuguda Airport | JRG | 221 km |
| Bilaspur AirportBilaspur | PAB | 238 km |
| Alluri Sitarama Raju International Airport (Vizag)Visakhapatnam | VTZ | 239 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,124 km | 1 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 1,086 km | 1 h 50 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 2,905 km | 4 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 7,841 km | 9 h 55 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,853 km | 16 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,586 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,076 km | 4 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,744 km | 7 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 9,369 km | 11 h 45 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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