AirportsVienna International Airport is a large airport serving Vienna, in Austria. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VIE.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VIE
- ICAO code
- LOWW
- City
- Vienna
- State or region
- Vienna
- Country
- Austria
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 48.1103° N, 16.5697° E
- Elevation
- 183 m (600 ft)
- Runways
- 2
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VIE means Vienna International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: LOWW. ICAO codes that begin with L belong to southern Europe, Israel and Turkey. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 48.1103° N, 16.5697° E. It stands 183 metres (600 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/Vienna, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Vienna International Airport has 2 runways in the data. The longest is 3,600 metres (11,811 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 6 airports of Austria on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 1.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 11/29 | 3,500 m 11,483 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| M. R. Štefánik AirportBratislava, Slovakia | BTS | 48 km |
| Brno-Tuřany AirportBrno, Czech Republic | BRQ | 116 km |
| Graz AirportFeldkirchen bei Graz | GRZ | 151 km |
| Hévíz–Balaton AirportSármellék, Hungary | SOB | 164 km |
| Linz-Hörsching AirportLinz | LNZ | 177 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 5,546 km | 7 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 5,959 km | 7 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 4,224 km | 5 h 35 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 1,275 km | 2 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,805 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 9,854 km | 12 h 20 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 9,705 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,143 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 15,965 km | 19 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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