AirportsVirgin Gorda Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Spanish Town, in (unassigned), British Virgin Islands. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is VIJ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- VIJ
- ICAO code
- TUPW
- City
- Spanish Town
- State or region
- (unassigned)
- Country
- British Virgin Islands
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 18.4466° N, 64.4279° W
- Elevation
- 3 m (9 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 945 m (3,100 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, VIJ means Virgin Gorda Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: TUPW. ICAO codes that begin with T belong to the Caribbean. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 18.4466° N, 64.4279° W. It stands 3 metres (9 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Carolina, about 162 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone America/Tortola, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Virgin Gorda Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 945 metres (3,100 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 945 m 3,100 ft | 30 m | Gravel | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Terrance B. Lettsome International AirportBeef Island | EIS | 12 km |
| Charlotte Amalie Harbor Seaplane BaseCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | SPB | 55 km |
| Cyril E. King AirportCharlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands | STT | 59 km |
| Christiansted Harbor Seaplane BaseChristiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands | SSB | 83 km |
| Henry E. Rohlsen AirportChristiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands | STX | 92 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 13,351 km | 16 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,758 km | 17 h 05 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 11,891 km | 14 h 50 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,621 km | 8 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 2,624 km | 3 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 5,587 km | 7 h 15 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 17,476 km | 21 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 13,491 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 16,094 km | 19 h 55 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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