AirportsShaheed Benazirabad Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Nawabashah, in Sindh, Pakistan. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WNS.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WNS
- ICAO code
- OPNH
- City
- Nawabashah
- State or region
- Sindh
- Country
- Pakistan
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 26.2194° N, 68.3901° E
- Elevation
- 29 m (95 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,743 m (8,999 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WNS means Shaheed Benazirabad Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: OPNH. ICAO codes that begin with O belong to the Middle East, Pakistan and Afghanistan. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 26.2194° N, 68.3901° E. It stands 29 metres (95 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Karachi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Shaheed Benazirabad Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,743 metres (8,999 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 22 airports of Pakistan on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 15.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/20 | 2,743 m 8,999 ft | 46 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hyderabad AirportHyderabad | HDD | 100 km |
| Begum Nusrat Bhutto International Airport SukkurSukkur | SKZ | 172 km |
| Jinnah International AirportKarachi | KHI | 191 km |
| Khuzdar AirportKhuzdar | KDD | 246 km |
| Jaisalmer AirportIndia | JSA | 257 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 898 km | 1 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 916 km | 1 h 35 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 1,308 km | 2 h 05 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 6,318 km | 8 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 11,617 km | 14 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,287 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,704 km | 6 h 10 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 6,747 km | 8 h 40 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 10,988 km | 13 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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