AirportsWuhan Tianhe International Airport is a large airport serving Wuhan (Huangpi), in Hubei Province, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is WUH.
Key facts
- IATA code
- WUH
- ICAO code
- ZHHH
- City
- Wuhan (Huangpi)
- State or region
- Hubei Province
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 30.7748° N, 114.2137° E
- Elevation
- 34 m (113 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 3,600 m (11,811 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, WUH means Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZHHH. 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 30.7748° N, 114.2137° E. It stands 34 metres (113 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Shanghai, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Wuhan Tianhe International Airport has 3 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 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 46.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05L/23R | 3,600 m 11,811 ft | 60 m | Concrete | Yes |
| 04/22 | 3,400 m 11,155 ft | 45 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 05R/23L | 3,200 m 10,498 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ezhou Huahu International AirportEzhou | EHU | 93 km |
| Jingzhou Shashi AirportJingzhou (Shashi) | SHS | 177 km |
| Yueyang Sanhe AirportYueyang (Yueyanglou) | YYA | 186 km |
| Xinyang Minggang AirportXinyang | XAI | 197 km |
| Jiujiang Lushan AirportJiujiang | JIU | 210 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 3,579 km | 4 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 4,339 km | 5 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,744 km | 7 h 25 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,875 km | 11 h 10 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 12,032 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,948 km | 13 h 40 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,444 km | 4 h 40 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 2,432 km | 3 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 8,174 km | 10 h 20 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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