AirportsIli Yining International Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Ili (Yining / Ghulja), in Xinjiang Autonomous Region, China. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is YIN.
Key facts
- IATA code
- YIN
- ICAO code
- ZWYN
- City
- Ili (Yining / Ghulja)
- State or region
- Xinjiang Autonomous Region
- Country
- China
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 43.9558° N, 81.3303° E
- Elevation
- not listed
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 2,400 m (7,874 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, YIN means Ili Yining International Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: ZWYN. 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 43.9558° N, 81.3303° E.
Local time
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Time zone Asia/Urumqi, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ili Yining International Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 2,400 metres (7,874 feet). That is long enough for most passenger jets. Among the 256 airports of China on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 233.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06/24 | 2,400 m 7,874 ft | 45 m | not listed | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Zhaosu Tianma AirportZhaosu | ZFL | 97 km |
| Bole Alashankou AirportBole | BPL | 130 km |
| Xinyuan Nalati AirportXinyuan | NLT | 175 km |
| Hejing Bayinbuluke AirportHejing | HJB | 241 km |
| Usharal AirportUsharal, Kazakhstan | USJ | 252 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 1,753 km | 2 h 35 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 2,875 km | 4 h 00 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 3,133 km | 4 h 15 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 5,852 km | 7 h 35 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 10,284 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 11,125 km | 13 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,240 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 4,978 km | 6 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,173 km | 14 h 00 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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