AirportsZiguinchor Airport is a medium-sized airport serving Ziguinchor, in Ziguinchor Region, Senegal. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is ZIG.
Key facts
- IATA code
- ZIG
- ICAO code
- GOGG
- City
- Ziguinchor
- State or region
- Ziguinchor Region
- Country
- Senegal
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 12.5556° N, 16.2833° W
- Elevation
- 23 m (75 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,545 m (5,069 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, ZIG means Ziguinchor Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: GOGG. ICAO codes that begin with G belong to West Africa. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 12.5556° N, 16.2833° W. It stands 23 metres (75 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone Africa/Dakar, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Ziguinchor Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,545 metres (5,069 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10/28 | 1,545 m 5,069 ft | 30 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cap Skirring AirportCap Skirring | CSK | 54 km |
| Banjul International AirportBanjul (Yundum), Gambia | BJL | 96 km |
| Osvaldo Vieira International AirportBissau, Guinea-Bissau | OXB | 100 km |
| Blaise Diagne International AirportDakar | DSS | 250 km |
| Ahmed Sékou Touré International AirportConakry, Guinea | CKY | 441 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,667 km | 12 h 10 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,467 km | 11 h 55 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 7,589 km | 9 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 4,556 km | 6 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 6,376 km | 8 h 10 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 10,318 km | 12 h 55 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,247 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 14,103 km | 17 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,319 km | 21 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.
Links
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