Airport · Japan
Nanki Shirahama Airport
- Codes
- SHM · RJBD
- Serves
- Shirahama
- 2.7 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 91 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,999 m
- From DXB
- 7,610 km
- 9 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
Facts
SHM at a glance
- Codes
- IATA SHMICAO RJBD
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Shirahama
- To the city centre
- 2.7 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 91 m (298 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,999 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Shirahama, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
SHM from the UAE
From DXBSHM
7,610 km
9 hrs 40 mins · Estimate
From AUHSHM
7,720 km
9 hrs 50 mins · Estimate
The great-circle distance, and a rough flying time: the distance at an average 850 km/h plus 45 minutes for take-off and landing. Real flights follow airways, meet headwinds and wait for traffic, so schedules differ.
Airports
Other airports near SHM
- KIXKansai International AirportLarge · Osaka86 km away
- TKSTokushima Awaodori Airport / JMSDF Tokushima Air BaseLarge · Tokushima87 km away
- UKBKobe AirportLarge · Kobe109 km away
- ITMOsaka Itami International AirportLarge · Osaka125 km away
- TAKTakamatsu AirportLarge · Takamatsu139 km away
- KCZKochi Ryoma AirportLarge · Nankoku157 km away
- OKJOkayama Momotaro AirportLarge · Okayama185 km away
- NGOChubu Centrair International AirportLarge · Tokoname188 km away
Facts
Practical facts
- Local time
- Asia/Tokyo
- Country
- Japan
- Currency
- Japanese Yen JPYToday's indicative rate: JPY 100 ≈ USD 0.633Indicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Plugs
- Type A and B100 V · 50 Hz / 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 110police119ambulance and fire118coast guardOfficial source: Fire and Disaster Management Agency, Japan and Japan Coast Guard. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Calling code · Driving
- +81 · On the left
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Flights
Flights to or from SHM
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