Airport · Japan
Shonai Airport
- Codes
- SYO · RJSY
- Serves
- Shonai
- 11 km in a straight line
- Local time
- Asia/Tokyo
- Elevation
- 26 m
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,999 m
- From DXB
- 7,820 km
- 9 hrs 55 mins · Estimate
Facts
SYO at a glance
- Codes
- IATA SYOICAO RJSY
- Size
- Medium
- Serves
- Shonai
- To the city centre
- 11 km in a straight line
- Elevation
- 26 m (86 ft)
- Runways
- One runway open
- Longest runway: 1,999 m
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Links
- Wikipedia
- When to go
- Shonai, month by month
How far it is from the UAE
SYO from the UAE
From DXBSYO
7,820 km
9 hrs 55 mins · Estimate
From AUHSYO
7,940 km
10 hrs 5 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 SYO
- GAJYamagata AirportMedium · Higashine67 km away
- AXTAkita AirportMedium · Akita97 km away
- KIJNiigata AirportLarge · Niigata112 km away
- SDJSendai AirportLarge · Natori-shi124 km away
- HNAIwate Hanamaki AirportMedium · Hanamaki135 km away
- SDSSado AirportMedium · Sado146 km away
- ONJOdate Noshiro AirportMedium · Akita161 km away
- FKSFukushima AirportMedium · Sukagawa185 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 SYO
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