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NKW airport code: Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia Airport

NKW is the IATA code for Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia Airport, British Indian Ocean Territory. It uses the Indian/Chagos time zone (UTC+6 all year, with no daylight saving time).

NKW airport facts

IATA code NKW
ICAO code Not listed
Airport Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia Airport
City Diego Garcia
Country British Indian Ocean Territory
Time zone Indian/Chagos
UTC offset UTC+6 (no daylight saving)
Size Medium airport

Source: the airport database behind Easy PNR Converter (OurAirports and OpenFlights data). Size is the OurAirports classification.

How NKW appears in a PNR

In an Amadeus, Sabre, Galileo or Worldspan flight segment the departure and arrival airports are written together as a six-letter city pair, so a flight from Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia Airport to Dubai shows as NKWDXB. Paste a PNR that contains NKW into the free PNR converter to see the full airport name, local times in Indian/Chagos and the true flight duration.