# Shek Kong Air Base (VHSK)

**Shek Kong Air Base** (ICAO: VHSK) is a medium airport in Islands, New Territories, Hong Kong. It opened in 1950. It has one runway, 1,884 m (6,180 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by British Forces Overseas Hong Kong.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhsk

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: — / VHSK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: British Forces Overseas Hong Kong
- Serves: Islands, New Territories, Hong Kong
- Opened: 1950
- Elevation: 15 m / 50 ft
- Coordinates: 22.4366, 114.0800
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,884 m / 6,180 ft
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Asia/Hong_Kong
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shek_Kong_Airfield (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1883124
- Weather station: VHHH · WMO 45007
- Ident: VHSK

## Timeline

- 1950: Shek Kong Air Base opens.
- 1 Jul 1997: People's Liberation Army Air Force becomes the owner.
- 1 Jul 1997: People's Liberation Army Air Force becomes the operator.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,884 m / 6,180 ft | 34 m / 110 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,884 m / 6,180 ft | =4,360 of 29,858 | #1,165 in Asia | #2 in HK |
| Elevation | 15 m / 50 ft | =39,196 of 43,403 | =2,602 in Asia | #1 in HK |
| Age | Opened 1950 | =3,626 of 15,079 | =187 in Asia | #1 in HK |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =185 in Asia | #2 in HK |

## Nearby airports

- [HKG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhhh.md) Hong Kong International Airport · 22 km / 14 mi
- [SZX](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsz.md) Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport · 36 km / 23 mi
- [MFM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/vmmc.md) Macau International Airport · 59 km / 37 mi
- [HUZ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zghz.md) Huizhou Pingtan Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [ZUH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgsd.md) Zhuhai Jinwan Airport · 87 km / 54 mi
- [FUO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/zgfs.md) Foshan Shadi Airport · 126 km / 78 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/vhsk/data