GEG · Spokane, United States
Spokane International Airport.
--:--:-- · PDT (UTC-07:00) · 47.6199° N, 117.5340° W
Spokane International Airport
Airport in Spokane serving eastern Washington and northern Idaho, United States
Verification trail
Source-backed facts for GEG
This section separates stable airport identifiers from live operating data. Codes, coordinates, timezone, elevation, source identifiers, and accepted reference links are retained here; live arrivals, departures, gates, delays, NOTAMs, and airline schedule changes must still be checked with the airport or carrier.
Airport catalog
OurAirports ID 3552; ident KGEG; scheduled service listed.
Cached airports.csv snapshot: 2026-04-25; runways.csv snapshot: 2026-05-21.
Official airport source
spokaneairports.net
Used as the preferred live-reference handoff for terminals, gates, alerts, and airport notices.
Open sourceReference summary
Spokane International Airport
Airport-shaped reference summary from en.wikipedia.org; summary snapshot 2026-05-20.
Open sourceManual / derived signals
19 source-backed signals
Merged from OurAirports cached airports.csv, OurAirports cached runways.csv, Wikidata airport entity snapshot, airport-shaped Wikipedia summary snapshot; facts generated 2026-05-21.
IATA / ICAO
GEG / KGEG
OurAirports ident
KGEG
GPS / local code
KGEG / GEG
ISO region
US-WA
Scheduled service
Listed in source snapshot
Role
international scheduled-service gateway
Official host
spokaneairports.net
Reference host
en.wikipedia.org
Wikidata entity
Q917528
Snapshot generated
2026-05-21
Airport lookup keys
Stable codes
Regional keys
Nearby airport codes
Route reference codes
Accepted citation URLs
Last updated May 21, 2026. Stable airport identifiers and timezone facts are content-reviewed; clocks render live in the browser, while weather and time-difference notes are page-snapshot aids rather than permanent airport records.
Live values rendered at Nov 5, 7:09 PM UTC.
What you need to know now
Local airport time
--:--:--PDT · UTC-07:00
Time zone
PDT
America/Los_Angeles · UTC-07:00
Airfield conditions
Live airport weather is temporarily unavailable.
Surface access
9.0 km
Approximate distance to central Spokane.
Airport Snapshot
Country capital
Washington, D.C.
Languages
English
Currency
USD ($)
Country area
9,525,067 km²
Passenger volume
Source note unavailable
Terminals
Not clearly stated
Runways
2 runways
Longest runway
11,002 ft / 3,353 m
Runway surface
asphalt (2)
Opened / operator
Operational history note unavailable
Owner / entity
Spokane, Spokane County
Hub airlines
Mixed or not clearly stated
Airport role
international scheduled-service gateway
Scheduled service
Listed
Fact coverage
19 source-backed signals
Spokane International Airport is a international scheduled-service gateway for Spokane, United States. Spokane's built-up core sits roughly 9.0 km from the terminal area. Operations run on America/Los_Angeles (UTC-07:00, PDT). Live weather is temporarily unavailable. With 3 other indexable airports in its surrounding network, it works well as a reference point for regional flight planning and timezone checks.
Spokane International Airport (GEG / KGEG) is at 47.6199° N, 117.5340° W, elevation 2,376 ft (724 m), serving Spokane, United States.
The accepted reference summary is used as supporting context for the airport identity and operating notes; the timed facts here still come from the airport catalog, timezone database, country snapshot, and linked source trail.
Spokane is in United States (capital Washington, D.C.); regulated by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); on America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07:00); working languages: English; currency: USD ($).
Distance from central Spokane: 9 km.
Airport context brief
A compact traveler-facing brief from the airport catalog, country snapshot, route geometry, city anchors, peer airports, and source trail for GEG.
Name and identity cues
Primary airport name
Spokane International Airport (GEG / KGEG)
Spokane International Airport · Airport in Spokane serving eastern Washington and northern Idaho, United States
Source identifiers
KGEG · KGEG · GEG · US-WA
spokaneairports.net · en.wikipedia.org · scheduled service yes
Source-specific airport notes
Regional role cue
It is the primary airport serving the Inland Northwest, which consists of 30 counties and includes areas such as Spokane, the Tri-Cities, both in Eastern Washington, and Coeur d'Alene in North Idaho.
Accepted from the airport reference trail as a role-specific cue for GEG; not treated as a live service guarantee.
Location cue
Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport in Spokane, Washington, United States, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Downtown Spokane.
Used to make the airport page location-specific beyond the code, coordinate, and timezone record.
Closest mapped city anchors
1. Spokane
spokane · 9.0 km from GEG
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 229,447 · city coordinates 47.6597, -117.4291
2. Opportunity
opportunity · 22 km from GEG
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 25,877 · city coordinates 47.6499, -117.2399
3. Spokane Valley
spokane-valley · 23 km from GEG
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 94,919 · city coordinates 47.6732, -117.2394
4. Post Falls
post-falls · 45 km from GEG
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 30,453 · city coordinates 47.7180, -116.9516
5. Coeur d'Alene
coeur-d-alene · 57 km from GEG
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 49,122 · city coordinates 47.6777, -116.7805
6. Pullman
pullman · 102 km from GEG
United States · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · population 32,816 · city coordinates 46.7313, -117.1796
Airport alternatives in the retained graph
1. YLW CYLW
Kelowna International Airport · Kelowna
293 km from GEG · America/Vancouver · +1h · elevation 1,421 ft (433 m) · airport coordinates 49.9561, -119.3780
2. SEA KSEA
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · Seattle
359 km from GEG · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · elevation 433 ft (132 m) · airport coordinates 47.4479, -122.3103
3. PDX KPDX
Portland International Airport · Portland
448 km from GEG · America/Los_Angeles · +0h · elevation 31 ft (9 m) · airport coordinates 45.5887, -122.5980
Route-time reference set
1. GEG-YLW
Kelowna · 293 km · 1h 12m
America/Vancouver · +1h from GEG; reference route only, not a live schedule.
2. GEG-SEA
Seattle · 359 km · 1h 17m
America/Los_Angeles · +0h from GEG; reference route only, not a live schedule.
3. GEG-PDX
Portland · 448 km · 1h 24m
America/Los_Angeles · +0h from GEG; reference route only, not a live schedule.
Runway source evidence
Published runway count
2 runways
Longest runway 11,002 ft / 3,353 m. 2 lighted runways in the runway snapshot.
Runway surface mix
asphalt (2)
Surface labels are normalized from the OurAirports runway rows for GEG.
Runway identifiers
03/21 · 08/26
Identifier pairs are retained as airport-specific runway cues, not live operational availability claims.
Same-country airport context
1. SEA KSEA
Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · Seattle · 359 km from GEG
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 433 ft (132 m) · 47.4479, -122.3103
2. PDX KPDX
Portland International Airport · Portland · 448 km from GEG
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 31 ft (9 m) · 45.5887, -122.5980
3. BOI KBOI
Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · Boise · 462 km from GEG
large airport · America/Boise · united-states · 2,871 ft (875 m) · 43.5644, -116.2230
4. SLC KSLC
Salt Lake City International Airport · Salt Lake City · 879 km from GEG
large airport · America/Denver · united-states · 4,227 ft (1,288 m) · 40.7889, -111.9799
5. RNO KRNO
Reno Tahoe International Airport · Reno · 921 km from GEG
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 4,415 ft (1,346 m) · 39.4991, -119.7680
6. SMF KSMF
Sacramento International Airport · Sacramento · 1045 km from GEG
large airport · America/Los_Angeles · united-states · 27 ft (8 m) · 38.6954, -121.5910
Country and authority
GEG sits in United States (United States of America), whose capital is Washington, D.C.. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is the national civil-aviation authority we name for regulator context. Country context: Americas, North America.
Traveler context
Common country-language signals: English. Currency context: USD ($). GEG is listed with scheduled service in the airport source snapshot.
Reference description
Airport in Spokane serving eastern Washington and northern Idaho, United States. This description is used only as identity context; live flight status, terminal assignment, and airport alerts still belong to the official airport or airline source.
Source-specific cues
Regional role cue: It is the primary airport serving the Inland Northwest, which consists of 30 counties and includes areas such as Spokane, the Tri-Cities, both in Eastern Washington, and Coeur d'Alene in North Idaho. Location cue: Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport in Spokane, Washington, United States, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) west-southwest of Downtown Spokane.
Entity fingerprint
Wikidata airport entity: Q917528 · Spokane International Airport. Owner / owning body: Spokane · Spokane County. Administrative area: Washington. Named after: Spokane
Field and clock profile
Spokane International Airport is a moderate-elevation field at 2,376 ft (724 m), positioned at 47.6199° N, 117.5340° W in the Northern mid-latitudes. The runway snapshot lists 2 runways and a longest runway of 11,002 ft / 3,353 m. The airport clock uses America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07:00), so cross-date arrivals should be checked against this zone rather than the airline origin city.
City and airport alternatives
Spokane is the closest retained city-time anchor at 9.0 km. YLW Kelowna is the closest retained airport alternative at 293 km.
Country airport peers
GEG is compared with SEA Seattle at 359 km, PDX Portland at 448 km, BOI Boise at 462 km, SLC Salt Lake City at 879 km, RNO Reno at 921 km inside the retained United States airport set, which is useful when backup airports share the same country context but differ by city, route network, and clock behavior.
Route geometry
GEG-YLW Kelowna: 293 km, about 1h 12m, +1h. GEG-SEA Seattle: 359 km, about 1h 17m, +0h. GEG-PDX Portland: 448 km, about 1h 24m, +0h. These are distance and timezone references, not live flight availability claims.
Source trail
OurAirports ident KGEG backs the stable code, coordinate, elevation, and timezone record. spokaneairports.net is attached as the official airport website. en.wikipedia.org is used only as supporting reference context. Snapshot date: 2026-05-21.
Operational Profile
Traffic profile
Reference airport
Airline role
Mixed commercial service
Terminal footprint
See operational notes
Runway footprint
2 runways · longest 11,002 ft / 3,353 m
Runway identifiers
03/21, 08/26
OurAirports classifies GEG as a large airport with scheduled service; the airport name and codes identify it as an international gateway for Spokane.
GEG (KGEG) is a moderate-elevation field at 2,376 ft (724 m) in the mid-latitudes, kept in the curated set for its route, timezone, and market-planning value.
GEG sits in a broader regional network with 3 nearby curated alternatives, so airline choice and connection strategy are part of the planning story here.
GEG's runway record lists 2 runways, with the longest runway at 11,002 ft / 3,353 m and source surfaces recorded as asphalt (2).
Civil aviation oversight for GEG runs through Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); a more specific operator record is not currently in our source set.
These operational notes prefer the structured airport facts snapshot, then fall back to the accepted airport reference at spokaneairports.net, then blend that with local timezone, route, and city-access data already on this page.
Decision matrix for GEG
These are the specific situations where this airport page earns its keep: time-zone conversion, city transfer planning, nearby airport backup logic, and source-confidence checks before acting.
When the clock matters
GEG uses America/Los_Angeles (PDT, UTC-07:00). Use this before overnight arrivals, cross-date departures, and same-day connections.
When surface access matters
Spokane International Airport is about 9.0 km from central Spokane; build that transfer into arrival and check-in planning.
When alternates matter
YLW Kelowna is the closest retained alternate at 293 km, time difference +1h.
When source checks matter
spokaneairports.net is listed as the official airport website in the airport facts snapshot; live schedules, gates, routes, terminals, and NOTAM-sensitive operations still need official airport or airline verification.
How this airport compares nearby
These comparisons place GEG inside the retained airport graph by country, timezone, elevation, and coordinate neighbors. They are deterministic dataset facts, not generated flight claims.
Country-rank position
GEG ranks #30 in the curated United States airport set when large airports are listed before medium airports, then sorted by IATA code. The retained country set has 94 airports.
Same-zone airport cohort
GEG shares America/Los_Angeles with BUR Burbank US · FAT Fresno US · LAS Las Vegas US · LAX Los Angeles US · LGB Long Beach US · OAK Oakland US. This helps separate same-clock airports by city, country, code, and geography.
Elevation-neighbor cohort
GEG is 2,376 ft (724 m). Closest elevation peers in the retained airport set include YEG 2,373 ft (723 m) (3 ft delta) · GZT 2,315 ft (706 m) (61 ft delta) · GYN 2,450 ft (747 m) (74 ft delta) · GRU 2,461 ft (750 m) (85 ft delta) · NSI 2,278 ft (694 m) (98 ft delta).
Coordinate-neighbor check
GEG's nearest retained coordinate neighbors are YLW 293 km +1h · SEA 359 km +0h · PDX 448 km +0h.
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Arriving From / Departing To
| Destination | Route code | Distance | Estimated window | Time difference | Destination clock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelowna | YLW | 293 km | 1h 12m | +1h | --:--:-- |
| Seattle | SEA | 359 km | 1h 17m | +0h | --:--:-- |
| Portland | PDX | 448 km | 1h 24m | +0h | --:--:-- |
GEG to YLW
Kelowna
Distance 293 km; estimated travel window 1h 12m; destination zone America/Vancouver is +1h from GEG. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
GEG to SEA
Seattle
Distance 359 km; estimated travel window 1h 17m; destination zone America/Los_Angeles is +0h from GEG. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
GEG to PDX
Portland
Distance 448 km; estimated travel window 1h 24m; destination zone America/Los_Angeles is +0h from GEG. Use the live destination clock on this page as a cross-timezone planning cue, not as a live flight schedule.
Airport Details
Timezone
Ground Transport and Nearby Context
Central Spokane is close enough that taxi, ride-hail, and rail or shuttle links are usually the fastest arrival options.
Spokane is the nearest mapped city anchor in the current dataset, which makes it the cleanest companion page when travelers want to switch from airport timing into local city timing.
Spokane International Airport has 3 nearby indexed airport alternatives, which makes backup departures and diversion logic part of real planning instead of a theoretical edge case.
Nearby city time anchors
Airport pages are most useful when they bridge into real city clocks. These city anchors are ranked by distance from GEG, then shown with their own timezone, local time, and time difference from the airport clock.
Spokane
spokane · 9.0 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Opportunity
opportunity · 22 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Spokane Valley
spokane-valley · 23 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Post Falls
post-falls · 45 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Coeur d'Alene
coeur-d-alene · 57 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pullman
pullman · 102 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Moscow
moscow · 107 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Lewiston
lewiston-5598538 · 139 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Moses Lake
moses-lake · 142 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Lewiston Orchards
lewiston-orchards · 144 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Walla Walla
walla-walla · 184 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Pasco
pasco · 194 km · America/Los_Angeles
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Diff
- +0h
Airlines and Network Role
Spokane International Airport does not have a long carrier list in the current source trail, so this page emphasizes the durable pieces travelers can safely use here: local time, field identifiers, nearby airports, and timezone differences.
The route timing references show the first cross-timezone planning burden after this airport: Kelowna (YLW), Seattle (SEA), Portland (PDX). Treat them as distance and clock cues, then verify flight availability with the carrier.
Planning checkpoints
- Traffic signal: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Terminal footprint: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Runway footprint: 2 runways; longest runway 11,002 ft / 3,353 m; identifiers 03/21, 08/26.
- Runway surfaces: asphalt (2); 2 lighted runways in the source snapshot.
- Operator / management: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Historical opening year: not clearly stated in the source trail.
- Network role: mixed or not clearly stated in the source trail.
Nearby Airports
Nearby airports are ranked by coordinate distance from GEG. The time difference column is computed from IANA zones against the page snapshot, while the local clocks update in the browser.
Kelowna International AirportYLW
Kelowna · large airport
- Distance
- 293 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +1h
- Elevation
- 1,421 ft (433 m)
Compare against YLW when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Seattle–Tacoma International AirportSEA
Seattle · large airport
- Distance
- 359 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 433 ft (132 m)
Compare against SEA when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Portland International AirportPDX
Portland · large airport
- Distance
- 448 km
- Local time
- --:--:--
- Time diff
- +0h
- Elevation
- 31 ft (9 m)
Compare against PDX when route choice, backup departures, or arrival-side local time matters.
Questions
FAQ
What timezone is Spokane International Airport (GEG) in?▾
Spokane International Airport is in the America/Los_Angeles timezone (UTC-07:00, PDT).
What are the codes for Spokane International Airport?▾
Spokane International Airport uses IATA code GEG and ICAO code KGEG.
Where is Spokane International Airport located?▾
Spokane International Airport is located in Spokane, United States at coordinates 47.6199° N, 117.5340° W, with an elevation of 2,376 ft (724 m) (moderate-elevation field in the mid-latitudes).
How far is Spokane International Airport from central Spokane?▾
Spokane International Airport sits roughly 9.0 km from the nearest mapped city center for Spokane.
Which route reference is most useful from GEG?▾
Kelowna (YLW) is one of the closest route references on this page, with an estimated travel window of 1h 12m, destination timezone America/Vancouver, and a +1h difference from GEG.
Which authority regulates GEG?▾
Spokane International Airport sits inside United States, where civil aviation oversight is led by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
What other airports in United States are close peers to GEG?▾
GEG's curated peers in United States on this site include SEA Seattle, PDX Portland, BOI Boise, plus 3 more.
How many runways does Spokane International Airport have?▾
Spokane International Airport's source-backed operational summary lists 2 runways, with the longest runway recorded at 11,002 ft / 3,353 m; identifiers include 03/21, 08/26.