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Cairns International airport at Cairns (Australia)
Cairns International airport is located near Cairns, with Edge Hill at 1mi↑, Cairns at 1mi↑, Holloways Beach at 3mi↑, Redlynch at 4mi↑, Woree at 4mi↑, Yorkeys Knob at 5mi↑, White Rock at 7mi↑, Trinity Beach at 8mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Cairns International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YBCS
- IATA code : CNS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 3 m = 10ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 3197m = 10489ft
- runway 12/30 : 925m = 3035ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
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Aviation weather for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
METAR for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
METAR YBCS 250330Z AUTO 27005KT 9999 // FEW046 OVC057 OVC068 28/26 Q1006 RMK RF00.0/000.4
Decoded METAR for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
METAR issued by YBCS on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 03:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 106 hours and -5752 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 28°C = 82°F, dew point is 26°C = 79°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 89%.
QNH is 1006hPa = 29.71inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 270°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4600ft = 1400m. overcast at 5700ft = 1740m. overcast at 6800ft = 2070m.
Remarks : RF000/0004
TAF for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
YBCS 250203Z 2502/2600 03009KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 FM250700 12005KT 9999 -SHRA SCT025 FM251100 17005KT 9999 -SHRA BKN022 INTER 2502/2504 6000 SHRA SCT018 INTER 2519/2600 2000 SHRA BKN008 SCT025TCU RMK T 27 30 28 26 Q 1007 1004 1005 1007 TAF3
Decoded TAF for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
TAF issued by YBCS on Monday, March 24, 2025 at 02:03 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 11 hours and 35 minutes. weather forecast for 22 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, March 24, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 07:00 heure UTC
2502/2600 03009KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030
wind 9kt = 17km/h, direction is 30°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m
from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
FM250700 12005KT 9999 -SHRA SCT025
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 120°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m
from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 11:00 heure TU to Monday, March 24, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
FM251100 17005KT 9999 -SHRA BKN022
wind 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
broken at 2200ft = 670m
from Monday, March 24, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
INTER 2502/2504 6000 SHRA SCT018
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
shower rain
scattered clouds at 1800ft = 550m
from Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Tuesday, March 25, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
INTER 2519/2600 2000 SHRA BKN008 SCT025TCU
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
shower rain
broken at 800ft = 240m scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m
VAC for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. The pilot is the only person responsible for the verification of its validity before using it operationally to prepare a flight or to use it during its navigation.
NOTAM for Cairns International airport
Around Cairns International airport at Cairns (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Edge Hill
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4355mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 9192mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 9201mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 9202mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 9215mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 9224mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 9224mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 9249mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 9265mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 9268mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 9271mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 9271mi↑
- for Cairns International airport at 0mi↑
- for Cairns Base Hospital. airport at 2mi↑
- for Koah airport at 16mi↑
nearest airports to Cairns International airport at Cairns (Australia)
- Cairns Base Hospital. heliport (YCBH ) at 2mi↑NOTAM
- Koah airport ( AU-0297) at 16mi↑
- Mareeba airport (YMBA MRG ) at 26mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Yalkulka airport (YYAK ) at 30mi↑
- Atherton airport (YATN ) at 30mi↑NOTAM
- Atherton District Memorial Hospital heliport (YXAT ) at 32mi↑NOTAM
- Herberton airport (YHTN ) at 45mi↑
- Innisfail Hospital heliport (YXIS ) at 47mi↑NOTAM
- Dimbulah airport (YDIM ) at 48mi↑NOTAM
- Innisfail airport (YIFL IFL ) at 50mi↑METAR TAF
- Daintree airport (YCBY ) at 51mi↑NOTAM
- Agincourt South Helicopter Landing Site heliport (YAIS ) at 59mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Australia
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap