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RAAF Base Curtin airport in (Australia)
RAAF Base Curtin airport is located near with Derby at 21mi↑, Derby-West Kimberley at 96mi↑, Broome at 108mi↑, Fitzroy Crossing at 123mi↑, Broome at 140mi↑, Wyndham-East Kimberley at 232mi↑, Halls Creek at 257mi↑, Halls Creek at 263mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of RAAF Base Curtin airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YCIN
- IATA code : DCN
- Local code : -
Elevation : 91 m = 299ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 11/29 : 3049m = 10003ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to RAAF Base Curtin airport
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- RAAF Base Curtin airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Derby airport at 18mi : book on Trip.com
- Kimberley Downs airport at 37mi : book on Trip.com
weather : broken clouds at Derby
81 ↗ 90°F
wind ↑ 20mph
gusting to 22mph
Wednesday : high heat alert with 93°F at Derby
Aviation weather for RAAF Base Curtin airport YCIN DCN
METAR for RAAF Base Curtin airport YCIN DCN
SPECI YCIN 080803Z AUTO 35014KT 9999 -SHRA FEW042 BKN062 OVC097 29/22 Q1010 RESHRA RMK RF00.2/001.4 DL-N
Decoded METAR for RAAF Base Curtin airport YCIN DCN
METAR issued by YCIN on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 08:03 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 22 days and 532 hours and -31635 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 29°C = 84°F, dew point is 22°C = 72°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 66 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 350°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4200ft = 1280m. broken at 6200ft = 1890m. overcast at 9700ft = 2960m.
light intensity shower rain
recently shower rain remarks : RF002/0014 DL light intensity N
TAF for RAAF Base Curtin airport YCIN DCN
YCIN 080824Z 0808/0820 03007KT CAVOK FM081100 19004KT CAVOK INTER 0808/0810 2000 SHRA SCT020 SCT070TCU RMK T 28 29 27 26 Q 1010 1012 1012 1012
Decoded TAF for RAAF Base Curtin airport YCIN DCN
TAF issued by YCIN on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 08:24 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 22 days and 4 hours and 24 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 11:00 heure UTC
0808/0820 03007KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 7kt = 13km/h, direction is 30°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 11:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM081100 19004KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 190°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 08:00 heure TU to Tuesday, April 8, 2025 à 20:00 heure UTC
INTER 0808/0810 2000 SHRA SCT020 SCT070TCU
Visibility is 2km = 1mi.
shower rain
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m scattered clouds at 7000ft = 2130m
VAC for RAAF Base Curtin airport YCIN DCN
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 RAAF Base Curtin airport
Around RAAF Base Curtin airport in (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Derby
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4001mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 8226mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 8227mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 8237mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 8252mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 8308mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 8309mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 8310mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 8315mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 8320mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 8330mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 8330mi↑
- for RAAF Base Curtin airport at 0mi↑
- for Derby airport at 18mi↑
- for Meda airport at 19mi↑
nearest airports to RAAF Base Curtin airport in (Australia)
- Derby airport (YDBY DRB ) at 18mi↑METAR TAF
- Meda airport ( AU-0203) at 19mi↑
- Kimberley Downs airport ( KBD AU-KBD) at 37mi↑
- Myroodan Station airport (YMYR MYO ) at 47mi↑
- Robinson River airport ( AU-0521) at 57mi↑
- Kimbolton airport ( AU-0520) at 61mi↑
- Napier Downs airport (YNPD ) at 70mi↑NOTAM
- Windjana Grove airport (YWDJ ) at 73mi↑NOTAM
- Beagle Bay airport (YBGB BEE ) at 87mi↑NOTAM
- Mount Hart Station airport (YMHT ) at 89mi↑NOTAM
- Roebuck Plains Roadhouse airport ( AU-0522) at 89mi↑
- Noonkanbah airport (YNKA NKB ) at 92mi↑NOTAM
→ 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