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Horn Island airport (Australia)
Horn Island airport is located near Horn Island, with Wasaga at 3mi↑, Port Kennedy at 5mi↑, Torres at 11mi↑, Bamaga at 22mi↑, Torres Strait Island at 27mi↑, Northern Peninsula Area at 27mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Horn Island airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YHID
- IATA code : HID
- Local code : -
Elevation : 13 m = 43ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 1389m = 4557ft
- runway 14/32 : 1235m = 4052ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to Horn Island airport
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Aviation weather for Horn Island airport YHID HID
METAR for Horn Island airport YHID HID
YHID 100030Z AUTO 17015KT 9999 // FEW023 30/24 Q1010
Decoded METAR for Horn Island airport YHID HID
METAR issued by YHID on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 00:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 13 days and 318 hours and -18680 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 30°C = 86°F, dew point is 24°C = 75°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 70 %.
QNH is 1010hPa = 29.83inHg
Wind 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 170°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2300ft = 700m.
TAF for Horn Island airport YHID HID
YHID 092313Z 1000/1100 12014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020 FM100900 13010KT 9999 -SHRA SCT015 FM102300 10014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020 INTER 1000/1006 3000 SHRA BKN010 FEW020TCU INTER 1014/1100 3000 SHRA BKN010 FEW020TCU
Decoded TAF for Horn Island airport YHID HID
TAF issued by YHID on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 23:13 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 13 days and 7 hours and 57 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 09:00 heure UTC
1000/1100 12014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 120°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
from Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 09:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 23:00 heure UTC
FM100900 13010KT 9999 -SHRA SCT015
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 130°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 1500ft = 460m
from Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 23:00 heure TU to Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM102300 10014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 100°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
from Tuesday, December 9, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
INTER 1000/1006 3000 SHRA BKN010 FEW020TCU
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 1000ft = 300m few clouds at 2000ft = 610m
from Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 14:00 heure TU to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
INTER 1014/1100 3000 SHRA BKN010 FEW020TCU
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 1000ft = 300m few clouds at 2000ft = 610m
VAC for Horn Island airport YHID HID
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 Horn Island airport
Around Horn Island airport (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Wasaga
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 3863mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 8708mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 8718mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 8718mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 8731mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 8736mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 8736mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 8761mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 8777mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 8780mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 8783mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 8784mi↑
- for Horn Island airport at 0mi↑
- for Thursday Island Hospital airport at 5mi↑
- for Kubin airport at 25mi↑
nearest airports to Horn Island airport (Australia)
- Thursday Island Hospital heliport ( AU-0512) at 5mi↑
- Kubin airport (YKUB KUG ) at 25mi↑NOTAM
- Northern Peninsula airport (YNPE ABM ) at 27mi↑NOTAM
- Badu Island airport (YBAU BDD ) at 31mi↑NOTAM
- OK Village airport ( AU-0513) at 38mi↑
- Mabuiag Island airport (YMAA UBB ) at 45mi↑NOTAM
- Warraber Island airport (YWBS SYU ) at 45mi↑NOTAM
- Yam Island airport (YYMI XMY ) at 58mi↑NOTAM
- Coconut Island airport (YCCT CNC ) at 65mi↑NOTAM
- Heathlands airport (YHTL HAT ) at 82mi↑NOTAM
- Saibai Island airport (YSII SBR ) at 87mi↑NOTAM
- Skardon River airport ( AU-0264) at 90mi↑
- Boigu airport (YBOI GIC ) at 94mi↑NOTAM
- Yorke Island airport (YYKI OKR ) at 95mi↑NOTAM
- Mapoon Airstrip airport ( AU-0263) at 104mi↑
- Agnew airport ( AGW AU-AGW) at 108mi↑
→ 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