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King Island airport at (Australia)
King Island airport is located near with Loorana at 2mi↑, Currie at 4mi↑, King Island at 6mi↑, Grassy at 15mi↑, Hordern Vale at 78mi↑, Apollo Bay at 79mi↑, Johanna at 83mi↑, Montagu at 84mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of King Island airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YKII
- IATA code : KNS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 40 m = 131ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 10/28 : 1584m = 5197ft
- runway 17/35 : 1107m = 3632ft
- runway 06/24 : 800m = 2625ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to King Island airport
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By plane :
- King Island airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Smithton airport at 92mi : book on Trip.com
- Colac airport at 110mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR YKII 140230Z AUTO 11010KT 9999 // NCD 24/15 Q1008 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR issued by YKII on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 02:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 14 days and 357 hours and -20143 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 24°C = 75°F, dew point is 15°C = 59°F. The air is humid : relative air humidity is 57%.
QNH is 1008hPa = 29.77inHg
Wind 19km/h = 10kt, direction is 110°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
YKII 140112Z 1402/1414 17010KT CAVOK FM140600 09010KT CAVOK BECMG 1410/1412 07018G28KT 9999 SCT008 RMK T 22 22 20 17 Q 1009 1007 1005 1004
Decoded TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
TAF issued by YKII on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 01:12 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 14 days and 22 hours and 35 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Monday, January 13, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 14, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
1402/1414 17010KT 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 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Tuesday, January 14, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 14, 2025 à 10:00 heure UTC
FM140600 09010KT 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 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 90°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Tuesday, January 14, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Tuesday, January 14, 2025 à 14:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1410/1412 07018G28KT 9999 SCT008
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 800ft = 240m
NOTAM for King Island airport
Around King Island airport at (Australia)
near
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- Station de montagne Laax at 10140mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 10192mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 10199mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 10200mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 10207mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 10214mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 10216mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 10217mi↑
- for King Island airport at 0mi↑
- for Hunter Island airport at 63mi↑
- for Cape Otway airport at 73mi↑
nearest airports to King Island airport at (Australia)
- Hunter Island airport (YHTR ) at 63mi↑NOTAM
- Cape Otway airport (YCTY ) at 73mi↑
- Apollo Bay airport (YAPO ) at 77mi↑
- Smithton airport (YSMI SIO ) at 92mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Glenample heliport (YGHP ) at 94mi↑NOTAM
- Port Campbell heliport (YPHP ) at 97mi↑NOTAM
- Peterborough airport (YPBH ) at 102mi↑NOTAM
- Bellbrae private airstrip airport ( AU-0417) at 109mi↑
- Balfour airport (YBFR ) at 109mi↑NOTAM
- Colac airport (YOLA XCO ) at 110mi↑
- Torquay airport (YTQY ) at 112mi↑
- Lake Modewarre Private airstrip no.2 airport ( AU-0416) at 112mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Australia
Data sources
- 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