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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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Aviation weather for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
SPECI YKII 192116Z AUTO 06019G29KT 9999 // NCD 18/13 Q1011 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR issued by YKII on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 21:16 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 hours and 48 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 18°C = 64°F, dew point is 13°C = 55°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 73%.
QNH is 1011hPa = 29.85inHg
Wind 35km/h = 19kt with gusts at 54km/h = 29kt, direction is 60°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
YKII 191806Z 1919/2008 07012KT CAVOK FM192000 05015G25KT CAVOK BECMG 2003/2004 23014KT CAVOK FM200600 22016KT 9999 SCT010 RMK T 15 18 21 21 Q 1011 1011 1010 1009
Decoded TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
TAF issued by YKII on Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 18:06 UTC, issued 9 hours and 58 minutes. weather forecast for 13 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 19:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 20:00 heure UTC
1919/2008 07012KT 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 12kt = 22km/h, direction is 70°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 20:00 heure TU to Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 03:00 heure UTC
FM192000 05015G25KT 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 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 50°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
becoming from Thursday, December 19, 2024 à 04:00 heure TU to Friday, December 20, 2024 à 06:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2003/2004 23014KT 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 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 230°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Friday, December 20, 2024 à 06:00 heure TU to Friday, December 20, 2024 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM200600 22016KT 9999 SCT010
wind 16kt = 30km/h, direction is 220°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 1000ft = 300m
NOTAM for King Island airport
Around King Island airport at (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Loorana
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- Station de montagne Laax at 10140mi↑
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- 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