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Karratha airport at Karratha (Australia)
Karratha airport is located near Karratha, with Karratha at 5mi↑, Dampier at 6mi↑, Roebourne at 23mi↑, Roebourne at 24mi↑, Point Samson at 28mi↑, Ashburton at 108mi↑, Port Hedland at 119mi↑, Port Hedland at 120mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Karratha airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YPKA
- IATA code : KTA
- Local code : -
Elevation : 9 m = 30ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 1850m = 6070ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to Karratha airport
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By plane :
- Karratha airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Roebourne airport at 25mi : book on Trip.com
- Barrow Island airport at 89mi : book on Trip.com
weather : scattered clouds at Karratha
86 ↗ 97°F
wind ↑ 10mph
high heat alert with 97°F at Karratha
Sunday : high heat alert with 97°F at Karratha
Aviation weather for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
METAR for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
METAR YPKA 282230Z AUTO 10007KT 9999 // NCD 30/24 Q1009 RMK RF00.0/000.4
Decoded METAR for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
METAR issued by YPKA on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 22:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 17 hours and 18 minutes ago.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 1009hPa = 29.8inHg
Wind 13km/h = 7kt, direction is 100°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : RF000/0004
TAF for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
YPKA 281649Z 2818/2912 13005KT CAVOK FM290200 02014KT CAVOK FM290700 33014KT CAVOK RMK T 31 31 33 36 Q 1008 1008 1010 1009
Decoded TAF for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
TAF issued by YPKA on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at 16:49 UTC, issued 22 hours and 59 minutes. weather forecast for 18 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, December 28, 2024 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, December 28, 2024 à 02:00 heure UTC
2818/2912 13005KT 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 5kt = 9km/h, direction is 130°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Saturday, December 28, 2024 à 02:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 29, 2024 à 07:00 heure UTC
FM290200 02014KT 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 20°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Sunday, December 29, 2024 à 07:00 heure TU to Sunday, December 29, 2024 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM290700 33014KT 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 330°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
VAC for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
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 Karratha airport
Around Karratha airport at Karratha (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Karratha
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4189mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 8040mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 8042mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 8052mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 8068mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 8122mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 8129mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 8130mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 8138mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 8141mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 8143mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 8143mi↑
- for Karratha airport at 0mi↑
- for Wickham airport at 23mi↑
- for Roebourne airport at 25mi↑
nearest airports to Karratha airport at Karratha (Australia)
- Wickham airport (YWKH ) at 23mi↑defunct airport
- Roebourne airport (YROE RBU ) at 25mi↑NOTAM
- Fortescue River airport (YFCU ) at 58mi↑
- Mardi Station airport (YMDZ ) at 61mi↑NOTAM
- Millstream Station Field airport (YMST ) at 66mi↑NOTAM
- Pannawonica airport (YPNW ) at 70mi↑
- Malina airport (YMLA ) at 82mi↑NOTAM
- Angel Platform Oil Rig heliport (YAGP ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Mundabullangana airport (YMDB ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Barrow Island airport (YBWX BWB ) at 89mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Red Hill Station airport (YRHL ) at 98mi↑NOTAM
- Coolawanyah airport (YCWY COY ) at 98mi↑NOTAM
→ 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