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Cairns International airport at Cairns (Australia)
Cairns International airport is located near Cairns, with Edge Hill at 1mi↑, Cairns at 1mi↑, Holloways Beach at 3mi↑, Redlynch at 4mi↑, Woree at 4mi↑, Yorkeys Knob at 5mi↑, White Rock at 7mi↑, Trinity Beach at 8mi↑, Kuranda at 8mi↑, Fairyland at 8mi↑, Palm Cove at 11mi↑, Meringa at 14mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Cairns International airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YBCS
- IATA code : CNS
- Local code : -
Elevation : 3 m = 10ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 15/33 : 3197m = 10489ft
- runway 12/30 : 925m = 3035ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Where to go from Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
Aviation weather for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
METAR for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
METAR YBCS 250330Z AUTO 13013KT 9999 // NCD 30/22 Q1012 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
METAR issued by YBCS on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 03:30 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 1 days and 25 hours and -1427 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 30°C = 86°F, dew point is 22°C = 72°F . This correspond to 62% relative humidity.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 24km/h = 13kt, direction is 130°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
YBCS 250203Z 2503/2600 13014KT 9999 SCT040 FM250900 17008KT 9999 SCT025 FM252000 17008KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020 RMK T 29 28 25 23 Q 1013 1011 1013 1014 TAF3
Decoded TAF for Cairns International airport YBCS CNS
TAF issued by YBCS on Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 02:03 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 1 days and 2 hours and 40 minutes. weather forecast for 21 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, April 24, 2024 à 03:00 heure TU to Thursday, April 25, 2024 à 09:00 heure UTC
2503/2600 13014KT 9999 SCT040
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 130°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
from Thursday, April 25, 2024 à 09:00 heure TU to Thursday, April 25, 2024 à 20:00 heure UTC
FM250900 17008KT 9999 SCT025
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 2500ft = 760m
from Thursday, April 25, 2024 à 20:00 heure TU to Thursday, April 25, 2024 à 00:00 heure UTC
FM252000 17008KT 9999 -SHRA SCT020
wind 8kt = 15km/h, direction is 170°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 2000ft = 610m
Around Cairns International airport at Cairns (Australia)
near
- Nearest hotels
- Hotels in Edge Hill
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- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 9201mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 9202mi↑
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- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 9249mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 9265mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 9268mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 9271mi↑
- Station de montagne Schnepfenried at 9271mi↑
- for Cairns International airport at 0mi↑
- for Cairns Base Hospital. airport at 2mi↑
- for Koah airport at 16mi↑
nearest airports to Cairns International airport at Cairns (Australia)
- Cairns Base Hospital. heliport (YCBH ) at 2mi↑
- Koah airport ( AU-0297) at 16mi↑
- Mareeba airport (YMBA MRG ) at 26mi↑METAR & TAF
- Yalkulka airport (YYAK ) at 30mi↑
- Atherton airport (YATN ) at 30mi↑
- Atherton District Memorial Hospital heliport (YXAT ) at 32mi↑
- Herberton airport (YHTN ) at 45mi↑
- Innisfail Hospital heliport (YXIS ) at 47mi↑
- Dimbulah airport (YDIM ) at 48mi↑
- Innisfail airport (YIFL IFL ) at 50mi↑METAR & TAF
- Daintree airport (YCBY ) at 51mi↑
- Agincourt South Helicopter Landing Site heliport (YAIS ) at 59mi↑
- Agincourt North Helicopter Landing Site heliport (YAIN ) at 63mi↑
- Mount Garnet airport (YMRT ) at 69mi↑
- Tully Hospital. heliport ( AU-0190) at 73mi↑
- Tully airport (YTUY ) at 73mi↑
- Bloomfield River airport (YBMD BFC ) at 75mi↑
- Dunk Island airport (YDKI DKI ) at 77mi↑
- Chillagoe airport (YCGO LLG ) at 83mi↑
- Gunnawarra airport (YGUW ) at 83mi↑
- Ootann airport (YOTN ) at 83mi↑
- Maitland Downs airport (YMDW ) at 83mi↑
- Glen Ruth airport (YGRU ) at 86mi↑
- Goshen Station airport ( AU-0330) at 89mi↑
- Dallachy (Cardwell) airport ( AU-0296) at 90mi↑
- Helenvale airport ( HLV AU-HLV) at 90mi↑
- Elderslie airport (YELR ) at 93mi↑defunct airport
- Crystal Brook airport (YCYT ) at 93mi↑
- Jonroy airport (YJNY ) at 94mi↑
- Lakeland airport (YLND LKD ) at 94mi↑
→ 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