Aeronautical current weather observation and short-term forecast for pilots, flight preparation with the METAR (Meteorological Aerodrome Report : current weather report), and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term weather forecast message for aviation). And other resources like VAC (Visual Approach Chart) and NOTAM (Notice To Airman) to prepare a flights.
METAR, TAF, VAC, NOTAM Cooktown airport (Australia) / ICAO YCKN/ IATA CTN
Cooktown airport (Australia) is located close to Cooktown at 5 mile↑, Rossville at 16 mile↑, Bloomfield at 35 mile↑, Daintree at 56 mile↑, Wonga at 63 mile↑, Miallo at 67 mile↑, Mossman at 72 mile↑, Port Douglas at 74 mile↑, Cassowary at 74 mile↑, Hockley at 81 mile↑,
Elevation : 8 m = 26 ft
Runways
- runway 11/29 : 1627 m = 5338 ft
aerial view of Cooktown
METAR for Cooktown airport - YCKN
METAR YCKN 262000Z AUTO 13008KT 9999 // SCT029 23/18 Q1015 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Cooktown Airport (Australia)
METAR issued by YCKN on Monday 26th of July 2021 at 20:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 4 days and 3 hours and 44 minutes ago.
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
Temperature is 23 °C = 73 °F and dew point is 18 °C = 64 °F . This correspond to 73% relative humidity.
QNH is 1015 mb = 29.97 inHg
Wind speed is 15 km/h = 8 kt, direction is 130°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 2900 ft = 880 m.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Cooktown airport - YCKN
YCKN 261821Z 2620/2708 14012KT 9999 SCT030 FM270000 12012KT 9999 SCT040 RMK T 22 24 26 26 Q 1016 1017 1017 1015
Decoded TAF for Cooktown Airport (Australia)
TAF issued by YCKN on Monday 26th of July 2021 at 18:21 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 4 days and 5 hours and 23 minutes ago. A 12 hour weather forecast that is updated every 6 hours.
from Monday 26th of July 2021 à 20:00 heure TU to Tuesday 27th of July 2021 à 00:00 heure UTC
2620/2708 14012KT 9999 SCT030
Wind 12 kt = 22 km/h, direction is 140°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 3000 ft = 910 m
from Tuesday 27th of July 2021 à 00:00 heure TU to Tuesday 27th of July 2021 à 08:00 heure UTC
FM270000 12012KT 9999 SCT040
Wind 12 kt = 22 km/h, direction is 120°
Visibility is greater than 10 km = greater than 6 mile.
scattered clouds at 4000 ft = 1220 m
NOTAM for Cooktown Airport
NOTAMs are provided without any guarantee of their topicality. 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.
No NOTAM provided by ICAO
close by
nearest airports to Cooktown
- for Hope Vale airport (YHPV) at 12 mile↑
- for Bloomfield River airport (YBMD) at 31 mile↑
- for Cape Flattery airport (YCFL) at 34 mile↑
- for Lakeland airport (YLND) at 35 mile↑
- for Laura airport (YLRA) at 49 mile↑
- for Daintree airport (YCBY) at 56 mile↑
- for Lizard Island airport (YLZI) at 56 mile↑
- for New Laura airport (YLRS) at 57 mile↑
Data sources
- NOTAM : ICAO (www.icao.int)
- METAR et TAF : AVWX (avwx.rest)
- Météo générale : Openweathermap (www.openweathermap.org) et AVWX (avwx.rest)
- VAC France : DGAC/SIA (www.sia.aviation-civile.gouv.fr)
- Aerial maps : Google Maps (www.google.com), Microsoft Bing (www.microsoft.com) ou OpenStreetMap (www.openstreetmap.org)