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Christmas Island airport (Christmas Island)
Christmas Island airport is located near Christmas Island, with Drumsite at 1mi↑, Flying Fish Cove at 2mi↑, Territory of Christmas Island at 4mi↑, Sindangbarang at 230mi↑, Cigarogol at 230mi↑, Cikamurang at 231mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Christmas Island and Southernmost airports in Christmas Island
→ See also airports in Christmas Island
aerial view of Christmas Island airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YPXM
- IATA code : XCH
- Local code : -
Elevation : 279 m = 915ft
→ See also Highest airports in Christmas Island and Lowest airports in Christmas Island
Runways
- runway 18/36 : 2103m = 6900ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Christmas Island
Coming to Christmas Island airport
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Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- Christmas Island airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Nusawiru airport at 268mi : book on Trip.com
- Cibeureum airport at 276mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Christmas Island airport YPXM XCH
METAR for Christmas Island airport YPXM XCH
YPXM 272100Z AUTO 13009KT 9999 // BKN012 BKN015 OVC031 25/23 Q1013
Decoded METAR for Christmas Island airport YPXM XCH
METAR issued by YPXM on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 21:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 10 days and 253 hours and -14391 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 25°C = 77°F, dew point is 23°C = 73°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 89 %.
QNH is 1013hPa = 29.91inHg
Wind 17km/h = 9kt, direction is 130°.
Clouds : broken at 1200ft = 370m. broken at 1500ft = 460m. overcast at 3100ft = 940m.
TAF for Christmas Island airport YPXM XCH
YPXM 271732Z 2717/2818 15011KT 9999 -SHRA BKN010 FM280200 15014KT 9999 -SHRA BKN014 FM281200 15010KT 9999 NSW BKN010 TEMPO 2717/2802 4000 SHRA BKN005 TEMPO 2802/2812 9999 BKN012
Decoded TAF for Christmas Island airport YPXM XCH
TAF issued by YPXM on Friday, June 27, 2025 at 17:32 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 10 days and 16 hours and 37 minutes. weather forecast for 25 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, June 27, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday, June 27, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
2717/2818 15011KT 9999 -SHRA BKN010
wind 11kt = 20km/h, direction is 150°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
broken at 1000ft = 300m
from Friday, June 27, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Saturday, June 28, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
FM280200 15014KT 9999 -SHRA BKN014
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 150°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
broken at 1400ft = 430m
from Saturday, June 28, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Saturday, June 28, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
FM281200 15010KT 9999 NSW BKN010
no significant weather
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 150°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 1000ft = 300m
temporarily from Friday, June 27, 2025 à 17:00 heure TU to Friday, June 27, 2025 à 02:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2717/2802 4000 SHRA BKN005
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 500ft = 150m
temporarily from Friday, June 27, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Saturday, June 28, 2025 à 12:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 2802/2812 9999 BKN012
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 1200ft = 370m
NOTAM for Christmas Island airport
Around Christmas Island airport (Christmas Island)
near
- Hotels in Drumsite
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 3547mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 7018mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 7020mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 7030mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 7046mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 7100mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 7107mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 7107mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 7116mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 7120mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 7121mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 7122mi↑
- for Christmas Island airport at 0mi↑
- for Amandaratu airport at 220mi↑
- for Pelabuhan Ratu airport at 247mi↑
nearest airports to Christmas Island airport (Christmas Island)
- Amandaratu heliport ( ID-0187) at 220mi↑
- Pelabuhan Ratu airport (WIIR ) at 247mi↑defunct airport
- Cikembar airport ( ID-0244) at 252mi↑
- Lido Airstrip airport ( ID-0243) at 267mi↑
- Nusawiru airport (WICN CJN WI1A) at 268mi↑NOTAM
- Sulaiman airport (WIAK ) at 272mi↑defunct airport
- Tanjung Lesung airport ( ID-0186) at 274mi↑
- Batujajar airport ( WI1B) at 274mi↑
- Banyumas Purwokertu airport (WIAP ) at 276mi↑NOTAM
- Cibeureum airport (WICM TSY ) at 276mi↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Christmas Island
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- 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