Airport information, from map to hotels via aeronautical information. And the aeronautical weather for the pilots with current weather and short-term forecasts with METAR (METeorological Aerodrome Report, observation message of meteorological conditions for aviation) and TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast: short-term forecast message of meteorological conditions for aviation ). And other resources such as VAC (Visual Approach Chart) to prepare flights.
King Island airport (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↑,→ 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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- Colac airport at 110mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR YKII 150100Z AUTO 35015KT 9999 // FEW022 OVC033 12/07 Q1018 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR issued by YKII on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 01:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 5 days and 143 hours and -7142 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 12°C = 54°F, dew point is 7°C = 45°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 71 %.
QNH is 1018hPa = 30.06inHg
Wind 28km/h = 15kt, direction is 350°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2200ft = 670m. overcast at 3300ft = 1010m.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
YKII 150043Z 1502/1514 34014KT 9999 -SHRA FEW015 BKN025 INTER 1504/1512 4000 SHRA BKN015 RMK T 13 13 11 11 Q 1017 1017 1018 1018
Decoded TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
TAF issued by YKII on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at 00:43 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 15 minutes. weather forecast for 12 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Saturday, June 14, 2025 à 02:00 heure TU to Sunday, June 15, 2025 à 04:00 heure UTC
1502/1514 34014KT 9999 -SHRA FEW015 BKN025
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 340°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
few clouds at 1500ft = 460m broken at 2500ft = 760m
from Sunday, June 15, 2025 à 04:00 heure TU to Sunday, June 15, 2025 à 14:00 heure UTC
INTER 1504/1512 4000 SHRA BKN015
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
shower rain
broken at 1500ft = 460m
NOTAM for King Island airport
Around King Island airport (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Loorana
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 5778mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 10110mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 10113mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 10124mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 10140mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 10192mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 10199mi↑
- 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 (Australia)
- Hunter Island airport (YHTR ) at 63mi↑NOTAM
- Cape Otway airport (YCTY ) at 73mi↑
- Apollo Bay airport (YAPO ) at 77mi↑NOTAM
- 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↑NOTAM
→ See also Former airports in Australia
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