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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Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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By plane :
- King Island airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Smithton airport at 92mi : book on Trip.com
- 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 052200Z AUTO 24019KT 9999 // FEW042 SCT065 12/05 Q1012 RMK RF00.0/005.2
Decoded METAR for King Island airport YKII KNS
METAR issued by YKII on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 22:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 6 days and 157 hours and -8599 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 12°C = 54°F, dew point is 5°C = 41°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 62 %.
QNH is 1012hPa = 29.88inHg
Wind 35km/h = 19kt, direction is 240°.
Clouds : few clouds at 4200ft = 1280m. scattered clouds at 6500ft = 1980m.
Remarks : RF000/0052
TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
YKII 051754Z 0519/0608 24018G28KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN050 FM060300 27015G25KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN050 BECMG 0606/0607 27014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN050 RMK T 10 11 12 13 Q 1009 1012 1014 1014
Decoded TAF for King Island airport YKII KNS
TAF issued by YKII on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 17:54 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 6 days and 17 hours and 47 minutes. weather forecast for 13 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, October 5, 2025 à 19:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 5, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
0519/0608 24018G28KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN050
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 240°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 5000ft = 1520m
from Sunday, October 5, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Monday, October 6, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM060300 27015G25KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN050
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 5000ft = 1520m
becoming from Monday, October 6, 2025 à 07:00 heure TU to Monday, October 6, 2025 à 08:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0606/0607 27014KT 9999 -SHRA SCT030 BKN050
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
light intensity shower rain
scattered clouds at 3000ft = 910m broken at 5000ft = 1520m
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↑NOTAM
- 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