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.
Karratha airport (Australia)
Karratha airport is located near Karratha, with Karratha at 5mi↑, Dampier at 6mi↑, Roebourne at 23mi↑, Roebourne at 24mi↑, Point Samson at 28mi↑, Ashburton at 108mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Australia and Southernmost airports in Australia
→ See also airports in Australia
aerial view of Karratha airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : YPKA
- IATA code : KTA
- Local code : -
Elevation : 9 m = 30ft
→ See also Highest airports in Australia and Lowest airports in Australia
Runways
- runway 08/26 : 1850m = 6070ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Australia
Coming to Karratha airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
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Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By plane :
- Karratha airport at 0mi : book on Trip.com
- Roebourne airport at 25mi : book on Trip.com
- Barrow Island airport at 89mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
METAR for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
METAR YPKA 121500Z AUTO 27014KT 9999 // NCD 29/17 Q1011 RMK RF00.0/000.0
Decoded METAR for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
METAR issued by YPKA on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 15:00 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 27 days and 667 hours and -38859 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 29°C = 84°F, dew point is 17°C = 63°F. The air is moderately humid : relative air humidity is 48 %.
QNH is 1011hPa = 29.85inHg
Wind 26km/h = 14kt, direction is 270°.
Sky clear.
Remarks : RF000/0000
TAF for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
YPKA 121128Z 1212/1306 27013KT CAVOK FM121500 16006KT CAVOK FM130300 02014KT CAVOK RMK T 28 26 26 26 Q 1011 1011 1009 1008
Decoded TAF for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
TAF issued by YPKA on Sunday, October 12, 2025 at 11:28 UTC Warning : this TAF is out of date, issued 27 days and 22 hours and 53 minutes. weather forecast for 18 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 12:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
1212/1306 27013KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 13kt = 24km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 15:00 heure TU to Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 03:00 heure UTC
FM121500 16006KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 6kt = 11km/h, direction is 160°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
from Sunday, October 12, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Monday, October 13, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
FM130300 02014KT CAVOK
CAVOK = Ceiling And Visibility OK, visibility is more than 10 km, no clouds below 5000 ft or below the minimum sector altitude. No cumulonimbus or budding cumulus, regardless of their altitude and no Significant Weather
wind 14kt = 26km/h, direction is 20°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
VAC for Karratha airport YPKA KTA
The Visual Approach Chart (VAC Visual Approach Chart) is provided without any guarantee of its timeliness. 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.
NOTAM for Karratha airport
Around Karratha airport (Australia)
near
- Hotels in Karratha
- TianAn Rega Hotel (Beijing) at 4189mi↑
- Station de montagne Saint-Moritz at 8040mi↑
- Station de montagne Davos Klosters at 8042mi↑
- Station de montagne Arosa Lenzerheide at 8052mi↑
- Station de montagne Laax at 8068mi↑
- Station de montagne Aletsch Arena at 8122mi↑
- Station de montagne Grindelwald-Wengen at 8129mi↑
- Station de montagne Saas Fee at 8130mi↑
- Station de montagne Zermatt at 8138mi↑
- Hôtel Cour du Corbeau (Strasbourg) at 8141mi↑
- Hotel Origami (Strasbourg) at 8143mi↑
- Station de montagne Kandersteg-Sunnbüel-Oeschinensee at 8143mi↑
- for Karratha airport at 0mi↑
- for Wickham airport at 23mi↑
- for Roebourne airport at 25mi↑
nearest airports to Karratha airport (Australia)
- Wickham airport (YWKH ) at 23mi↑defunct airport
- Roebourne airport (YROE RBU ) at 25mi↑NOTAM
- Fortescue River airport (YFCU ) at 58mi↑NOTAM
- Mardi Station airport (YMDZ ) at 61mi↑NOTAM
- Millstream Station Field airport (YMST ) at 66mi↑NOTAM
- Pannawonica airport (YPNW ) at 70mi↑NOTAM
- Malina airport (YMLA ) at 82mi↑NOTAM
- Angel Platform Oil Rig heliport (YAGP ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Mundabullangana airport (YMDB ) at 85mi↑NOTAM
- Barrow Island airport (YBWX BWB ) at 89mi↑METAR 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