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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
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
By train : book on Trip.com
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
NOTAM for Christmas Island 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.
NOTAM I0039/25 DECLARED DISTANCE AND GRADIENT CHANGES
valid from Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 03:00
RWY TODA
18 2164(1.56)
36 2164(3.82)
SUPPLEMENTRY TAKEOFF DISTANCES
RWY18- NIL STODA
RWY36- 1058(2.2) 1887(2.5) 2133(3.3)
AMD EN ROUTE SUPPLEMENT AUSTRALIA (ERSA
Issued on Sunday, June 22, 2025 at 03:02
NOTAM I0067/25 CHECKLIST SERIES I
valid from Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:19 to Sunday, August 31, 2025 at 16:00
SERIES I
YEAR=2025 0039 0046 0047 0054 0057 0066
LATEST AIP AMENDMENTS
AIP AMDT 123 DATED 12 JUN 2025
AIP DEP AND APCH PROC (DAP) EAST AND WEST AMDT 183 DATED 12 JUN 2025
AIP ENR SUP AUSTRALIA (ERSA) DATED 12 JUN 2025
AIP MAP DATED 12 JUN 2025
AIP DESIGNATED AIRSPACE HANDBOOK (DAH) DATED 12 JUN 2025
CHECKLIST OF AIP SUP:
H135/25, H134/25, H133/25, H132/25, H131/25, H130/25, H129/25,
H127/25, H125/25, H124/25, H110/25, H109/25, H106/25, H97/25, H96/25,
H95/25, H94/25, H91/25, H88/25, H85/25, H83/25, H79/25, H77/25,
H76/25, H75/25, H72/25, H68/25, H66/25, H64/25, H63/25, H60/25,
H46/25, H43/25, H38/25, H35/25, H07/25, H04/25, H174/24, H125/24,
H114/24, H110/24, H108/24, H92/23, H112/21
CHECKLIST OF AIP AIC:
H38/25, H35/25, H34/25, H33/25, H32/25, H31/25, H30/25, H27/25,
H22/25, H21/25, H18/25, H16/25, H13/25, H06/25, H02/25, H01/25,
H49/24, H38/24, H10/23, H67/20, H26/14, H15/14, H14/14
Issued on Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 16:20
NOTAM I0069/25 STANDBY PWR SWITCHOVER TIME NOT TO STD
valid from Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 11:09 to Monday, September 8, 2025 at 11:00
(UP TO 20 SEC
Issued on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 11:09
NOTAM I0054/25 UA OPS (HELICOPTER BLW 150KG) WILL TAKE PLACE
valid from Friday, August 8, 2025 at 00:00 to Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:00
OPR WI 7.5NM RADIUS OF PSN 102755.74S 1053752.98E
BRG 255 MAG 3.5NM FM ARP
OPR WILL BCST ON FREQ 132.2 15MIN PRIOR TO LAUNCH AND AT 15MIN
INTERVALS WHILST AIRBORNE
OPR WILL MNT FREQ 132.2
OPR CTC SATELLITE TEL: 0011 8816 3265 1617
Issued on Wednesday, July 23, 2025 at 04:01
NOTAM I0070/25 SDBY PWR AUTO SWITCHOVER NOT AVBL
valid from Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 01:29 to Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at 01:00
MANUAL SDBY PWR AVBL 60MIN PN
Issued on Sunday, August 10, 2025 at 01:29
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