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YCKN IATA CTN Medium Airport

Airport record

Cooktown Airport

Queensland, Australia

Scheduled service reported
WGS 84 position -15.44365°, 145.18322° Open map ↗
FIELD ELEVATION 26 ft MSL

8 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 1

1 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 5,338 ft

1,627 metres · 11/29

PUBLISHED COMMS 2

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
11/29 5,338 × 98 ft1,627 × 30 m Asphalt 111.0° / 291.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
11 LE · low-numbered end 11/29 Reported open 111.0°T 24 ft MSL7 m Not published -15.44070°, 145.17599° Open end map ↗
29 HE · high-numbered end 11/29 Reported open 291.0°T 13 ft MSL4 m Not published -15.44610°, 145.19000° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
CTAF 126.700 MHz CTAF
FSS 134.650 MHz BRISBANE CNTR

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CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
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YSSY Sydney Kingsford Smith International AirportSydney (Mascot) 1,157 NM2,143 km · S · 165° true 12,999 ft
YPAD Adelaide International AirportAdelaide 1,225 NM2,268 km · S · 196° true 10,171 ft
YMML Melbourne AirportMelbourne 1,335 NM2,472 km · S · 181° true 11,998 ft
YPPH Perth International AirportPerth 1,877 NM3,476 km · SW · 233° true 11,299 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.

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