AirportsKalbarri Airport is a small airport serving Kalbarri, in Western Australia, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KAX.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KAX
- ICAO code
- YKBR
- City
- Kalbarri
- State or region
- Western Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 27.6928° S, 114.2592° E
- Elevation
- 48 m (157 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,599 m (5,246 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KAX means Kalbarri Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YKBR. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 27.6928° S, 114.2592° E. It stands 48 metres (157 feet) above sea level. The nearest town in our data is Geraldton, about 126 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Perth, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kalbarri Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,599 metres (5,246 feet). That suits narrow-body jets and regional aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 97.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18/36 | 1,599 m 5,246 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Geraldton AirportMoonyoonooka | GET | 130 km |
| Shark Bay AirportDenham | MJK | 211 km |
| Karara AirportKarara | KQR | 292 km |
| Carnarvon AirportCarnarvon | CVQ | 318 km |
| Mount Magnet Airport | MMG | 355 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,402 km | 9 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 6,849 km | 8 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 8,623 km | 10 h 55 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,061 km | 17 h 25 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 18,398 km | 22 h 40 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 14,992 km | 18 h 35 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 3,411 km | 4 h 35 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,525 km | 9 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 3,574 km | 4 h 50 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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