AirportsKingscote Airport is a medium-sized airport in South Australia, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KGC.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KGC
- ICAO code
- YKSC
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- South Australia
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Medium airport
- Coordinates
- 35.7139° S, 137.5210° E
- Elevation
- 7 m (24 ft)
- Runways
- 3
- Longest runway
- 1,402 m (4,600 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KGC means Kingscote Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YKSC. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 35.7139° S, 137.5210° E. It stands 7 metres (24 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Adelaide, about 131 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Australia/Adelaide, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Kingscote Airport has 3 runways in the data. The longest is 1,402 metres (4,600 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 156 airports of Australia on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 128.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01/19 | 1,402 m 4,600 ft | 30 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 1,164 m 3,819 ft | 30 m | Gravel | Yes |
| 06/24 | 1,134 m 3,720 ft | 30 m | Gravel | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide International AirportAdelaide | ADL | 125 km |
| Port Lincoln AirportPort Lincoln | PLO | 194 km |
| Whyalla AirportWhyalla | WYA | 295 km |
| Port Augusta Airport | PUG | 357 km |
| Mount Gambier AirportMount Gambier | MGB | 368 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 9,542 km | 12 h 00 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 9,128 km | 11 h 30 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,958 km | 13 h 40 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 16,273 km | 20 h 05 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 17,240 km | 21 h 15 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 13,268 km | 16 h 30 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 5,390 km | 7 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 7,928 km | 10 h 05 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 1,261 km | 2 h 00 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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