AirportsKarumba Airport is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is KRB.
Key facts
- IATA code
- KRB
- ICAO code
- YKMB
- City
- not listed
- State or region
- Queensland
- Country
- Australia
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 17.4567° S, 140.8300° E
- Elevation
- 2 m (5 ft)
- Runways
- 1
- Longest runway
- 1,271 m (4,169 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, KRB means Karumba Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: YKMB. ICAO codes that begin with Y belong to Australia. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 17.4567° S, 140.8300° E. It stands 2 metres (5 feet) above sea level.
Runways
Karumba Airport has 1 runway in the data. The longest is 1,271 metres (4,169 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 139.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/21 | 1,271 m 4,169 ft | not listed | not listed | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Normanton AirportNormanton | NTN | 36 km |
| Burketown Airport | BUC | 141 km |
| Mornington Island Airport | ONG | 197 km |
| Doomadgee Airport | DMD | 219 km |
| Kowanyama AirportKowanyama | KWM | 240 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 8,546 km | 10 h 50 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 8,462 km | 10 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 10,388 km | 13 h 00 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 14,933 km | 18 h 30 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 15,822 km | 19 h 35 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 12,051 km | 15 h 00 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 4,544 km | 6 h 00 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 5,895 km | 7 h 35 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 2,103 km | 3 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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