Cooktown Airport

IATA CTNICAO YCKNMedium airport

Cooktown Airport is a medium airport in Queensland, Australia. It is listed as IATA CTN and ICAO YCKN. The airport is located at -15.4436° / 145.1832° at an elevation of 8 m (26 ft). There is one runway, the longest measuring 1,627 m. The nearest airport is Hope Vale Airport, 19 km (12 mi) away. The airport is served by scheduled flights.

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Map detail of Cooktown Airport with runways — Close-up with runways

World map showing the position of Cooktown Airport — Overview map

Data

Data
IATA code	`CTN`
ICAO code	`YCKN`
Identifier	`YCKN`
Type	Medium airport
Region	Queensland
Country	Australia
Coordinates	-15.44365, 145.18322
Coordinates (deg/min/sec)	15° 26′ 37.14″ S 145° 10′ 59.60″ E
Elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Scheduled service	yes

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