# Cooktown Airport (CTN / YCKN)

**Cooktown Airport** (IATA: CTN, ICAO: YCKN) is a medium airport in Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,627 m (5,338 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/yckn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: CTN / YCKN
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 8 m / 26 ft
- Coordinates: -15.4436, 145.1832
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,627 m / 5,338 ft
- Passengers: 15,325 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooktown_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1655144
- Ident: YCKN

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,627 m / 5,338 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 111° / 291° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 9,324 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 8,679 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 9,077 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 10,220 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 10,068 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 10,318 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 12,249 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 13,200 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 14,263 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 8,024 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 13,311 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 15,325 | Wikidata |

## Routes

1 destination in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (1)

- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 171 km / 106 mi · Hinterland Aviation

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from CTN, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- OI [Hinterland Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hinterland-aviation) · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2022) | #2,532 of 3,974 | #133 in Oceania | #83 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,627 m / 5,338 ft | #5,696 of 29,858 | #275 in Oceania | #195 in AU |
| Elevation | 8 m / 26 ft | =40,786 of 43,403 | =1,959 in Oceania | =1,161 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 134.650 |

## Nearby airports

- [HPE](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhpv.md) Hope Vale Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [HLV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-hlv.md) Helenvale Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [BFC](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybmd.md) Bloomfield River Airport · 50 km / 31 mi
- [CQP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycfl.md) Cape Flattery Airport · 54 km / 34 mi
- [LKD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylnd.md) Lakeland Airport · 57 km / 35 mi
- [LUU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylra.md) Laura Airport · 79 km / 49 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Cooktown Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cooktown_Airport&oldid=1363029128), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/yckn/data