KNS

King Island Airport

ICAO YKII39.8775°S 143.8780°E40 m / 132 ftMedium airport
On the map

King Island Airport (IATA: KNS, ICAO: YKII) is a medium airport in Tasmania, Australia. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,584 m (5,198 ft). It is operated by King Island Council. In 2022 it handled 48 thousand passengers.

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
King Island Airport TerminalKing Island Airport Terminal
10/28115° / 295° · LIT
LENGTH1,584 m5,198 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEAsphalt
17/35185° / 005° · LIT
LENGTH1,107 m3,632 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEPaved
06/24074° / 254° · LIT · SLOPE 1.3%
LENGTH800 m2,626 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEGravel

Passengers per year

2011–2022
32K
34K
34K
33K
34K
38K
43K
44K
46K
27K
36K
48K
111213141516171819202122

Routes

5 destinations · 1 country
Most destinationsSharp Airlines 3King Island Airlines 1Rex Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KNS. From the Wikipedia article “King Island Airport” (revision of 4 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers48K (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#2,109of 3,974 · #103 Oceania · #63 AULongest runway1,584 m5,198 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#6,018of 29,823 · #321 Oceania · #238 AUElevation40 m132 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=35,728of 43,341 · =1,435 Oceania · =895 AURunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =22 Oceania · =9 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

2 channels
CTAFCTAF126.850
FSSMELBOURNE CNTR123.900