# King Island Airport (KNS / YKII)

**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.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KNS / YKII
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: King Island Council
- Serves: Tasmania, Australia
- Elevation: 40 m / 132 ft
- Coordinates: -39.8775, 143.8780
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,584 m / 5,198 ft
- Passengers: 47,694 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+11/+10 · Australia/Hobart
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Island_Airport (9 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15514
- Ident: YKII

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10/28 | 1,584 m / 5,198 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 115° / 295° | yes |
| 17/35 | 1,107 m / 3,632 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Paved | 185° / 005° | yes |
| 06/24 | 800 m / 2,626 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 074° / 254° | yes |

- 06/24 slopes 1.3%: threshold 24 at 27 m / 90 ft, threshold 06 at 38 m / 124 ft.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 31,708 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 34,173 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 33,589 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 33,390 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 34,044 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 37,810 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 43,045 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 44,047 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 45,936 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 26,743 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 36,346 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 47,694 | Wikidata |

## Routes

5 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (5)

- [BWT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywyy.md) Wynyard Airport · Australia · 200 km / 124 mi · Sharp Airlines
- [MBW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymmb.md) Melbourne Moorabbin Airport · Australia · 236 km / 147 mi · King Island Airlines
- [MEB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymen.md) Melbourne Essendon Airport · Australia · 255 km / 158 mi · Sharp Airlines
- [MEL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymml.md) Melbourne Airport · Australia · 259 km / 161 mi · Rex Airlines
- [LST](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymlt.md) Launceston Airport · Australia · 337 km / 209 mi · Sharp Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (3)

- SH [Sharp Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/sharp-airlines) · 3
- [King Island Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/king-island-airlines) · 1
- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 48K (2022) | #2,109 of 3,974 | #103 in Oceania | #63 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,584 m / 5,198 ft | #6,021 of 29,858 | #321 in Oceania | #238 in AU |
| Elevation | 40 m / 132 ft | =35,783 of 43,403 | =1,448 in Oceania | =895 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.850 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 123.900 |

## Nearby airports

- [YHTR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhtr.md) Hunter Island Airport · 103 km / 64 mi
- [YAPO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yapo.md) Apollo Bay Airport · 124 km / 77 mi
- [AU-0801](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0801.md) Hordern Vale Airstrip · 126 km / 79 mi
- [SIO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysmi.md) Smithton Airport · 148 km / 92 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: “King Island Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King_Island_Airport&oldid=1373121325), revision of 4 Sep 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/ykii/data