# Karumba Airport (KRB / YKMB)

**Karumba Airport** (IATA: KRB, ICAO: YKMB) is a small airport in Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,271 m (4,169 ft) long. It is operated by Shire of Carpentaria.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KRB / YKMB
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Shire of Carpentaria
- Serves: Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 2 m / 5 ft
- Coordinates: -17.4567, 140.8300
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,271 m / 4,169 ft
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karumba_Airport (5 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6373643
- Weather station: YNTN
- Ident: YKMB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 03/21 | 1,271 m / 4,169 ft |  |  |  |  |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [NTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yntn.md) Normanton Airport · Australia · 36 km / 22 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ONG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymti.md) Mornington Island Airport · Australia · 197 km / 122 mi · Rex Airlines
- [DMD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydmg.md) Doomadgee Airport · Australia · 219 km / 136 mi · Rex Airlines
- [ISA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybma.md) Mount Isa Airport · Australia · 384 km / 239 mi · Rex Airlines
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 527 km / 327 mi · Rex Airlines

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- ZL [Rex Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/rex-airlines) · 5

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,271 m / 4,169 ft | =9,128 of 29,858 | #681 in Oceania | #539 in AU |
| Elevation | 2 m / 5 ft | =43,055 of 43,403 | =2,265 in Oceania | =1,256 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| MISC | MISC | 118.600 |

## Nearby airports

- [NTN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yntn.md) Normanton Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [AU-0419](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0419.md) Normanton homestead airstrip · 42 km / 26 mi
- [YINV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yinv.md) Inverleigh Airport · 69 km / 43 mi
- [DDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ydlt.md) Delta Downs Airport · 73 km / 45 mi
- [LTV](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ylov.md) Lotus Vale Airport · 74 km / 46 mi
- [MWY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymir.md) Miranda Downs Airport · 113 km / 70 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Karumba Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karumba_Airport&oldid=1363047692), 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/ykmb/data