# Kowanyama Airport (KWM / YKOW)

**Kowanyama Airport** (IATA: KWM, ICAO: YKOW) is a medium airport in Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,380 m (4,528 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama. In 2022 it handled 12 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KWM / YKOW
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Aboriginal Shire of Kowanyama
- Serves: Kowanyama, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 11 m / 35 ft
- Coordinates: -15.4854, 141.7526
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,380 m / 4,528 ft
- Passengers: 11,602 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kowanyama_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6435008
- Ident: YKOW

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,380 m / 4,528 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 120° / 300° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 5,321 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 5,057 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 4,642 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 4,593 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 3,993 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 6,195 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 9,196 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 12,403 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 12,835 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 10,354 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 10,914 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 11,602 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (2)

- [EDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypmp.md) Pormpuraaw Airport · Australia · 67 km / 42 mi · SmartLynx Australia
- [CNS](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybcs.md) Cairns International Airport · Australia · 454 km / 282 mi · SmartLynx Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 2

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 12K (2022) | #2,630 of 3,974 | #140 in Oceania | #88 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,380 m / 4,528 ft | =8,040 of 29,858 | #546 in Oceania | #428 in AU |
| Elevation | 11 m / 35 ft | =40,124 of 43,403 | =1,877 in Oceania | =1,124 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 | 118.200 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0431](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0431.md) Rutland Plains Station Airport · 19 km / 12 mi
- [RTP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrtp.md) Rutland Plains Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [AU-0740](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0740.md) Rutland Plains Homestead Airport · 48 km / 30 mi
- [EDR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypmp.md) Pormpuraaw Airport · 67 km / 42 mi
- [KOH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykla.md) Koolatah Airport · 86 km / 54 mi
- [IKP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yikm.md) Inkerman Airport · 89 km / 56 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: “Kowanyama Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kowanyama_Airport&oldid=1363050250), 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/ykow/data