# Kingscote Airport (KGC / YKSC)

**Kingscote Airport** (IATA: KGC, ICAO: YKSC) is a medium airport in South Australia, Australia. It has 3 runways; the longest is 1,402 m (4,600 ft). It is operated by Kangaroo Island Council. In 2022 it handled 15 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KGC / YKSC
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Kangaroo Island Council
- Serves: South Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 7 m / 24 ft
- Coordinates: -35.7139, 137.5210
- Runways: 3
- Longest runway: 1,402 m / 4,600 ft
- Passengers: 15,236 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+10:30/+9:30 · Australia/Adelaide
- Website: http://www.kangarooisland.sa.gov.au/airport
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingscote_Airport (8 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14324
- Weather station: YKSC
- Ident: YKSC

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 01/19 | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 022° / 202° | yes |
| 15/33 | 1,164 m / 3,819 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 157° / 337° | yes |
| 06/24 | 1,134 m / 3,720 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Gravel | 067° / 247° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 45,616 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 39,502 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 38,370 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 36,853 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 35,002 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 38,185 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 38,363 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 44,823 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 43,043 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 12,965 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 12,755 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 15,236 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (1)

- [ADL](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypad.md) Adelaide International Airport · Australia · 125 km / 78 mi · QantasLink

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (1)

- QF [QantasLink](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/qantaslink) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 15K (2022) | #2,535 of 3,974 | #134 in Oceania | #84 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,402 m / 4,600 ft | =7,734 of 29,858 | =490 in Oceania | =382 in AU |
| Elevation | 7 m / 24 ft | =40,976 of 43,403 | =1,977 in Oceania | =1,169 in AU |
| Runways | 3 | =151 of 29,978 | =22 in Oceania | =9 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.000 |
| FSS | MELBOURNE CNTR | 123.050 |

## Nearby airports

- [PDN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypda.md) Parndana Airport · 25 km / 16 mi
- [PEA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypsh.md) Penneshaw Airport · 40 km / 25 mi
- [YROK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yrok.md) Rocky River Airport · 76 km / 47 mi
- [ORR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yyor.md) Yorketown Airport · 79 km / 49 mi
- [YCBO](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ycbo.md) Cape Borda Airport · 83 km / 52 mi
- [AU-0436](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0436.md) Aldinga private airstrip · 98 km / 61 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: “Kingscote Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingscote_Airport&oldid=1370303501), revision of 20 Aug 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/yksc/data