# Kubin Island Airport (KUG / YKUB)

**Kubin Island Airport** (IATA: KUG, ICAO: YKUB) is a small airport in Kubin Island, Queensland, Australia. It has one runway, 1,000 m (3,281 ft) long, paved. It is operated by Torres Strait Regional Authority. In 2021 it handled 8 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KUG / YKUB
- Type: Small airport
- Operator: Torres Strait Regional Authority
- Serves: Kubin Island, Queensland, Australia
- Elevation: 5 m / 15 ft
- Coordinates: -10.2265, 142.2196
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,000 m / 3,281 ft
- Passengers: 7,513 (2021)
- Time zone: UTC+10 · Australia/Brisbane
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kubin_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6441261
- Weather station: YHID · WMO 94174
- Ident: YKUB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 11/29 | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | 18 m / 60 ft | Paved | 113° / 293° |  |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2009 | 1,426 | Wikidata |
| 2010 | 2,503 | Wikidata |
| 2011 | 3,247 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 2,954 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 2,477 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 1,763 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 1,544 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 2,178 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 5,570 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 8,163 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 7,296 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 7,513 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (3)

- [BDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybau.md) Badu Island Airport · Australia · 10 km / 6.2 mi · Hinterland Aviation, SmartLynx Australia
- [UBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymaa.md) Mabuiag Island Airport · Australia · 31 km / 19 mi · Hinterland Aviation, SmartLynx Australia
- [HID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhid.md) Horn Island Airport · Australia · 41 km / 25 mi · Hinterland Aviation, SmartLynx Australia

## Airlines

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

### Passenger (2)

- OI [Hinterland Aviation](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/hinterland-aviation) · 3
- Q6 [SmartLynx Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/smartlynx-australia) · 3

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 8K (2021) | #2,798 of 3,974 | #163 in Oceania | #101 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,000 m / 3,281 ft | =13,636 of 29,858 | =1,151 in Oceania | =948 in AU |
| Elevation | 5 m / 15 ft | =41,887 of 43,403 | =2,077 in Oceania | =1,203 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.500 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 120.300 |

## Nearby airports

- [BDD](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybau.md) Badu Island Airport · 9.9 km / 6.2 mi
- [UBB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ymaa.md) Mabuiag Island Airport · 31 km / 19 mi
- [HID](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhid.md) Horn Island Airport · 41 km / 25 mi
- [SYU](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywbs.md) Warraber Island Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [XMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yymi.md) Yam Island Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [ABM](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ynpe.md) Northern Peninsula Airport · 84 km / 52 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: “Kubin Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kubin_Airport&oldid=1366076868), revision of 26 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/ykub/data