# East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport (KNX / YPKU)

**East Kimberley Regional (Kununurra) Airport** (IATA: KNX, ICAO: YPKU) is a medium airport in Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia. It has one runway, 1,829 m (6,000 ft) long, asphalt. In 2022 it handled 93 thousand passengers.

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

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KNX / YPKU
- Type: Medium airport
- Serves: Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia
- Elevation: 44 m / 145 ft
- Coordinates: -15.7781, 128.7080
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,829 m / 6,000 ft
- Passengers: 92,682 (2022)
- Time zone: UTC+8 · Australia/Perth
- Website: http://www.swek.wa.gov.au/community/airports
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Kimberley_Regional_Airport (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431805
- Weather station: YPKU · WMO 94216
- Ident: YPKU

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 12/30 | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 119° / 299° | yes |

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | 89,258 | Wikidata |
| 2012 | 92,243 | Wikidata |
| 2013 | 91,064 | Wikidata |
| 2014 | 79,850 | Wikidata |
| 2015 | 74,092 | Wikidata |
| 2016 | 72,943 | Wikidata |
| 2017 | 69,937 | Wikidata |
| 2018 | 74,223 | Wikidata |
| 2019 | 79,930 | Wikidata |
| 2020 | 45,441 | Wikidata |
| 2021 | 87,349 | Wikidata |
| 2022 | 92,682 | Wikidata |

## Routes

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

### Year-round (5)

- [HCQ](https://dromopedia.com/airports/yhlc.md) Halls Creek Airport · Australia · 295 km / 183 mi · Aviair
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 441 km / 274 mi · Airnorth
- [BQW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybgo.md) Balgo Hill Airport · Australia · 492 km / 306 mi · Aviair
- [BME](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybrm.md) Broome International Airport · Australia · 730 km / 454 mi · Airnorth
- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 2,211 km / 1,374 mi · Virgin Australia

### Seasonal (1)

- [PER](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypph.md) Perth International Airport · Australia · 2,211 km / 1,374 mi · Airnorth

## Airlines

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

### Hub airlines (1)

- [Aviair](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/aviair) · 2

### Passenger (2)

- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 3
- VA [Virgin Australia](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/virgin-australia) · 1

## Rankings

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

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Passengers | 93K (2022) | #1,839 of 3,974 | #78 in Oceania | #46 in AU |
| Longest runway | 1,829 m / 6,000 ft | =4,614 of 29,858 | =173 in Oceania | #113 in AU |
| Elevation | 44 m / 145 ft | =35,461 of 43,403 | =1,431 in Oceania | =885 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 127.000 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 122.400 |

## Nearby airports

- [CRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-cry.md) Carlton Hill Airport · 36 km / 22 mi
- [AU-0459](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0459.md) Newry (RFDS) Airstrip · 62 km / 38 mi
- [NRY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/nry.md) Newry Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [WYN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ywym.md) Wyndham Airport · 66 km / 41 mi
- [AU-0200](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0200.md) Digger's Rest Station Airport · 71 km / 44 mi
- [AU-0585](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0585.md) Marralum Airport · 73 km / 45 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: “East Kimberley Regional Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=East_Kimberley_Regional_Airport&oldid=1363034579), 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/ypku/data