Airport details

Kalgoorlie Boulder Airport

Kalgoorlie, Australia Oceania

IATA KGI ICAO YPKG 2 runways
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Airport information

Dataset record
IATA
KGI
ICAO
YPKG
Elevation
1,203 ft / 367 m
Runways
2
Longest runway
6,562 ft / 2,000 m
Main surface
Asphalt
Timezone
Australia/Perth
Coordinates
-30.7894001007, 121.461997986

Location

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Weather snapshot

Australia/Perth · Updated Sat 7 Nov, 11:30

Open-Meteo

Clear sky now, with temperatures around 14°C to 30°C (57°F to 86°F) today and up to 0% rain risk.

Current
Clear sky
Temperature
27°C
80°F
Humidity
33%
Wind
14 km/h 9 mph
Local time
11:41
Sunrise
04:54
Sunset
18:22

Today

Overcast

14°C to 30°C 57°F to 86°F

Rain 0%
Wind 24 km/h 15 mph

Sun

Overcast

15°C to 32°C 59°F to 90°F

Rain 2%
Wind 24 km/h 15 mph

Mon

Light drizzle

14°C to 28°C 58°F to 82°F

Rain 25%
Wind 29 km/h 18 mph

Airline service

Routes dataset

  • Qantas 4 routes
  • Virgin Australia 4 routes
  • Air New Zealand 2 routes

* Based on open route data and may be incomplete or outdated.

About

From Wikipedia

Kalgoorlie Boulder Airport

Kalgoorlie–Boulder Airport(IATA:KGI, ICAO:YPKG) is an airport in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. The airport is 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of the city. It handled 299,055 passengers in the 2021–22 financial year.

The airport is a major hub for fly-in fly-out service due to the mining boom in the region. It is also a hub for the Goldfields Air Services, which offers chartering and flight lessons, along with the Royal Flying Doctor Service, which uses Kalgoorlie as a hub due to the lack of medical assistance for people in the region, transporting major injuries from Kalgoorlie to Perth.

Construction and fencing of the Kalgoorlie Aerodrome commenced in 1928, and completed the following year with Royal Australian Air Force landing five Wapiti Jupiter Series aeroplanes in front of large crowds. The aeroplanes were making their way to Perth in preparation for the East-West Air Race.

In 1949 a mass scrapping of Vultee Vengeance dive-bombers took place at the airport, with the engines...

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Kalgoorlie Boulder Airport

Country

Australia

Official name
Australia

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