Airports / YCNK / Cessnock AirportIATA CESModerate ground coverage
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YCNK · CES

Cessnock Airport

-32.78750°N
151.34199°W
ARR / DAY
3
4.3%
DEP / DAY
4
44.9%

Cessnock Airport (YCNK/CES) is a small general aviation airport located in Australia, 44 km west of Newcastle. It features 1 runway measuring 3,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 3 arrivals and 4 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

Temp
Wind
Visib
Ceil

Runways

1 installed

3,600 FT MAX
17/35
3,600 ft × 60
ASP● LIT

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

35
75% of ops
127 land · 58 TO
17
25% of ops
43 land · 105 TO
Runway 35 carries 75% of operations (127 landings, 58 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 25%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

35 127 landings
UA 1%
17 43 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 1% unstable-approach rate (1 UA events from 127 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy — hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
10.6
flights/day · 317 total
Busy hour (local)
12am
also 5am · 1am
Day vs night
16%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–1am local, averaging 10.6 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (12.1 vs 10.5 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here — top types over the last 30 days

Activity is led by (29% of 273 flights). Top three types: , , .

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

2 comments from OurAirports — click to expand

2
Hunterssports
10/02/2013
Basair aviation college
Great friendly instructors to aquire your PPL
scobolt
07/07/2009
My first touch and go
Never realised how fast this operation takes... a few seconds. No time for chit-chat or welcome drinks.... off and away again.
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