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Cessnock Airport satellite view
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YCNK · CES

Cessnock Airport

-32.78750°N
151.34199°W
ARR / DAY
6
11.4%
DEP / DAY
8
14.0%

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 6 arrivals and 8 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

From YWLM, 29 mi away (YCNK does not publish METAR)

43m ago
Temp
84°F
Wind
20 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
YWLM 030430Z 30020KT CAVOK 29/09 Q1010

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
74% of ops
154 land · 54 TO
17
26% of ops
54 land · 121 TO
Runway 35 carries 74% of operations (154 landings, 54 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 17 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

35 154 landings
UA 0%
17 54 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 35 show a 0% unstable-approach rate (0 UA events from 154 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
11.7
flights/day · 350 total
Busy hour (local)
1am
also 12am · 4am
Day vs night
16%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 1am–4am local, averaging 11.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.8× weekday (10.6 vs 12.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (20% of 302 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
10/2/2013
Basair aviation college
Great friendly instructors to aquire your PPL
scobolt
7/7/2009
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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