Airports / Australia / WKB
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
Horsham Airport (HSM) — 3 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Warracknabeal Airport, listed as YWKB / WKB, is a mid-sized airport in Australia. Field elevation is 397 feet above sea level. Free of scheduled airline operations, it serves business aviation, charter flights, and local general aviation.
While no charter operators list WKB as their home base, the field is reachable for repositioned charter aircraft from nearby bases. The closest alternate fields are Horsham Airport (HSM, 24 nm), Hopetoun Airport (HTU, 36 nm), and Stawell Airport (SWC, 48 nm).
Trip costs from WKB are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from WKB to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
YWKB
IATA
WKB
FAA / Local
YWKB
Elevation
397 ft
Coordinates
36.3211° S · 142.4190° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 397 ft, WKB sits higher than 50% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 24nmHSMHorsham Airport
- 36nmHTUHopetoun Airport
- 48nmSWCStawell Airport
- 65nmARYArarat AirportArarat
- 78nmSWHSwan Hill Airport
- 81nmKRAKerang Airport
Location
Open the full mapYWKB · Warracknabeal Airport