Coconut Island Airport

Coconut Island
IATA: CNC ICAO: YCCT
Summary
Airport type	Private
Operator	Torres Strait Island Regional Council
Location	Coconut Island, Queensland, Australia
Elevation  AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Coordinates	10°03′00.5″S143°04′16.5″E / 10.050139°S 143.071250°E / -10.050139; 143.071250
Map
YCCT Location in Queensland
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 09/27 720 2,362 Paved
Sources: Australian AIP [1]

Coconut Island Airport( IATA : CNC ^[2] , ICAO : YCCT) is an airport located on Coconut Island (Poruma Island) in Queensland, Australia.

The airport is located at latitude -10.05010 and longitude 143.07000. The airport has one runway: 9/27. The ICAO airport code of this field is YCCT. The airport's IATA code is CNC. Nearby other airfields are Warraber Island Airport, Yam Island Airport, Yorke Island Airport, Saibai Island Airport and Darnley Island Airport. ^[3]

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Skytrans Airlines	Horn Island, Warraber Island, Yam Island, Yorke Island

Accidents and incidents

• On 16 January 1999, Uzu Air Britten-Norman Islander VH-XFF was operating a passenger and cargo flight from Horn Island, NT with three passengers and one pilot, when on final approach the pilot noticed a vehicle was parked on the runway with nobody attending to it. The pilot initiated a go-around. Witnesses reported the aircraft entered a shallow climb before pitching sharply right and crashing into a tidal flat. The pilot and two passengers were killed. The surviving passenger was seriously injured. ^[4]

See also

• List of airports in Queensland

References

1. YCCT – Coconut Island  (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia , effective 12 June 2025
2. Accident history for CNC at Aviation Safety Network
3. "Coconut Island Airport | YCCT | Pilot info | Australia". Metar-Taf.com. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
4. "Britten Norman Ltd BN-2A-26, VH-XFF". ATSB. 16 January 1999. Retrieved 7 May 2013.