Information of Christmas Island Airport

Christmas Island, Australia

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YPXM
XCH

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Location & QuickFacts

Airport ICAO Code:YPXM
Airport IATA Code:XCH
Longitude/Latitude:E 105° 41' 25.00"/S 10° 27' 02.00"
105.690278/-10.450556
Elevation:916 ft / 279.20 m
Location:Christmas Island, Australia
Magnetic Variation:E 0°20.2' (2008-04)
Time Zone:UTC+7

Airport Communications

Type Name Freq 1 Freq 2 Freq 3 Freq 4 Freq 5
Flight Service Station RDO3470 K6556 K11396 K13318 K17907 K
Unicom Or CTAF/Unicom CTAF122.8 M

Communication Remarks

  • Flight Service Station - (SEA-3)
  • Unicom Or CTAF/Unicom - (required)

Runway Information

Runway 18/36

Dimension:6900 x 148 ft / 2103.1 x 45.1 m
Surface:Asphalt, asphaltic concrete, tar macadam, or bitumen bound macadam.
  Runway 18 Runway 36
Longitude:105.690222 / E 105° 41' 24.80"105.691792 / E 105° 41' 30.45"
Latitude:-10.440781 / S 10° 26' 26.81"-10.459728 / S 10° 27' 35.02"
End Elevation:916.0 ft810.0 ft
Alignment:175.0355.0
Slope:-1.51.5
Touchdown Zone Elev.:UnknownUnknown
Lighting System 1:Pilot Controlled LightingPilot Controlled Lighting
Lighting System 2:Low Intensity Runway Lighting SystemLow Intensity Runway Lighting System
Lighting System 3:PAPI - Precision Approach Path IndicatorPAPI - Precision Approach Path Indicator
Lighting System 4:PortablePortable

Remarks

Caution - Bird haz. Exp moderate turb on late final apch when sfc wind velocity exceeds 15K-especially fr E drct. Apch guidance extensively infringed - confine IMC or ngt opr to E of rwy.
Customs/Agriculture/Immigration - Avbl PN rqr.
Fuel - PN fone C089-164-7419. (NC-A1)
Lighting - ACTIVATE-Rwy 18-36 and PAPI-122.8. Portable lgt emerg only. PAPI; Rwy 18 GS 3.3 MEHT 53', Rwy 36 MEHT 53'.
Miscellanouis - Flt plan briefing thru Brisbane. Fone C073-866-3517.
Restricted - PPR fr Christmas Island Administrator fone C089-164-8498. Acft abv 72,994 lb GWT use turn-arounds at rwy ends for 180 turns. Mandatory bcst wi 30 NM to all stn 122.8 to incl acft CS, type, posn, alt, and rwy to be used. Ngt opr by hi cap
Restricted - acft rstd to F-28, B737, BAE146 and F100.
Traffic Pattern - Rwy 36 rgt traffic. Rwy 18 pref ngt OPS.

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