Somersby Airfield (ICAO: YSMB, IATA: GOS) is an airfield located in Somersby, New South Wales, Australia. It is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) by road from the nearby city of Gosford. It is the sole aerodrome in Somersby, and does not serve scheduled commercial traffic.
Somersby Airfield | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Private | ||||||||||
| Operator | Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd | ||||||||||
| Location | Somersby, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||
| Time zone | AEST (+10:00) | ||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | AEDT (+11:00) | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 830[1] ft / 253 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°22′04″S 151°17′59″E / 33.36778°S 151.29972°E | ||||||||||
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  Somersby Airfield Location in New South Wales | |||||||||||
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The airfield is operated by Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd.[2]
Facilities
editSomersby airport consists of a single runway and various hangars. It has a windsock as a runway feature and an aviation fuel supply. It also has a water supply and lavatories as passenger facilities.[2]
Operations
editMicrolight Adventures, a company that provides recreational joy flights on microlight aircraft, is based at Somersby airfield.[3] Somersby occasionally serves general aviation traffic.
Radio procedures
editSomersby has no control center and pilots communicate over a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.[2]
References
edit- ^ ERSA - Effective 21 May 2020 (AIRAC). 618: Airservices Australia. 2020.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ a b c "Airport: SOMERSBY". www.aviatecenter.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- ^ "Microlight Adventures | Joyflights | Central Coast NSW Australia". www.microlight.net.au. Retrieved 1 November 2016.