Somersby Airfield
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| IATA: none – ICAO: YSMB | |||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 33°22′04″S 151°17′59″E / 33.36778°S 151.29972°ECoordinates: 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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Somersby Airfield (ICAO: YSMB) is an Australian airport located in the town of Somersby, New South Wales. The airport is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) by road from the Central Business District of the nearby city of Gosford, and is one of the closest airports to it. Somersby airfield is also sometimes referred to as Gosford Airport.[1] It is the only aerodrome in Somersby, and does not serve scheduled commercial traffic.
The airport is operated by Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd.[2]
Facilities
Somersby airport primarily 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
Microlight Adventures, a company that provides recreational joy flights on microlight aircraft, is based at Somersby airfield,[3] and sky-diving operations are also done from the airport.[1] Somersby occasionally serves general aviation traffic.
Radio procedures
Somersby has no control center and pilots communicate over a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.[2]
References
- 1 2 "Photo: YSMB (CN: ) Runway Airport by Ben Writer - benwriterphotography.com". Retrieved 2016-11-02.
- 1 2 3 "Airport: SOMERSBY". www.aviatecenter.com. Retrieved 2016-11-01.
- ↑ "Microlight Adventures | Joyflights | Central Coast NSW Australia". www.microlight.net.au. Retrieved 2016-11-01.