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.
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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 | ||||||||||
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The airfield is operated by Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd.[2]
Somersby 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]
Microlight Adventures, a company that provides recreational joy flights on microlight aircraft, is based at Somersby airfield.[3] Somersby occasionally serves general aviation traffic.
Somersby has no control center and pilots communicate over a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.[2]
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