Somersby_Airfield

Somersby Airfield

Somersby Airfield

Airport in NSW, Australia

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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The airfield is operated by Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd.[2]

Facilities

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]

Operations

Microlight 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

Somersby has no control center and pilots communicate over a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    ERSA - Effective 21 May 2020 (AIRAC). 618: Airservices Australia. 2020.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. [2]
    "Airport: SOMERSBY". www.aviatecenter.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Microlight Adventures | Joyflights | Central Coast NSW Australia". www.microlight.net.au. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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