Somersby Airfield

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
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorSomersby Airfield Pty Ltd
LocationSomersby, NSW, Australia
Time zoneAEST (+10:00)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (+11:00)
Coordinates33°22′04″S 151°17′59″E
Map
Somersby Airfield
Location in New South Wales
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
04/22 1,876 572

The airfield is operated by Somersby Airfield Pty Ltd.[1]

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.[1]

Operations

Microlight Adventures, a company that provides recreational joy flights on microlight aircraft, is based at Somersby airfield.[2] Somersby occasionally serves general aviation traffic.

Radio procedures

Somersby has no control center and pilots communicate over a Common Traffic Advisory Frequency.[1]

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References
  1. "Airport: SOMERSBY". www.aviatecenter.com. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. "Microlight Adventures | Joyflights | Central Coast NSW Australia". www.microlight.net.au. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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