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Somersby Airfield

Coordinates: 33°22′04″S 151°17′59″E / 33.36778°S 151.29972°E / -33.36778; 151.29972
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Somersby Airfield
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorSomersby Airfield Pty Ltd
LocationSomersby, NSW, Australia
Time zoneAEST (+10:00)
 • Summer (DST)AEDT (+11:00)
Elevation AMSL830[1] ft / 253 m
Coordinates33°22′04″S 151°17′59″E / 33.36778°S 151.29972°E / -33.36778; 151.29972
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Somersby Airfield is located in New South Wales
Somersby Airfield
Somersby Airfield
Location in New South Wales
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 1,876 572 Grass

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.

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

Facilities

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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

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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

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

References

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