Somersby Airfield

Somersby Airfield
IATA: GOS ICAO: YSMB
Summary
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
Map
Somersby Airfield Location in New South Wales
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

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]

Radio procedures

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

References

1. ERSA - Effective 21 May 2020 (AIRAC). 618: Airservices Australia. 2020.
2. "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.