Jervis Bay Airport
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| Jervis Bay Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: N/A - ICAO: YJBY | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Military and Public | ||
| Operator | RAN | ||
| Serves | Sussex Inlet | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 200 ft (66 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 08/26 | 4,462 | 1,463 | Asphalt |
| 15/33 | 4,648 | 1,524 | Asphalt |
Jervis Bay Airport (ICAO: YJBY)is the only airport of the Jervis Bay Territory, Australia. It is located about 10 kilometres east of Sussex Inlet and about 4 kilometres south of Jervis Bay Village and HMAS Creswell.
It was opened in 1941 as a satellite airfield of Royal Australian Air Force Station, Nowra (now HMAS Albatross). It was primarily used to support torpedo training by No 6 Operational Training Unit and search and rescue operations during World War II. During 1945 it was home to the Royal Navy Mobile Naval Air Base MONAB V (HMS Nabswick) and several Fleet Air Arm squadrons of the British Pacific Fleet.
The airfield was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy in 1948. It continued to be used as a base for RAN pilotless target aircraft such as the Jindivik. Today the RAN Kalkara Flight is based at the airfield.
The airfield was made available to civil aviation from 1950. Today a few airlines operate charter flights to the airport.
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