Jervis Bay Airfield

Jervis Bay Airfield
IATA: none ICAO: YJBY
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	RAN
Location	Jervis Bay
Elevation AMSL	200 ft / 61 m
Coordinates	35°08′48″S 150°41′48″E / 35.14667°S 150.69667°E / -35.14667; 150.69667Coordinates: 35°08′48″S 150°41′48″E / 35.14667°S 150.69667°E / -35.14667; 150.69667
Map
YJBY Location in Jervis Bay Territory
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 08/26 (Including non-landing zone) 1,919 6,296 Asphalt 15/33 1,522 4,993 Asphalt
Sources: AIP[1]

Jervis Bay Airfield (ICAO: YJBY) is a military aerodrome in the Jervis Bay Territory in Australia. It is the only aerodrome in the territory and is located about 10 km (6.2 mi) east of Sussex Inlet; and about 2 km (1.2 mi) south of Jervis Bay Village and HMAS Creswell.

It was opened in 1941 as a satellite airfield of Royal Australian Air Force Base Nowra (now HMAS Albatross). It was primarily used to support torpedo training by No. 6 Operational Training Unit RAAF and search and rescue operations during World War II. During 1945 it was home to the Royal Navy Mobile Naval Air Base MONAB V () and several Fleet Air Arm squadrons of the British Pacific Fleet.

The airfield was transferred to the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) in 1948. It continued to be used as a base for the RAN's GAF Jindivik pilotless target aircraft. Today the RAN's British Aerospace MQM-107E Kalkara Flight is based at the airfield, along with the RAN School of Ship Survivability and Safety that has fire and damage control (flooding) training facilities.

See also[]

• List of airports in territories of Australia

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