Airport type Public 13/31 1,834 Code ABM Phone +61 7 4090 4100 | Elevation AMSL 34 ft / 10 m 1,834 6,017 Elevation 34 m | |
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Operator Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council Location Bamaga, Queensland, Australia Address Airport Rd, Bamaga QLD 4876, Australia Similar Northern Peninsula Area Reg, Seisia Holiday Park, Loyalty Beach Campgro, Carpenta Seafaris, Cape York Peninsula Fishing | ||
Northern Peninsula Airport (IATA: ABM, ICAO: YNPE) is an airport serving Bamaga, a town near the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula and is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southeast of Injinoo in Queensland, Australia. The airport is operated by the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council. It used to be known as Bamaga Airport or Bamaga/Injinoo Airport and used the ICAO code YBAM.
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Facilities
The airport resides at an elevation of 34 ft (10 m) above sea level. It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 1,834 m × 30 m (6,017 ft × 98 ft).
History
Built in late 1942 and known as Jacky Jacky Field, the airfield was renamed Higgins Field in 1943 in honour of Flight Lieutenant Brian Hartley Higgins. Operated as a dispersal field for Horn Island.
Royal Australian Air Force units based at Higgins Field during World War II included: