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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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: