• Source: Northern Peninsula Airport

      • 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 was known as Bamaga Airport or Bamaga/Injinoo Airport and had the ICAO code YBAM.


      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:

      No. 1 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF
      No. 5 Repair and Salvage Unit RAAF
      No. 7 Squadron RAAF
      No. 23 Squadron RAAF
      No. 33 Operational Base Unit RAAF
      No. 34 Squadron RAAF
      No. 52 Radar Station RAAF was at nearby Mutee Head
      105th Light Field Ambulance


      Airlines and destinations




      See also


      List of airports in Queensland


      References




      External links


      History of Bamaga Airfield at PacificWrecks.com
      Accident history for Bamaga Airport (IATA: ABM, ICAO: YBAM) at Aviation Safety Network

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