Mareeba Airfield

Mareeba Airfield

Mareeba Airport
USAAF 19th Bomb Group personnel on parade at Mareeba, with B-17E 41-2562 (Tojo's Jinx) (scrapped in New Guinea 1945) in late 1942
Summary
Airport typePublic
OperatorTablelands Regional Council
LocationMareeba, Queensland, Australia
Elevation AMSL1,560 ft / 475 m
Coordinates17°04′09″S 145°25′09″E / 17.06917°S 145.41917°E / -17.06917; 145.41917
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YMBA is located in Queensland
YMBA
YMBA
Location in Queensland
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Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
10/28 1,505 4,938 Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]
Boeing B-17E 41-2489 (Suzy-Q) of 19th Bomb Group, 93d Bomb Squadron, Mareeba, Australia, September 1942 This aircraft returned to the United States 23 October 1942, was scrapped and reduced to spares 15 July 1946.

Mareeba Airfield (IATA: MRG, ICAO: YMBA) is an airfield located 4.3 nautical miles (8.0 km; 4.9 mi) south of Mareeba, Queensland, Australia. Built in 1942 as a US Army Air Force base during World War II, the airfield had two runways, with a complement of taxiways, hardstands and a containment area. After the war, much of the airfield reverted to agricultural use, while the southern runway remains as an active airfield.[2]

  1. ^ YMBA – Mareeba (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart
  2. ^ Mareeba Airfield (Hoevet Field) QLD Australia