Mareeba Airfield
Mareeba Airfield Mareeba Airport | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Operator | Tablelands Regional Council | ||||||||||
| Location | Mareeba, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 1,560 ft / 475 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°04′09″S 145°25′09″E / 17.06917°S 145.41917°E | ||||||||||
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Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart | |||||||||||
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.