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Pilot information for Forbes Airport

Caution: This page displays community-maintained data: information may be missing, incorrect, or out of date. Please confirm with an official source before making travel plans.

General information for Forbes Airport

Airport codes: FRB YFBS
Type: regional airport
Scheduled airline service: no
Serves: Forbes,, New South Wales, Australia
Latitude: -33.363602 | 33 21.816101 S | S33 21 48
Longitude: 147.934998 | 147 56.099854 E | E147 56 05
Field elevation: 760 ft/232 m MSL
Magnetic variation: 11.2°E

Radio communication frequencies for Forbes Airport

CTAF: 126.7 MHz
FSS: 135.25 MHz (MELBOURNE CNTR)

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Runways at Forbes Airport

09/27: 4,029 x 60 ft (1,228 x 18 m) — paved — lighted

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Aviation weather for Forbes Airport

Current conditions (METAR) for Forbes Airport

Closest report is Dubbo City Regional Airport, 74.1387368646 nm (140.9 km) NNE. Retrieved 2012/05/28 11:00:

YSDU 281100Z AUTO 17009KT 9999 // NCD 10/07 Q1027

Forecast (TAF) for Forbes Airport

Closest forecast is Dubbo City Regional Airport, 74.1387368646 nm (140.9 km) NNE. Retrieved 2012/05/27 06:03:

TAF YSDU 271031Z 2706/2724 19010KT 9999 SCT040 
     FM271200 18005KT 9999 FEW030 PROB30 2714/2723 0200 FG SCT002 
      RMK

Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) for Forbes Airport

Please confirm all NOTAMs at the original source! These are for information only, and may be wrong, out of date, or incomplete.

We have no current NOTAMs for Forbes Airport. Please check with an official source to confirm.

Closest navaids to Forbes Airport

Forbes NDB

FBS (..-. -... ...), 486 KHz, Australia -33.364201 | 33 21.852036 S | S33 21 51, 147.927994 | 147 55.679626 E | E147 55 40

0.34412503078 nm (0.7 km) from NDB on track of 84° true / 73.1521762112° magnetic

Parkes VOR-DME

PKS (.--. -.- ...), 112.00 MHz, Australia -33.131100 | 33 7.865982 S | S33 07 51, 148.237000 | 148 14.219971 E | E148 14 13, 1,070 ft / 326 m MSL

20.0905269643 nm (38.2 km) from VOR-DME on track of 227° true / -143.548341166° magnetic (-143.548341166° radial)

Parkes NDB

PKS (.--. -.- ...), 242 KHz, Australia -33.145302 | 33 8.718109 S | S33 08 43, 148.253006 | 148 15.180359 E | E148 15 10

20.1354233594 nm (38.3 km) from NDB on track of 231° true / -140.294761969° magnetic

Condobolin NDB

CDO (-.-. -.. ---), 401 KHz, Australia -33.070301 | 33 4.218063 S | S33 04 13, 147.216003 | 147 12.960205 E | E147 12 57, 633 ft / 193 m MSL

39.1644712226 nm (74.4 km) from NDB on track of 116° true / 104.79685797° magnetic

Cudal NDB

CUA (-.-. ..- .-), 275 KHz, Australia -33.276100 | 33 16.566010 S | S33 16 33, 148.766998 | 148 46.019897 E | E148 46 01, 1,610 ft / 491 m MSL

41.0085044772 nm (77.9 km) from NDB on track of 263° true / -107.94483398° magnetic

Cowra VOR

CWR (-.-. .-- .-.), 112.40 MHz, Australia -33.847900 | 33 50.874023 S | S33 50 52, 148.645996 | 148 38.759766 E | E148 38 45, 960 ft / 293 m MSL

44.7696293092 nm (85.1 km) from VOR on track of 309° true / -61.5259239604° magnetic (-61.5259239604° radial)

Cowra NDB

CWR (-.-. .-- .-.), 299 KHz, Australia -33.844898 | 33 50.693893 S | S33 50 41, 148.653000 | 148 39.179993 E | E148 39 10, 966 ft / 294 m MSL

44.9245087307 nm (85.4 km) from NDB on track of 309° true / -61.9735873036° magnetic

West Wyalong NDB

WWL (.-- .-- .-..), 389 KHz, Australia -33.935699 | 33 56.141968 S | S33 56 08, 147.190002 | 147 11.400146 E | E147 11 24

49.3785293819 nm (93.8 km) from NDB on track of 47° true / 36.1027838337° magnetic