Airports / Australia / FRB
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
21 nm
To the nearest alternate
Parkes Airport (PKE) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Forbes, Australia, Forbes Airport (YFBS / FRB) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 760 feet. The field has no airline schedules, which keeps it focused on private and general aviation flying.
FRB has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include Parkes Airport (PKE, 21 nm), Cowra Airport (CWT, 46 nm), and West Wyalong Airport (WWY, 51 nm).
Quotes for flights out of FRB vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from FRB, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
YFBS
IATA
FRB
FAA / Local
YFBS
Elevation
760 ft
Coordinates
33.3636° S · 147.9350° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
No
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 760 ft, FRB sits higher than 70% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 21nmPKEParkes AirportParkes
- 46nmCWTCowra Airport
- 51nmWWYWest Wyalong AirportWest Wyalong
- 56nmNGAYoung Airport
- 60nmOAGOrange AirportOrange
- 67nmTEMTemora AirportTemora
Location
Open the full mapYFBS · Forbes Airport · Forbes, Australia