Airports / Australia / CBR
Canberra Airport
YSCB / CBRCanberra, AustraliaELEV 1,886 FT
Based operators
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
40 nm
To the nearest alternate
Goulburn Airport (GUL) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Canberra Airport, listed as YSCB / CBR, is a mid-sized airport in Canberra, Australia. Field elevation is 1,886 feet above sea level. Scheduled carriers operate here, and the field also sees regular private and charter activity.
For charter flyers, CBR is a home base: Aspen Medical International operates from the field. The closest alternate fields are Goulburn Airport (GUL, 40 nm), Tumut Aerodrome (TUM, 47 nm), and Moruya Airport (MYA, 58 nm).
Trip costs from CBR are driven by the aircraft category flown and how far it must reposition. You may also see the field referenced as RAAF Base Fairbairn. Browse operators flying from the area or estimate a trip cost from CBR to plan your flight.
Field capability
ICAO
YSCB
IATA
CBR
FAA / Local
YSCB
Elevation
1,886 ft
Coordinates
35.3069° S · 149.1950° 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
Yes
Elevation vs Australia fields
state range 7–4,260 ft
At 1,886 ft, CBR sits higher than 95% of the 191 Australia fields on the register.
Based charter operators1
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 40nmGULGoulburn Airport
- 47nmTUMTumut AerodromeTumut
- 58nmMYAMoruya AirportMoruya
- 61nmOOMCooma Snowy Mountains AirportCooma
- 70nmNOANaval Air Station Nowra - HMAS AlbatrossNowra Hill
- 70nmCMDCootamundra Airport
Location
Open the full mapYSCB · Canberra Airport · Canberra, Australia