Airports / Australia / SNB
Snake Bay Airport
YSNK / SNBMilikapiti, AustraliaELEV 173 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
13 nm
To the nearest alternate
Garden Point Airport (GPN) — 2 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Milikapiti, Australia, Snake Bay Airport (YSNK / SNB) operates as a mid-sized airport. The airport sits 173 feet above sea level. Alongside scheduled airline service, the airport handles a steady flow of private and charter traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into SNB for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Garden Point Airport (GPN, 13 nm), Bathurst Island Airport (BRT, 21 nm), and Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin (DRW, 61 nm).
Charter pricing from SNB depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under Austin Strip and RAAF Melville Island. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Milikapiti.
Field capability
ICAO
YSNK
IATA
SNB
FAA / Local
YSNK
Elevation
173 ft
Coordinates
11.4177° S · 130.6485° 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 173 ft, SNB sits lower than 60% 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.
- 13nmGPNGarden Point AirportPirlangimpi
- 21nmBRTBathurst Island AirportWurrumiyanga
- 61nmDRWDarwin International Airport / RAAF DarwinDarwin
- 182nmPKTPort Keats AirportWadeye
- 212nmKTRTindal Airport
- 214nmMNGManingrida AirportManingrida
Location
Open the full mapYSNB · Snake Bay Airport · Milikapiti, Australia