# Snake Bay Airport (SNB / YSNK)

**Snake Bay Airport** (IATA: SNB, ICAO: YSNK) is a medium airport in Milikapiti, Northern Territory, Australia. It has one runway, 1,443 m (4,734 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Tiwi Islands Region.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysnb

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: SNB / YSNK
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Tiwi Islands Region
- Serves: Milikapiti, Northern Territory, Australia
- Elevation: 53 m / 173 ft
- Coordinates: -11.4177, 130.6485
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 1,443 m / 4,734 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Bay_Airport (7 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17616
- Ident: YSNB

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 13/31 | 1,443 m / 4,734 ft | 30 m / 98 ft | Asphalt | 129° / 309° | yes |

## Routes

2 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (2)

- [GPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygpt.md) Garden Point Airport · Australia · 24 km / 15 mi · Fly Tiwi
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 114 km / 71 mi · Air Ngukurr, Fly Tiwi

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from SNB, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (2)

- FT [Fly Tiwi](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/fly-tiwi) · 2
- Air Ngukurr · 1

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 1,443 m / 4,734 ft | #7,563 of 29,858 | #464 in Oceania | #358 in AU |
| Elevation | 53 m / 173 ft | =34,657 of 43,403 | =1,359 in Oceania | #847 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CTAF | CTAF | 126.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 118.150 |

## Nearby airports

- [GPN](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ygpt.md) Garden Point Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [BRT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybti.md) Bathurst Island Airport · 39 km / 24 mi
- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · 114 km / 71 mi

## Sources

- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “Snake Bay Airport”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Snake_Bay_Airport&oldid=1363079508), revision of 7 Jul 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/ysnb/data