Northern Peninsula Airport

Northern Peninsula Airport (IATA: ABM, ICAO: YNPE) is an airport serving Bamaga, a town near the northern tip of the Cape York Peninsula and is located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) southeast of Injinoo in Queensland, Australia.

The airport is operated by the Northern Peninsula Area Regional Council.

[2] The airport resides at an elevation of 34 ft (10 m) above sea level.

[1] Built in late 1942 and known as Jacky Jacky Field, the airfield was renamed Higgins Field in 1943 in honour of Flight Lieutenant Brian Hartley Higgins.

Royal Australian Air Force units based at Higgins Field during World War II included:[3]