Naval Air Station Nowra - HMAS Albatross

Naval Air Station Nowra - HMAS Albatross (YSNW) is a medium airport in Nowra Hill, NSW, Australia. Pilots and dispatchers reference it by ICAO code YSNW or IATA code NOA. It sits in Oceania.

Naval Air Station Nowra - HMAS Albatross is a regional airport primarily serving general aviation, charter, and corporate flight departments.

Naval Air Station Nowra - HMAS Albatross sits near sea level at 400 ft.

Local operations run on Australia/Sydney. Without scheduled airline traffic, the field tends to be quieter and more flexible for charter and corporate operations — a useful characteristic for early morning, late night, or short-notice flights that would be impractical at a hub.

SkyAccess inventory for YSNW updates continuously as operators publish new empty legs and one-way repositioning trips. Pricing on each leg is available with a free account, and an inventory alert will email you the moment a leg appears on the route you care about.

Use this page to compare YSNW against nearby alternatives, browse live empty-leg pricing in both directions, and brief yourself on the runway and elevation profile before you book.

HMAS Albatross is the main naval air station for the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) aviation branch, the Fleet Air Arm. The base, located near Nowra, New South Wales, was formally established in May 1942 as Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) base RAAF Nowra, then was transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS Nabbington in 1944, and operated as a naval air station until it was decommissioned in late 1945. In 1948, the airfield was commissioned into the RAN as HMAS Albatross, as the primary shore base for the Fleet Air Arm. Since 2011, five squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm operate from Albatross. The current commander of the base is Captain Robyn Phillips, RAN.