List of Royal Australian Air Force installations

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This is a list of current and previous Royal Australian Air Force airstrips, aerodromes and bases. The air force also owns and maintains "bare bases" in remote areas of Australia. These bases have runways and buildings, but only a caretaker staff. They are generally only used for exercises as there are no units permanently based there.

Current bases[]

Australian Capital Territory[]

New South Wales[]

Northern Territory[]

  • RAAF Base Darwin, Darwin
  • RAAF Base Tindal, Katherine

Queensland[]

  • RAAF Base Amberley, Ipswich (near Brisbane)
  • RAAF Scherger near Weipa (bare base)
  • RAAF Base Townsville, Townsville

South Australia[]

  • RAAF Base Edinburgh, Edinburgh (near Adelaide)
  • RAAF Woomera Range Complex, a large military and civil aerospace facility in the Far North region
    • RAAF Base Woomera, an air base contained within the complex, near Woomera Village

Victoria[]

  • RAAF Base East Sale, Sale
  • RAAF Williams, Laverton Base, Laverton (near Melbourne)
  • RAAF Williams, Point Cook Base, Point Cook (near Melbourne)

Western Australia[]

  • RAAF Curtin near Derby (bare base)
  • RAAF Gingin, Gingin (airfield only)
  • RAAF Learmonth near Exmouth (bare base)
  • RAAF Base Pearce, Bullsbrook (near Perth)

Former Headquarters[]

  • , Townsville, Queensland. Relocated from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
  • , Darwin, Northern Territory
  • , Melbourne, Victoria
  • , Fremantle, Western Australia

Former bases in Australia[]

Australian Capital Territory[]

  • , Canberra - now Fairbairn Business Park and part of Canberra Airport. Decommissioned as an RAAF base in 2003 although No. 34 Squadron (VIP transport) is still based there.

New South Wales[]

  • RAAF Base Albion Park, Albion Park
  • RAAF Base Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour
  • RAAF Base Evans Head, Evans Head
  • RAAF Jervis Bay, Jervis Bay
  • RAAF Base Moruya, Moruya
  • RAAF Base Nabiac, Nabiac
  • RAAF Base Rathmines, Rathmines - The largest flying boat base in Australia
  • RAAF Base Temora, Temora
  • RAAF Base Uranquinty, Uranquinty - 1941–45 Pilot training, and 1947–52 No.1 Basic Flying Training School for RAAF & RAN

Northern Territory[]

  • RAAF Base Daly Waters, Daly Waters

Queensland[]

South Australia[]

Victoria[]

  • RAAF Base Mildura, Mildura
  • RAAF Base West Sale, Sale
  • RAAF Tottenham (Stores Depot), Maribyrnong
  • RAAF Ballarat, Ballarat

Stations in Australia[]

RAAF Stations were principally civil airfields with a permanent RAAF Station Headquarters and used for operational flying.

Airfields in Australia[]

Civil or temporary airfields used by the RAAF and allied air forces during World War II for operational flying but which did not have a permanent RAAF Station Headquarters.

New South Wales[]

Sydney Basin[]

Hunter & Central Coast[]

North Coast & New England[]

Darling Plains[]

Central West[]

  • Blowclear
  • Brolgan
  • Copper Ridge
  • , Fish River
  • Goobang East
  • Goulburn Landing Ground, Goulburn
  • Lake Cargelligo
  • Millthorpe
  • Orange
  • Parkes, see RAAF Station Parkes
  • Raglan
  • Spring Creek Reservoir
  • Tichbourne

Murrumbidgee[]

  • Belfrayden
  • Bundidjarie
  • Combaning
  • Cootamundra
  • Cudjello
  • Forest Hill
  • Gobbabaula
  • Grong Grong Road
  • Junee Road
  • Kendalls
  • Lake Albert
  • Lake Coolah
  • Narrandera, see RAAF Station Narrandera
  • Pucawan
  • Temora
  • Tootool
  • Uranquinty, see RAAF Base Uranquinty
  • Wagga Road
  • Wagga Wagga RAAF
  • Yarragundry
  • Young Road

Murray[]

  • Allandale
  • Albury
  • Bradley Field
  • Corowa
  • Deniliquin, see RAAF Station Deniliquin
  • Denison
  • Dry Forest
  • Hopefield
  • Leetham Field
  • Morocco
  • Stud Park
  • Tocumwal
  • Wait O While
  • Wandook
  • Wangonilla

South Coast[]

  • , see RAAF Base Albion Park
  • ,
  • Jervis Bay, see RAAF Base Jervis Bay
  • , Moruya Airport
  • Nowra, see RAAF Station Nowra

Western Plains[]

  • Broken Hill
  • Cobar
  • Lake Victoria
  • North Bourke
  • Roto
  • Wentworth

Norfolk Island[]

  • Norfolk Island Airfield, Norfolk Island

Northern Territory[]

Decommissioned control tower at the former Airfield Gove.

Queensland[]

Aircraft firing butts, Kingaroy, Queensland, photographed 2008.

South Australia[]

Tasmania[]

Victoria[]

Western Australia[]

  • Agnew
  • Ajana
  • Albany Airfield, Albany
  • Anna Plains
  • Argyle Downs
  • Bald Hill
  • Bamboo Spring
  • Beverley
  • Big Bell
  • Bindoon
  • Bonnie Downs
  • Boologooro
  • Boorabbin
  • Broome Airfield, Broome
  • Bunbury Aerodrome, Bunbury
  • Busselton Airfield, Busselton
  • Callawa Station
  • Campbell
  • Cape Leveque
  • Carlton Station
  • Carnarvon Airfield, Carnarvon
  • Corunna Downs Airfield,
  • Christmas Creek
  • Cue
  • Cunderdin
  • De Grey
  • Derby
  • Dowerin South
  • Durey
  • Drysdale Mission Airfield see Kalumburu
  • Edjudina
  • Esperance Airfield, Esperance
  • Exmouth Gulf
  • Fitzroy Crossing
  • Flora Valley
  • Forrest
  • Forrest River Mission, see Oombulgurri
  • Georgina
  • Geraldton
  • Gingin North see RAAF Gingin
  • Goomalling
  • Gordon Downs
  • Guildford, Western Australia, see RAAF Station Guildford
  • Halls Creek
  • Hamelin Pool, see Hamelin Pool Station
  • Hillman
  • Hillside
  • Ivanhoe, see Kununurra
  • Kalgoorlie
  • Karungie Station
  • Katanning
  • Kimberley Downs
  • Kojarena
  • Kununoppin
  • Lagrange, see Lagrange Bay
  • Laverton
  • Learmonth, see RAAF Learmonth and Exmouth
  • Leonora see Leonora Airport
  • Lissadell
  • Liveringa Station
  • Lyndon
  • Maylands Airfield, Maylands
  • Marble Bar
  • Mardie
  • Margaret River, Kimberley
  • Marrillana
  • Meckering
  • Meekatharra
  • Meka Station
  • Middle Swan (Caversham), Caversham
  • Mileura
  • Minchins Soak
  • Minderoo
  • Minilya North
  • Moola Bulla
  • Mooliabeenee
  • Moora
  • Monkey Mia see Shark Bay Airport
  • Mount House see Mount House Station
  • Mount Magnet
  • Mount Sir Samuel see Sir Samuel
  • Muccan Station
  • Mulga Downs see Mulga Downs Station
  • Mulyie
  • Munja
  • Nannine
  • Narrogin West
  • Narrogin East
  • Nicholson Station
  • Nilli Bubbaca
  • Nookanbah (Noonkanbah) Airfield, Noonkanbah Station
  • Norseman
  • North West Cape
  • Onslow
  • Pearce
  • Perth
  • Pinjarra North
  • Port Hedland
  • Reedy
  • Rockwell
  • Roebourne
  • Rottnest Island
  • Roy Hill
  • Sandstone
  • Southern Cross
  • Sturt River
  • Tableland Station
  • Tenindewa
  • Three Springs
  • Thundelburra
  • Turkey Creek
  • Turner River
  • Truscott Airfield, Anjo Peninsula
  • Upper Swan
  • Wagin
  • Walkaway
  • Warrawagine
  • Weebo
  • Whim Creek
  • Wiluna
  • Winning Pool
  • Wittenoom
  • Wollal
  • Wooramel
  • Wyndham
  • Yalgoo
  • Yampi Sound
  • Yandal
  • Yanrey
  • Yinnietharra
  • Yuin Station
  • Yulleroo
  • Zanthus

Flying boat stations in Australia[]

  • , Broome, Western Australia.
  • , Brisbane, Queensland. Shared with US Naval Air Station, Brisbane.
  • , Darwin, Northern Territory.
  • , Brisbane, Queensland.
  • , Karumba, Queensland.
  • Lake Boga Flying Boat Base, Lake Boga, Victoria. Flying boat repair facility.
  • , Melville Bay, Northern Territory.
  • , Adelaide, South Australia.
  • , Brisbane, Queensland.
  • , Bowen, Queensland.
  • , Bundaberg, Queensland.
  • , Cairns, Queensland.
  • , Cockatoo Island, Western Australia.
  • , Darwin, Northern Territory.
  • , Evans Head, New South Wales.
  • , Fremantle, Western Australia.
  • , Geraldton, Western Australia.
  • , Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.
  • , Jervis Bay.
  • , Lake Boga, Victoria.
  • , Melbourne, Victoria.
  • , Milingimbi, Northern Territory.
  • , Newcastle, New South Wales.
  • , Paynesville, Victoria.
  • , Perth, Western Australia.
  • , Point Cook, Victoria.
  • , near Exmouth, Western Australia.
  • , Thursday Island, Queensland.
  • , Townsville, Queensland.
  • , Redland Bay, near Brisbane, Queensland.
  • Rathmines Flying Boat Base, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, South of Newcastle.
  • , Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.
  • , near Jervis Bay.

Bases overseas[]

Australian or allied bases at which RAAF units were permanently stationed.

  • , Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Later moved to Townsville, Queensland.
  • Butterworth Air Base, Butterworth, Penang, Malaysia (formerly RAAF Base Butterworth). Some RAAF units were based at Butterworth Air Base as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements.
  • , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Indian Ocean.
  • RAAF Base Tengah was collocated with RAF Tengah in the 1950s at what is now Tengah Airbase, Singapore. No 1 Squadron Lincoln Bombers were based there for most of the 1950s, and other units were also there at times.
  • , Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  • RAAF Ubon, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
  • , Hong Kong.
  • Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE, shared with the UAE military and other allies.

Airfields overseas[]

Civil, temporary or captured airfields used by the RAAF during World War II.

  • Dili Airfield, Dili, Timor.
  • Kila Kila Airfield, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  • Milne Bay Airbase Complex, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Consisting of Turnbull Field, Gurney Field and .
  • Mokmer Airfield, Biak Island, Dutch New Guinea.
  • Sandakan Airfield, Sabah, British North Borneo.
  • Tarakan Airfield, Tarakan, Kalimantan Timur, Indonesia.
  • Wards Airfield, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Flying boat stations overseas[]

Australian and allied flying boat bases used by the RAAF during World War II.

  • , , Timor.
  • , Gorontalo, Sulawesi, Indonesia.
  • , Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Part of .
  • , Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Philippines.
  • , Port Vila, New Hebrides.
  • , Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  • , Fakfak, Dutch New Guinea.
  • , Yampi Sound, Indian Ocean.

See also[]

References[]

  • Lake Boga at War, Brett Freeman; ISBN 0-646-24705-0
  • A Potted History of the RAAF
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