List of Royal Australian Air Force installations

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

• Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra

New South Wales

• RAAF Base Glenbrook, Glenbrook (near Sydney)
• Defence Establishment Orchard Hills, Orchard Hills (near Sydney)
• RAAF Base Richmond, Richmond (near Sydney)
• RAAF Base Wagga, Wagga Wagga
• RAAF Base Williamtown, Williamtown (near Newcastle)

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)

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Former Headquarters

• RAAF Area Combined Headquarters, North-Eastern area, Townsville, Queensland. Relocated from Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
• RAAF Area Combined Headquarters, North-Western area, Darwin, Northern Territory
• RAAF Area Combined Headquarters, South-Eastern area, Melbourne, Victoria
• RAAF Area Combined Headquarters, South-Western area, Fremantle, Western Australia

Former bases in Australia

Australian Capital Territory

• RAAF Base Fairbairn, 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

• RAAF Base Bowen, Bowen
• RAAF Base Cairns, Cairns

South Australia

• RAAF Base Mallala, Mallala

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.

• RAAF Station Archerfield, Archerfield Airport, Brisbane, Queensland
• RAAF Station Bairnsdale, Bairnsdale, Victoria
• RAAF Station Bowen, Bowen, Queensland. Disbanded and reformed as RAAF Base Bowen.
• RAAF Station Bulga, Bulga, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland
• RAAF Station Camden, Camden, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Cunderdin, Cunderdin, Western Australia
• RAAF Station Deniliquin, Deniliquin, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Evans Head, Evans Head, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Guildford, Guildford, Western Australia
• RAAF Station Mascot, Mascot, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Narrandera, Narrandera, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Narromine, Narromine, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Nowra, Nowra, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Pokolbin, Cessnock, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland
• RAAF Station Schofields, Schofields, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Tocumwal, Tocumwal, New South Wales
• RAAF Station Wagga, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
• RAAF Station West Sale, West Sale, Victoria

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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

Murrumbidgee

Murray

South Coast

Western Plains

Norfolk Island

• Norfolk Island Airfield, Norfolk Island

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Tasmania

Victoria

Western Australia

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Flying boat stations in Australia

• Broome Flying Boat Base, Broome, Western Australia.
• Colmslie Flying Boat Base, Brisbane, Queensland. Shared with US Naval Air Station, Brisbane.
• Doctor's Gully Flying Boat Base, Darwin, Northern Territory.
• Hamilton Flying Boat Base, Brisbane, Queensland.
• Karumba Flying Boat Base, Karumba, Queensland.
• Lake Boga Flying Boat Base, Lake Boga, Victoria. Flying boat repair facility.
• Melville Bay Flying Boat Base, Melville Bay, Northern Territory.
• RAAF Marine Section Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia.
• RAAF Marine Section Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland.
• RAAF Marine Section Bowen, Bowen, Queensland.
• RAAF Marine Section Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland.
• RAAF Marine Section Cairns, Cairns, Queensland.
• RAAF Marine Section Cockatoo Island, Cockatoo Island, Western Australia.
• RAAF Marine Section East Arm, Darwin, Northern Territory.
• RAAF Marine Section Evans Head, Evans Head, New South Wales.
• RAAF Marine Section Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia.
• RAAF Marine Section Geraldton, Geraldton, Western Australia.
• RAAF Marine Section Groote Island, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.
• RAAF Marine Section Jervis Bay, Jervis Bay.
• RAAF Marine Section Lake Boga, Lake Boga, Victoria.
• RAAF Marine Section Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria.
• RAAF Marine Section Millingimbi, Milingimbi, Northern Territory.
• RAAF Marine Section Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales.
• RAAF Marine Section Paynesville, Paynesville, Victoria.
• RAAF Marine Section Perth, Perth, Western Australia.
• RAAF Marine Section Point Cook, Point Cook, Victoria.
• RAAF Marine Section Potshot, near Exmouth, Western Australia.
• RAAF Marine Section Thursday Island, Thursday Island, Queensland.
• RAAF Marine Section Townsville, Townsville, Queensland.
• Redland Bay Flying Boat Base, Redland Bay, near Brisbane, Queensland.
• Rathmines Flying Boat Base, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, South of Newcastle.
• Rose Bay Flying Boat Base, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.
• St George's Basin Flying Boat Base, near Jervis Bay.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Bases overseas

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

• RAAF Area Combined Headquarters, North-Eastern area, 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.
• RAAF Base Cocos Island, 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.
• RAAF Base Port Moresby, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
• RAAF Ubon, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand.
• RAF Siu Sai Wan, Hong Kong.
• Al Minhad Air Base in the UAE, shared with the UAE military and other allies.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

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 Gurney Flying Boat Base.
• 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.

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

Flying boat stations overseas

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

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

See also

References

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