List of Australian air force bases

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This is a list of current and previous Royal Australian Air Force 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

Queensland

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

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)

Australian Capital Territory

• Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra

Victoria

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

South Australia

• RAAF Base Edinburgh, Salisbury (near Adelaide)
• Woomera Airfield near Woomera, South Australia. Training area and live fire range.

Western Australia

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

Northern Territory

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

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Former bases

Bases in Australia

• 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.
• RAAF Base Bowen, Bowen, Queensland.
• RAAF Base Cairns, Cairns, Queensland.
• RAAF Base Fairbairn, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, now Canberra International Airport. Decommissioned as an RAAF base in 2003 although one squadron is still based there.
• RAAF Base Mallala, Mallala, South Australia.
• RAAF Base Rathmines, Lake Macquarie near Newcastle, New South Wales. The largest flying boat base in Australia.

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 Evans Head, Evans Head, New South Wales.
• RAAF Station Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland.
• RAAF Station Tocumwal, Tocumwal, New South Wales.
• RAAF Station West Sale, West Sale, Victoria.

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.

• Adelaide River Emergency Landing Ground, near Adelaide River, Northern Territory.
• Alice Springs Airfield, Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
• Birdum Airfield, Birdum, Northern Territory.
• Ceduna Airfield, Ceduna, South Australia.
• Corunna Downs Airfield, Corunna Downs, Western Australia.
• Craigieburn Airfield, Craigieburn, Victoria.
• Cressy Airfield, Cressy, Victoria.
• Daly Waters Airfield, Daly Waters, Northern Territory.
• Drysdale Mission Airfield, Drysdale River, Western Australia.
• Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Queensland
• Gawler Airfield, Gawler, South Australia.
• Gove Airfield, Gove Peninsula, Northern Territory.
• Groote Eylandt Airfield, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.
• Hoxton Park Airfield, Hoxton Park, Sydney, New South Wales. Emergency and training field.
• Kingscote Airfield, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
• Melville Bay Airfield, Melville Bay, Northern Territory.
• Millingimbi Airfield, Millingimbi, Northern Territory.
• Mornington Island Airfield, Mornington Island, Queensland.
• Mount Gambier Airfield, Mount Gambier, South Australia.
• Nile Airfield, Launceston, Tasmania.
• Nhill Airfield, Nhill, Victoria.
• Norfolk Island Airfield, Norfolk Island.
• Oenpelli Emergency Landing Ground, Alligator River, Northern Territory.
• Oodnadatta Airfield, Oodnadatta, South Australia.
• Parafield Airport, Adelaide, South Australia.
• Pine Creek Airfield, Pine Creek, Northern Territory.
• Port Lincoln Airfield, Port Lincoln, South Australia.
• Port Pirie Airfield, Port Pirie, South Australia.
• Reynolds Airfield, Reynolds, Northern Territory.
• Schofields Airfield, near Bankstown, New South Wales.
• Snake Bay Airfield, Melville Island, Northern Territory.
• Tennant Creek Airfield, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.
• Truscott Airfield, Anjo Peninsula, Western Australia.
• Western Junction Airfield, Launceston, Tasmania.
• Wooloomanata Airfield, near Geelong, Victoria.
• Woy Woy Airfield, Woy Woy, New South Wales. Satellite of Schofields Airfield.

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, Millingimbi, 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.
• Rose Bay Flying Boat Base, Rose Bay, Sydney, New South Wales.
• St George's Basin Flying Boat Base, near Jervis Bay.

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.

Airfields overseas

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

• Dilli Airfield, Dili, Timor.
• Kila Kila Airfield, near Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
• Milne Bay Airbase, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Comprised of two airfields 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.

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.

References

• Lake Boga at War, Brett Freeman; ISBN 0646247050
• [A Potted History of the RAAF]

 

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