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

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Victoria

Western Australia

Former Headquarters

Former bases in Australia

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Victoria

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.

Sydney Basin

Hunter & Central Coast

North Coast & New England

Darling Plains

Central West

Murrumbidgee

Murray

South Coast

Western Plains

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

Flying boat stations in Australia

Bases overseas

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

Airfields overseas

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

Flying boat stations overseas

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

See also

References

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