Bohle River Aerodrome was an aerodrome located 12.66 km (7.87 mi) west of Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
Bohle River Aerodrome
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| Location | Townsville, Queensland | ||||||||||
| Built | 1942 | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°16′58.08″S 146°41′57.33″E / 19.2828000°S 146.6992583°E / -19.2828000; 146.6992583 | ||||||||||
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  Bohle River Aerodrome Location in Queensland | |||||||||||
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The aerodrome was constructed in 1942, during World War II, for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as part of a group of airfields to be used as aircraft dispersal fields in the event of Imperial Japanese attack on the Townsville area.
The aerodrome consisted of a bitumen sealed 5,580 ft × 150 ft (1,701 m × 46 m) NE-SW runway. A remote receiving station was constructed nearby.
It was utilised as a 1/4-mile drag strip until its closing on 25 August 2012, to make way for a new housing estate.
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