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List of Royal Australian Air Force installations

Current bases[edit]

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

• Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra

New South Wales[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Queensland[edit]

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

South Australia[edit]

• 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[edit]

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

Western Australia[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

Australian Capital Territory[edit]

• 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[edit]

• 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[edit]

• RAAF Base Daly Waters, Daly Waters

Queensland[edit]

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

South Australia[edit]

• RAAF Base Mallala, Mallala

Victoria[edit]

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

Stations in Australia[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Sydney Basin[edit]

Hunter & Central Coast[edit]

North Coast & New England[edit]

Darling Plains[edit]

Central West[edit]

Murrumbidgee[edit]

Murray[edit]

South Coast[edit]

Western Plains[edit]

Norfolk Island[edit]

• Norfolk Island Airfield, Norfolk Island

Northern Territory[edit]

Queensland[edit]

South Australia[edit]

Tasmania[edit]

Victoria[edit]

Western Australia[edit]

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

Flying boat stations in Australia[edit]

• 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

• List of Australian Army installations

References[edit]

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