List of Royal Australian Air Force installations

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.

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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 International 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

South Australia

RAAF Base Mallala, Mallala

Victoria

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.

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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

Bankstown Aerodrome, Bankstown, New South Wales
Bargo
Bringelly Emergency Landing Ground, Bringelly, New South Wales.
Calwalla
Camden see RAAF Station Camden
Castlereagh Aerodrome, Castlereagh, New South Wales
Fleurs Aerodrome, Kemps Creek, New South Wales
Hoxton Park Landing Ground, Hoxton Park, New South Wales - Emergency and training field
Marsden Park Aerodrome, Marsden Park, New South Wales
Mascot see RAAF Station Mascot
Menangle Aerodrome, Menangle Park, New South Wales - Satellite of Schofields
Mittagong Aerodrome
Moss Vale
Mount Druitt Aerodrome, Mount Druitt, New South Wales
Nepean Dam
Pitt Town
Ravenswood - Satellite of Fleur (not proceeded with)
Richmond Aerodrome see RAAF Base Richmond
Schofields Aerodrome see RAAF Station Schofields
The Oaks Aerodrome, The Oaks, New South Wales - Satellite of Camden
Wallgrove Aerodrome (Doonside), Doonside, New South Wales

Hunter & Central Coast

Broke Aerodrome, Broke, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Station Bulga.
Bulga Aerodrome, see RAAF Station Bulga.
Cessnock Aerodrome
Dungog Aerodrome, Wallarobba, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Base Williamtown.
Glendon Aerodrome
Hexham Aerodrome
Hotham Aerodrome
Newcastle Aerodrome (Broadmeadow, District Park), Broadmeadow, Newcastle
Pokolbin Aerodrome see RAAF Station Pokolbin
Rathmines see RAAF Base Rathmines
Rothbury Aerodrome, Rothbury, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Station Pokolbin (not proceeded with)
Ringwood Aerodrome, Eagleton, New South Wales
Nandowra Aerodrome, Scone, New South Wales
Strowan Aerodrome, Jerrys Plains, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Station Bulga.
Tuggerah Aerodrome, Tuggerah, New South Wales, satellite of Fleurs Aerodrome.
Williamtown see RAAF Base Williamtown
Warkworth Aerodrome, Warkworth, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Station Bulga.
Weston Aerodrome, Weston, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Station Pokolbin (not proceeded with)
Woy Woy Aerodrome, Woy Woy, New South Wales, satellite of RAAF Station Schofields & HMS Nabthorpe.

North Coast & New England

Coffs Harbour Aerodrome, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Clairville Aerodrome, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Evans Head Aerodrome, see RAAF Station Evans Head
Glen Innes Aerodrome, Glen Innes, New South Wales
Guyra Aerodrome, Guyra, New South Wales
Nabiac Aerodrome, see RAAF Base Nabiac
Wellingrove Aerodrome, Wellingrove, New South Wales

Darling Plains

Burroway
Buckwoodlands
Calala
Dandaloo
Dubbo
Gidley
Iowa
Jones
Minore
Mogriguy
Narromine, see RAAF Station Narromine
Piggot
Tamworth
Timbrebongie
Trangie
Trescowthick
Woodlands

Central West

Blowclear
Brolgan
Copper Ridge
Fish River Aerodrome, Fish River.
Goulburn Landing Ground, Goulburn, New South Wales.
Goobang East
Lake Cargelligo
Millthorpe
Orange
Parkes, see RAAF Station Parkes.
Raglan
Spring Creek Reservoir
Tichbourne

Murrumbidgee

Belfrayden
Bundidjarie
Combaning
Cootamundra
Cudjello
Forest Hill
Gobbabaula
Grong Grong Road
Junee Road
Kendalls
Lake Albert
Lake Coolah
Narrandera, see RAAF Station Narrandera
Pucawan
Temora
Tootool
Uranquinty, see RAAF Base Uranquinty
Wagga Road
Wagga Wagga RAAF
Yarragundry
Young Road

Murray

Allandale
Albury
Bradley Field
Corowa
Deniliquin, see RAAF Station Deniliquin.
Denison
Dry Forest
Hopefield
Leetham Field
Morocco
Stud Park
Tocumwal
Wait O While
Wandook
Wangonilla
Warbreccan

South Coast

Albion Park Aerodrome, see RAAF Base Albion Park
Cordeaux Aerodrome, Cordeux Dam, New South Wales.
Jervis Bay, see RAAF Base Jervis Bay
Moruya Airfield (World War II installations), Moruya Airport, New South Wales.
Nowra, see RAAF Station Nowra
Vineyards Aerodrome

Western Plains

Broken Hill
Cobar
Lake Victoria
North Bourke
Roto
Wentworth

Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island Airfield, Norfolk Island.

Northern Territory

Decommissioned control tower at the former Airfield Gove.

Adelaide River Emergency Landing Ground, near Adelaide River, Northern Territory.
Alice Springs Airfield (7 Mile), Alice Springs, Northern Territory.
Austin Strip (RAAF Melville Island), Milikapiti, Melville Island, Northern Territory
Batchelor Airfield, Batchelor, Northern Territory
Bathurst Island Airfield, Bathurst Island, Northern Territory.
Berry Springs
Birdum Airfield, Birdum, Northern Territory.
Blyth No. 1 E.L.G.
Brunette Downs
Coomalie Creek Airfield, Coomalie Creek, Northern Territory
Cape Fourcroy
Carson's Field, Katherine, Northern Territory
Daly Waters Airfield, see RAAF Daly Waters.
Fenton Airfield, Hayes Creek, Northern Territory
Gorrie Airfield, Larrimah, Northern Territory
Gould Airfield, Batchelor, Northern Territory
Gove Airfield (Melville Bay Airfield), Gove Peninsula, Northern Territory.
Groote Eylandt Airfield, Groote Eylandt, Northern Territory.
Hughes Airfield (32 Mile), Noonamah, Northern Territory
Katherine Airfield, Katherine, Northern Territory
Koolpinyah H.S. E.L.G.
Livingstone Airfield (34 Mile), Livingstone, Northern Territory
Long Airfield, Hayes Creek, Northern Territory
Manbulloo Airfield, Manbulloo Station, Katherine, Northern Territory
MacDonald Airfield, North of Pine Creek, Northern Territory
Maranboy E.L.G.
Milingimbi Airfield, Milingimbi Island, Northern Territory.
O'Connor's Field, Howard Island, Northern Territory.
Oenpelli Emergency Landing Ground, Alligator River, Northern Territory.
Parap Airfield (Darwin Aerodrome/Ross Smith Aerodrome), Parap, Northern Territory
Pell Airfield, SE of Batchelor, Northern Territory east of Stuart Highway.
Pine Creek Airfield, Pine Creek, Northern Territory.
Port Keats Airfield, Port Keats, Northern Territory
Reynolds No. 4 Emergency Landing Ground, Reynolds, Northern Territory.
Strauss Airfield (27 Mile Field, Humpty Doo Strip), Noonamah, Northern Territory.
Tennant Creek Airfield, Tennant Creek, Northern Territory.
Tipperary No. 9 Emergency Landing Ground
Venn
Willing
Woolyanna No. 8B Emergency Landing Ground

Queensland

Aitkenvale Aerodrome (Weir), Aitkenvale, Townsville
Antil Plains Aerodrome, Antill Plains
Amberley, see RAAF Base Amberley
Archerfield, see RAAF Station Archerfield
Augustus Downs
Balfe's Creek
Barcaldine
Beenleigh
Blackall
Bohle River Aerodrome, Townsville
Bowen, see RAAF Base Bowen
Breddan Aerodrome, Breddan, Charters Towers
Brunette Downs
Brymaroo
Bundaberg, see RAAF Station Bundaberg
Cairns, see RAAF Base Cairns
Camooweal
Canobie Station
Carpentaria Downs
Cecil Plains
Charleville Aerodrome, Charleville
Charters Towers
Cloncurry Aerodrome, Cloncurry
Coen
Condamine
Cooktown Aerodrome (Cooktown Mission), Cooktown
Coominya
Cunnamulla
Dunk Island
Eagle Farm Airfield, Brisbane, Queensland
Elliot
Fanning
Gailes
Garbutt, see RAAF Base Garbutt
Giru
Goolman
Higgins Field (Red Island Point, Red Point, Jacky Jacky or Bamaga)
Horn Island Aerodrome, Horn Island
Inverleigh
Iron Range Aerodrome (Claudie & Gordon), Iron Range
Jondaryan
Kingaroy
Aircraft firing butts, Kingaroy, Queensland, photographed 2008.
Kingston (Woodridge)
Laura
Leyburn
Loganlea
Longreach
Lowood
Mackay
Macrossan
Mareeba
Maryborough
Milgarra station
Mount Hedlow
Mitchell River Mission
Mornington Island Airfield, Mornington Island, Queensland.
Mount Isa
Mount St. John
Mount Surprise
Normanton
Oakey
Palm Island
Petrie
Powlathunga
Reid River
Rockhampton
Ross River
Runcorn (ELG)
Southport Waterfield
Strathglass
Strathpine
Stock Route
Toogoolawah
Toowoomba
Torrens Creek
Upper Ross River (Kelso Field)
Waterford
Winton
Wivenhoe
Wondoola Station
Woodstock
Wrotham Park

South Australia

Tasmania

Auburn Landing Ground (not proceeded with)
Cambridge Aerodrome, Hobart
Currie Aerodrome, Currie, King Island
Nile Relief Landing Ground, Nile
Pats River Aerodrome, Flinders Island
Quorn Hall Aerodrome, Campbell Town
Tunbridge Aerodrome, Tunbridge
Valleyfield Aerodrome, Valleyfield (near Epping Forest)
Western Junction Aerodrome, Launceston

Victoria

Ararat Aerodrome, Ararat.
Bacchus Marsh Aerodrome, Bacchus Marsh
Bairnsdale, see RAAF Station Bairnsdale
Ballarat, see RAAF Station Ballarat
Benalla Aerodrome, Benalla
Craigieburn Aerodrome, Craigieburn
Cranbourne
Cressy Aerodrome, Cressy
Dutson
East Stratford, not proceeded with
Essendon Aerodrome, Essendon
Exford, dispersal aerodrome for Laverton
Fishermen's Bend Aerodrome, Fishermen's Bend
Flynn's Creek, not proceeded with
Gifford
Glengarry
Greenhills
Hamilton Airport
Heath Hill
Koo-wee-rup
Lakeside
Lara
Little River
Mallacoota Aerodrome, Mallacoota
Mangalore West Aerodrome, Mangaloe
Maryvale
Mildura, see RAAF Base Mildura
Monomeith Aerodrome, Monomeith
Mordialloc, emergency landing aerodrome
Murchison East Aerodrome, Murchison
Nambrok
Nhill Aerodrome, Nhill, Victoria
Oaklands
Point Cook
Swan Hill Aerodrome, Swan Hill
Truganina, dispersal aerodrome for Laverton
Warrnambool Aerodrome, Warrnambool
Werribee Satellite Aerodrome, Werribee
West Sale, see RAAF Base West Sale
Wilsons Promontory Aerodrome, Wilsons Promontory
Wooloomanata Aerodrome, Wooloomanata Station
Yelta, relief landing ground for Mildura

Western Australia

Ajana
Albany Airfield, Albany
Anna Plains
Beverley
Bindoon
Broome Airfield, Broome
Bunbury Aerodrome, Bunbury
Busselton Airfield, Busselton
Campbell
Cape Leveque
Carnarvon Airfield, Carnarvon
Corunna Downs Airfield, Corunna Downs
Cue
Derby
Dowerin South
Drysdale Mission Airfield
Esperance Airfield, Esperance
Exmouth Gulf
Exmouth Gulf No. 2
Forrest
Geraldton
Gingin North
Guildford, Western Australia, see RAAF Station Guildford
Hillman
Kalgoorlie
Kununoppin
Maylands Airfield, Maylands
Meckering
Meekatharra
Merredin ELG
Moora
Middle Swan (Caversham), Caversham
Muchea East
Minderoo
Mooliabeenee
Narrogin West
Narrogin East
Nookanbah (Noonkanbah) Airfield, Noonkanbah Station
North West Cape
Onslow
Pearce
Perth
Pinjarra North
Port Hedland
Rockwell
Roebourne
Three Springs
Truscott Airfield, Anjo Peninsula
Upper Swan
Wagin
Wyndham
Yalgoo
Yanrey

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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References

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

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