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 Air Force Headquarters, Canberra Defence Establishment Fairbairn, Canberra

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)

Northern Territory RAAF Base Darwin, Darwin RAAF Base Tindal, Katherine

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

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

Western Australia RAAF Base Curtin near Derby (bare base) RAAF Base Gingin, Gingin (airfield only) RAAF Base Learmonth near Exmouth (bare base) RAAF Base Pearce, Bullsbrook (near Perth)

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 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 RAAF Base Bowen, Bowen RAAF Base Cairns, Cairns

South Australia RAAF Base Mallala, Mallala

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

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

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 Bargo Bringelly Emergency Landing Ground, Bringelly Calwalla Camden see RAAF Station Camden Castlereagh Aerodrome, Fleurs Aerodrome, Kemps Creek Hoxton Park Landing Ground, Hoxton Park – Emergency and training field Marsden Park Aerodrome, Marsden Park Mascot see RAAF Station Mascot Menangle Aerodrome, Menangle Park – Satellite of Schofields Mittagong Aerodrome Moss Vale Mount Druitt Aerodrome, Mount Druitt 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, – Satellite of Camden Wallgrove Aerodrome (Doonside), Doonside

Hunter & Central Coast

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

North Coast & New England

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

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 Goobang East Goulburn Landing Ground, Goulburn 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 Jervis Bay, see RAAF Base Jervis Bay Moruya Airfield (World War II installations), Moruya Airport 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

Adelaide River Emergency Landing Ground, near Adelaide River Alice Springs Airfield (7 Mile), Alice Springs Austin Strip (RAAF Melville Island), Milikapiti, Melville Island Batchelor Airfield, Batchelor Bathurst Island Airfield, Bathurst Island Berry Springs Birdum Airfield, Birdum Blyth No. 1 E.L.G Brunette Downs Coomalie Creek Airfield, Coomalie Creek Cape Fourcroy Carson's Field, Daly Waters Airfield, see RAAF Daly Waters Fenton Airfield, Gorrie Airfield, Larrimah Gould Airfield, Gove Airfield (Melville Bay Airfield), Gove Peninsula Groote Eylandt Airfield, Groote Eylandt Hughes Airfield (32 Mile), Noonamah Katherine Airfield, Koolpinyah H.S. E.L.G Livingstone Airfield (34 Mile), Long Airfield, Manbulloo Airfield, Manbulloo Station, MacDonald Airfield, north of Maranboy E.L.G Milingimbi Airfield, Milingimbi Island O'Connor's Field, Howard Island Oenpelli Emergency Landing Ground, Alligator River Parap Airfield (Darwin Aerodrome/Ross Smith Aerodrome), Pell Airfield, SE of , east of Stuart Highway Pine Creek Airfield, Port Keats Airfield, Port Keats Reynolds No. 4 Emergency Landing Ground, Reynolds Strauss Airfield (27 Mile Field, Humpty Doo Strip), Noonamah Tennant Creek Airfield, Tennant Creek 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 Elliot Fanning Gailes Garbutt, see RAAF Base Garbutt Giru Goolman Higgins Field (aka Jacky Jacky, Red Island Point, Red Point, or Bamaga; now Northern Peninsula Airport) Horn Island Aerodrome, Horn Island Inverleigh Jondaryan Kingaroy Kingston (Woodridge) Iron Range Aerodrome (Claudie & Gordon), Kutini-Payamu National Park Laura Leyburn Airfield, Leyburn Loganlea Longreach Lowood Mackay Macrossan Mareeba Maryborough Milgarra station Mount Hedlow Mitchell River Mission Mornington Island Airfield, Mornington Island 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

Ceduna Airfield, Ceduna Gawler Aerodrome, Gawler Kingscote Airfield, Kangaroo Island Mount Gambier Airfield, Mount Gambier Oodnadatta Airfield, Oodnadatta Parafield Airfield, Adelaide Port Lincoln Airfield, Port Lincoln Port Pirie Airfield, Port Pirie

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, Fishermans 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 Park Airfield, Monomeith Mordialloc, emergency landing aerodrome Murchison East Aerodrome, Murchison Nambrok Nhill Aerodrome, Nhill 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