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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the civilian use of this facility, see <a href="Darwin_International_Airport" title="Darwin International Airport">Darwin International Airport</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">RAAF Base Darwin</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="label"><span class="nowraplinks"><a href="Darwin%2C_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a></span>, <a href="Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a> in Australia</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="infobox-caption"><span class="nowrap">A <a href="United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> <a href="C-130J_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130J Hercules">C-130</a> taking off from RAAF Base Darwin in 1999</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Military_airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Military airfield">Military airfield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Department_of_Defence_(Australia)" title="Department of Defence (Australia)">Department of Defence</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Operator</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span></span></span> </span><a href="Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.airforce.gov.au/Bases/Northern-Territory/RAAF-Base-Darwin/?RAAF-vlicpVEzRKLvk0AtF7pXCq/tUEqnIuez">RAAF Base Darwin</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Location</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1291884410">

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</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:300px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:300px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:300px"><span class="notpageimage noviewer" typeof="mw:File"></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:11.413%;left:28.139%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RAAF Base Darwin (YPDN)"></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div>RAAF Base Darwin<br>(YPDN)</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in the <a href="Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">

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</style><span class=" nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="geo:-12.414722222222222,130.87666666666667"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">12°24′53″S</span> <span class="longitude">130°52′36″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">12.41472°S 130.87667°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-12.41472; 130.87667</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Site history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">1 June 1940<span style="display: none;"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1940-06-01</span>)</span> – <i>present</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Bombing_of_Darwin" title="Bombing of Darwin">Bombing of Darwin</a>, <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Garrison information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">No. 452 Squadron Darwin Flight</a></li><li><a href="No._92_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 92 Wing RAAF">No. 92 Wing Detachment B</a></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="No._114_Mobile_Control_and_Reporting_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF">No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit</a></span></li><li><a href="No._396_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF">Headquarters No. 396 Combat Support Wing</a></li><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="No._321_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF">No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron</a></span></li><li><a href="No._1_Airfield_Operations_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Air Terminal Squadron Detachment Darwin</a></li><li><a href="No._13_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAAF">No 13 (City of Darwin) Squadron</a></li></ul></div>

2 Security forces Squadron Detachment Darwin</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Identifiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Air Transport Association airport code">IATA</a>: DRW, <a href="International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Civil Aviation Organization airport code">ICAO</a>: YPDN</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">31 metres (103 ft) <a href="Above_mean_sea_level" class="mw-redirect" title="Above mean sea level">AMSL</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table style="width:100%; margin:-2px -1px -1px -1px; border-spacing:0;">

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<td style="text-align: left;">3,354 metres (11,004 ft) <a href="Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">Asphalt</a></td>

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<td style="text-align: left;">1,524 metres (5,000 ft) Asphalt</td>

</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: left; background-color: #eee">Sources: Australian <a href="Aeronautical_Information_Publication" title="Aeronautical Information Publication">AIP</a> and aerodrome chart<sup id="cite_ref-AIP_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AIP-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>RAAF Base Darwin</b> (<a href="IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>DRW</b>, <a href="ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>YPDN</b>) is a <a href="Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) <a href="Military_airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Military airfield">military air base</a> located in the city of <a href="Darwin%2C_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a>, in the <a href="Northern_Territory" title="Northern Territory">Northern Territory</a>, Australia. The base shares its <a href="Airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Airfield">runway</a> with <a href="Darwin_International_Airport" title="Darwin International Airport">Darwin International Airport</a>, for <a href="Civil_aviation" title="Civil aviation">civil aviation</a> purposes. The <a href="Commonwealth_Heritage_List" title="Commonwealth Heritage List">heritage-listed</a><sup id="cite_ref-AHD_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> RAAF Base Darwin is a <a href="Forward_operating_base" title="Forward operating base">forward operating base</a> with year-round activity with approximately 400 personnel.<sup id="cite_ref-RAAF_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAAF-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2></div>

<p>Construction of the airfield began in 1938 and RAAF Station Darwin was established on 1 June 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-AHD_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from elements of <a href="No._12_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 12 Squadron RAAF">No. 12 Squadron RAAF</a>. <a href="No._13_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAAF">No. 13 Squadron RAAF</a> was also created at the same time and was based at the base. Charles Eaton was the first Commanding Officer between 1940 and 1941. No. 12 Squadron RAAF relocated from <a href="Parap_Airfield" title="Parap Airfield">Parap Airfield</a>, Northern Territory in April 1941 to RAAF Station Darwin. The base hosted a large number of RAAF and <a href="United_States_Army_Air_Forces" title="United States Army Air Forces">United States Army Air Forces</a> (USAAF) units during <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The base was bombed by <a href="Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese forces</a> many times, beginning with <a href="Bombing_of_Darwin" title="Bombing of Darwin">two major air raids</a> on 19 February 1942.

</p><p>Parts of the 45-hectare (110-acre) site are listed on the <a href="Commonwealth_Heritage_List" title="Commonwealth Heritage List">Commonwealth Heritage List</a>, since 2004, with the citation stating:<sup id="cite_ref-AHD_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>RAAF Base Darwin is historically significant for its direct association with the defence build up in Darwin in the period immediately before WWII. The base illustrates a change in Australian Defence policy with the Federal Government establishing a major military presence in the north of Australia. Importantly this action was material evidence of the development by Australia of an independent strategic policy in the years preceding WWII. The large scale of the base demonstrates the significance of the governments commitment to such a policy, and the scale of the perceived threat. This military development greatly accelerated Darwin's own development as a major centre in northern Australia.</i></p></blockquote>

<p>The heritage items include several timber-framed and fibrous-cement clad houses, the timber-framed Sergeants Mess and Single Officer's Mess, the former Airmen's Mess, the Administrative Building, the Gymnasium and Canteen building, the Commanding Officers' Residence, the non-denominational chapel, the <a href="Water_tower" title="Water tower">water tower</a>, Guard House, the timber-framed School of Instruction, and various other residential quarters.<sup id="cite_ref-AHD_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AHD-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Units_based_at_RAAF_Darwin_during_World_War_II">Units based at RAAF Darwin during World War II</h3></div>

<ul><li><a href="No._12_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 12 Squadron RAAF">No. 12 Squadron RAAF</a></li>

<li><a href="No._13_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAAF">No. 13 Squadron RAAF</a></li>

<li><a href="No._34_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 34 Squadron RAAF">No. 34 Squadron RAAF</a></li></ul>

<p>During World War II RAAF Base Darwin served as a first refuge for retreating USAAF units from the <a href="Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> in 1941. The USAAF <a href="Fifth_Air_Force" title="Fifth Air Force">Far East Air Force</a> and its subordinate commands, V Fighter and V Bomber established headquarters at Darwin in late December 1941. Later, the USAAF <a href="49th_Operations_Group" title="49th Operations Group">49th Fighter Group</a> and other units were assigned to Darwin before moving north to forward bases in 1943. From 9 August 1944 to 20 February 1945 the USAAF <a href="380th_Expeditionary_Operations_Group" title="380th Expeditionary Operations Group">380th Bombardment Group</a> based four squadrons of long-range <a href="Consolidated_B-24_Liberator" title="Consolidated B-24 Liberator">B-24 Liberator</a> bombers at the base. From Darwin, the group received a <a href="Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Distinguished Unit Citation</a> for a series of long-range attacks on oil refineries, shipping, and dock facilities in <a href="Balikpapan" title="Balikpapan">Balikpapan</a>, <a href="Borneo" title="Borneo">Borneo</a>, in August 1943. The unit repeatedly bombed enemy airfields in western <a href="New_Guinea" title="New Guinea">New Guinea</a> during April and May 1944 in support of American landings in the <a href="Jayapura" title="Jayapura">Hollandia</a> area, being awarded another DUC for this action. Moved in February 1945 to Mindoro in the Philippines.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In 1975, during the aftermath of <a href="Cyclone_Tracy" title="Cyclone Tracy">Cyclone Tracy</a>, the base was the centre of the largest airlift in Australian history in which the majority of Darwin's inhabitants were evacuated.

</p><p>The base was an emergency landing site for the NASA <a href="Space_Shuttle" title="Space Shuttle">Space Shuttle</a> due to the length of its runway. <a href="United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> (USAF) <a href="Rockwell_B-1_Lancer" title="Rockwell B-1 Lancer">B-1 Lancer</a> and <a href="Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress" title="Boeing B-52 Stratofortress">B-52 Stratofortress</a> bombers, as well as <a href="McDonnell_Douglas_KC-10_Extender" title="McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender">KC-10</a> and <a href="Boeing_KC-135_Stratotanker" title="Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker">KC-135</a> tankers can operate from RAAF Base Darwin.

</p><p>In 2010 it was reported that some houses near the base required extra sound proofing to deal with the extreme sound levels of the <a href="Stealth_technology" title="Stealth technology">low observable</a> <a href="Lockheed_Martin_F-35_Lightning_II" title="Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II">Joint Strike Fighter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Current_units">Current units</h2></div>

<th><a href="Force_Element_Group" title="Force Element Group">Force Element Group</a></th>

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<td><a href="No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">Headquarters No. 452 Squadron</a></td>

<td><a href="Surveillance_and_Response_Group_RAAF" title="Surveillance and Response Group RAAF">Surveillance and Response Group</a></td>

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<td><a href="No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">No. 452 Squadron Darwin Flight</a></td>

<td>Surveillance and Response Group</td>

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<td><a href="No._92_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 92 Wing RAAF">No. 92 Wing Detachment B</a></td>

<td>Surveillance and Response Group</td>

<td><a href="Lockheed_AP-3C_Orion" title="Lockheed AP-3C Orion">AP-3C Orion</a>

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<td><a href="No._114_Mobile_Control_and_Reporting_Unit_RAAF" title="No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit RAAF">No. 114 Mobile Control and Reporting Unit</a></td>

<td>Surveillance and Response Group</td>

<td><a href="AN/FPS-117" title="AN/FPS-117">AN/FPS-117</a> radar

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<td><a href="No._396_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 396 Expeditionary Combat Support Wing RAAF">Headquarters No. 396 Combat Support Wing</a></td>

<td><a href="Combat_Support_Group_RAAF" title="Combat Support Group RAAF">Combat Support Group</a></td>

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<td><a href="No._321_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF">No. 321 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron</a></td>

<td>Combat Support Group</td>

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<td><a href="No._1_Airfield_Operations_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Air Terminal Squadron Detachment Darwin</a></td>

<td>Combat Support Group</td>

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<td><a href="No._13_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 13 Squadron RAAF">No 13 (City of Darwin) Squadron</a></td>

<td>Combat Support Group (RAAF Active Reserve)</td>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2></div>

<div class="gallerytext">Former RAAF Base Darwin Control and Water Tower</div>

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<div class="gallerytext">RAAF Base Darwin's main gate</div>

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<ul><li><a href="United_States_Army_Air_Forces_in_Australia" title="United States Army Air Forces in Australia">United States Army Air Forces in Australia</a> (Lists all United States airbases during World War II)</li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_the_Northern_Territory" title="List of airports in the Northern Territory">List of airports in the Northern Territory</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Royal_Australian_Air_Force_installations" title="List of Royal Australian Air Force installations">List of Royal Australian Air Force installations</a></li>

<li><a href="Marine_Rotational_Force_-_Darwin" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine Rotational Force - Darwin">Marine Rotational Force - Darwin</a></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-AIP-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AIP_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/FAC_YPDN_12JUN2025.pdf">YPDN – Darwin</a> <small>(<a href="PDF" title="PDF">PDF</a>)</small>. <a href="Aeronautical_Information_Publication" title="Aeronautical Information Publication">AIP</a> En Route Supplement from <i><a href="Airservices_Australia" title="Airservices Australia">Airservices Australia</a></i>, effective 12 June 2025, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/TEMAD01-119.pdf">Aeronautical Chart</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120325121507/http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/TEMAD01-119.pdf">Archived</a> 25 March 2012 at the <a href="Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span>

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<ul><li><a href="RAAF_Base_Amberley" title="RAAF Base Amberley">Amberley</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Edinburgh" title="RAAF Base Edinburgh">Edinburgh</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Gingin" title="RAAF Gingin">Gingin</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Glenbrook" title="RAAF Base Glenbrook">Glenbrook</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Pearce" title="RAAF Base Pearce">Pearce</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Richmond" title="RAAF Base Richmond">Richmond</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Tindal" title="RAAF Base Tindal">Tindal</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Townsville" title="RAAF Base Townsville">Townsville</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Wagga" title="RAAF Base Wagga">Wagga</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Williams" title="RAAF Williams">Williams</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">Williamtown</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Woomera_Range_Complex" title="RAAF Woomera Range Complex">Woomera Range Complex</a>

<ul><li>including <a href="RAAF_Base_Woomera" title="RAAF Base Woomera"><i>Woomera Base</i></a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Curtin" title="RAAF Base Curtin"><i>Curtin</i></a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Learmonth" title="RAAF Base Learmonth"><i>Learmonth</i></a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Scherger" title="RAAF Base Scherger"><i>Scherger</i></a></li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="Shellharbour_Airport" title="Shellharbour Airport">Albion Park</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Archerfield" title="RAAF Station Archerfield">Archerfield</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Bairnsdale" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Bairnsdale">Bairnsdale</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Bowen" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Base Bowen">Bowen</a></li>

<li><a href="Bundaberg_Airport" title="Bundaberg Airport">Bundaberg</a></li>

<li><a href="Cairns_Airport" title="Cairns Airport">Cairns</a></li>

<li><a href="Camden_Airport_(Sydney)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden Airport (Sydney)">Camden</a></li>

<li><a href="Coffs_Harbour_Airport" title="Coffs Harbour Airport">Coffs Harbour</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Cunderdin" title="RAAF Station Cunderdin">Cunderdin</a></li>

<li><a href="Daly_Waters_Airfield" title="Daly Waters Airfield">Daly Waters</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Deniliquin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Deniliquin">Deniliquin</a></li>

<li><a href="Evans_Head_Memorial_Aerodrome" title="Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome">Evans Head</a></li>

<li><a href="Fairbairn%2C_Canberra" title="Fairbairn, Canberra">Fairbairn</a></li>

<li><a href="Perth_Airport#Military_operations" title="Perth Airport">Guildford</a></li>

<li><a href="Horn_Island_Airport" title="Horn Island Airport">Horn Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Jervis_Bay_Airfield" title="Jervis Bay Airfield">Jervis Bay</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Mallala" title="RAAF Base Mallala">Mallala</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Mascot" title="RAAF Station Mascot">Mascot</a></li>

<li><a href="Moruya_Airport" title="Moruya Airport">Moruya</a></li>

<li><a href="Mildura_Airport" title="Mildura Airport">Mildura</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Nabiac" title="RAAF Base Nabiac">Nabiac</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Narrandera" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Narrandera">Narrandera</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Narromine" title="RAAF Station Narromine">Narromine</a></li>

<li><a href="HMAS_Albatross_(air_station)#History" title="HMAS Albatross (air station)">Nowra</a></li>

<li><a href="Oakey_Army_Aviation_Centre" title="Oakey Army Aviation Centre">Oakey</a></li>

<li><a href="Parafield_Airport" title="Parafield Airport">Parafield</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Pokolbin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Pokolbin">Pokolbin</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Rathmines" title="RAAF Base Rathmines">Rathmines</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Parkes" title="RAAF Station Parkes">Parkes</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Sandgate" title="RAAF Station Sandgate">Sandgate</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Schofields" title="RAAF Station Schofields">Schofields</a></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Temora" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Base Temora">Temora</a></li>

<li><a href="Tengah_Air_Base" title="Tengah Air Base">Tengah</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>)</span></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Station_Tocumwal" title="RAAF Station Tocumwal">Tocumwal</a></li>

<li><a href="Ubon_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base" title="Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base">Ubon</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>)</span></li>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Uranquinty" title="RAAF Base Uranquinty">Uranquinty</a></li>

<li><a href="Launceston_Airport" title="Launceston Airport">Western Junction</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Overseas bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="RMAF_Butterworth" class="mw-redirect" title="RMAF Butterworth">Butterworth</a> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a>)</span></li>

<li>Cocos Island <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a>)</span></li>

<li>Port Moresby <span style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>)</span></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Shared bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Defence_Establishment_Orchard_Hills" title="Defence Establishment Orchard Hills">Defence Establishment Orchard Hills</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Flying boat bases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Rathmines" title="RAAF Base Rathmines">Rathmines</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other facilities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Delamere_Air_Weapons_Range" title="Delamere Air Weapons Range">Delamere Air Weapons Range</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="font-size:88%;"><div><a href="RAAF_Curtin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Curtin">RAAFs Curtin</a>, <a href="RAAF_Learmonth" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Learmonth">Learmonth</a> and <a href="RAAF_Scherger" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Scherger">Scherger</a> are so-called "<a href="RAAF_Bare_Bases" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Bare Bases">bare bases</a>"</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="navbox-styles"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Airports_in_the_Northern_Territory152" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:lightsteelblue;"><div id="Airports_in_the_Northern_Territory152" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="List_of_airports_in_the_Northern_Territory" title="List of airports in the Northern Territory">Airports in the Northern Territory</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue;">Public airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Alice_Springs_Airport" title="Alice Springs Airport">Alice Springs</a></li>

<li><a href="Ayers_Rock_Airport" title="Ayers Rock Airport">Ayers Rock</a></li>

<li><a href="Bathurst_Island_Airport" title="Bathurst Island Airport">Bathurst Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Borroloola_Airport" title="Borroloola Airport">Borroloola</a></li>

<li><a href="Croker_Island_Airport" title="Croker Island Airport">Croker Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Darwin_International_Airport" title="Darwin International Airport">Darwin</a></li>

<li><a href="Elcho_Island_Airport" title="Elcho Island Airport">Elcho Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Garden_Point_Airport" title="Garden Point Airport">Garden Point</a></li>

<li><a href="Groote_Eylandt_Airport" title="Groote Eylandt Airport">Groote Eylandt</a></li>

<li><a href="Hooker_Creek_Airport" title="Hooker Creek Airport">Hooker Creek</a></li>

<li><a href="Kalkgurung_Airport" title="Kalkgurung Airport">Kalkgurung</a></li>

<li><a href="Lake_Evella_Airport" title="Lake Evella Airport">Lake Evella</a></li>

<li><a href="Maningrida_Airport" title="Maningrida Airport">Maningrida</a></li>

<li><a href="Milingimbi_Airport" title="Milingimbi Airport">Milingimbi</a></li>

<li><a href="Ngukurr_Airport" title="Ngukurr Airport">Ngukurr</a></li>

<li><a href="Numbulwar_Airport" title="Numbulwar Airport">Numbulwar</a></li>

<li><a href="Oenpelli_Airport" title="Oenpelli Airport">Oenpelli</a></li>

<li><a href="Port_Keats_Airfield" title="Port Keats Airfield">Port Keats</a></li>

<li><a href="Ramingining_Airport" title="Ramingining Airport">Ramingining</a></li>

<li><a href="Smith_Point_Airport" title="Smith Point Airport">Smith Point</a></li>

<li><a href="Snake_Bay_Airport" title="Snake Bay Airport">Snake Bay</a></li>

<li><a href="South_Goulburn_Island_Airport" title="South Goulburn Island Airport">South Goulburn Island</a></li>

<li><a href="Tennant_Creek_Airport" title="Tennant Creek Airport">Tennant Creek</a></li>

<li><a href="Yuendumu_Airport" title="Yuendumu Airport">Yuendumu</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue;">Private airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Emkaytee_Airfield" title="Emkaytee Airfield">Emkaytee</a></li>

<li><a href="Jabiru_Airport" title="Jabiru Airport">Jabiru</a></li>

<li><a href="McArthur_River_Mine_Airport" title="McArthur River Mine Airport">McArthur River</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Granites_Airport" title="The Granites Airport">The Granites</a></li>

<li><a href="Victoria_River_Downs_Airport" title="Victoria River Downs Airport">Victoria River Downs</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue;">Military airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul>

<li><a href="RAAF_Base_Tindal" title="RAAF Base Tindal">Tindal</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue;">Defunct airports</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Batchelor_Airfield" title="Batchelor Airfield">Batchelor</a></li>

<li><a href="Coomalie_Creek_Airfield" title="Coomalie Creek Airfield">Coomalie Creek</a></li>

<li><a href="Daly_Waters_Airfield" title="Daly Waters Airfield">Daly Waters</a></li>

<li><a href="Fenton_Airfield" title="Fenton Airfield">Fenton</a></li>

<li><a href="Gorrie_Airfield" title="Gorrie Airfield">Gorrie</a></li>

<li><a href="Gould_Airfield" title="Gould Airfield">Gould</a></li>

<li><a href="Hughes_Airfield" title="Hughes Airfield">Hughes</a></li>

<li><a href="Katherine_Airfield" title="Katherine Airfield">Katherine</a></li>

<li><a href="Livingstone_Airfield" title="Livingstone Airfield">Livingstone</a></li>

<li><a href="MacDonald_Airfield" title="MacDonald Airfield">MacDonald</a></li>

<li><a href="Manbulloo_Airfield" title="Manbulloo Airfield">Manbulloo</a></li>

<li><a href="Parap_Airfield" title="Parap Airfield">Parap</a></li>

<li><a href="Pine_Creek_Airfield" title="Pine Creek Airfield">Pine Creek</a></li>

<li><a href="Sattler_Airfield" title="Sattler Airfield">Sattler</a></li>

<li><a href="Strauss_Airfield" title="Strauss Airfield">Strauss</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:lightsteelblue;">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="List_of_airports_in_New_South_Wales" title="List of airports in New South Wales">New South Wales</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_Queensland" title="List of airports in Queensland">Queensland</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_South_Australia" title="List of airports in South Australia">South Australia</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_Tasmania" title="List of airports in Tasmania">Tasmania</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_Victoria%2C_Australia" title="List of airports in Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_Western_Australia" title="List of airports in Western Australia">Western Australia</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_airports_in_territories_of_Australia" title="List of airports in territories of Australia">Territories of Australia</a></li></ul>

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