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href="/wiki/File:RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg/300px-RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg/450px-RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg/600px-RAAF_C130s_278206784_4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="453" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/C-130_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130 Hercules">C-130 Hercules</a> at RAAF Base Richmond</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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div{background:transparent!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .locmap{filter:grayscale(0.6)}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pv>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pl>div,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .od .pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</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" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png" class="mw-file-description" title="RAAF Base Richmond YSRI is located in Sydney"><img alt="RAAF Base Richmond YSRI is located in Sydney" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png/300px-Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="244" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png/450px-Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png/600px-Location_map_Australia_Sydney.png 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="587" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:3.663%;left:17.953%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-5px;top:-5px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="RAAF Base Richmond YSRI"><img alt="RAAF Base Richmond YSRI" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/10px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/15px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/20px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:6px"><div>RAAF Base Richmond<br /><i>YSRI</i></div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in <a href="/wiki/Sydney" title="Sydney">Greater Sydney</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">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=RAAF_Base_Richmond&params=33_36_02_S_150_46_51_E_region:AU-NSW"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°36′02″S</span> <span class="longitude">150°46′51″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">33.60056°S 150.78083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">-33.60056; 150.78083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Military_airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Military airfield">Military air base</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%;">Site information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Defence_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" 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="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/23px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/35px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg/46px-Air_Force_Ensign_of_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.airforce.gov.au/about-us/bases/new-south-wales/raaf-base-richmond">RAAF Base Richmond</a></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">Built</th><td class="infobox-data">28 August 1916<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1916-08-28</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In use</th><td class="infobox-data">30 June 1925<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1925-06-30</span>)</span> –  <i>present</i></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">Past<br />commanders</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lukis" title="Frank Lukis">Frank Lukis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Garrison</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Mobility_Group_RAAF" title="Air Mobility Group RAAF">Air Mobility Group</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/No._84_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 84 Wing RAAF">No. 84 Wing</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/No._86_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 86 Wing RAAF">No. 86 Wing</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Occupants</th><td class="infobox-data"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 453 Squadron RAAF">No 453 Squadron Flight Richmond</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/No._35_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 35 Squadron RAAF">No. 35 Squadron</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAAF">No. 37 Squadron</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAAF">No. 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAAF">No. 87 Squadron</a></li><li>No. 3 Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron</li><li>No. 1 Security Force Squadron Detachment Richmond</li><li>Air Movements Training and Development Unit</li><li>Air Lift Systems Program Office</li><li><a href="/wiki/9th_Force_Support_Battalion_(Australia)" title="9th Force Support Battalion (Australia)">No. 176 Air Dispatch Squadron</a></li></ul></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%;">Airfield information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Identifiers</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/International_Air_Transport_Association_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Air Transport Association airport code">IATA</a>: XRH, <a href="/wiki/International_Civil_Aviation_Organization_airport_code" class="mw-redirect" title="International Civil Aviation Organization airport code">ICAO</a>: YSRI</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Elevation</th><td class="infobox-data">20 metres (67 ft) <a href="/wiki/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;"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #ddd"> <th colspan="2" style="font-weight:normal; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:0 0 1px 0;">Runways</th> </tr><tr style="background-color: #ddd; text-align: left;"> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 25%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 1px 0 0;padding:1px 2px;"><a href="/wiki/Runway#Orientation_and_dimensions" title="Runway">Direction</a></th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:normal; width: 75%; border:solid 1px #fafafa; border-width:1px 0 0 1px;padding:1px 2px;">Length and surface</th> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align: center;">10/28</td> <td style="text-align: left;">2,134 metres (7,001 ft) <a href="/wiki/Asphalt_concrete" title="Asphalt concrete">Asphalt</a></td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="text-align: left; background-color: #eee">Sources: Australian <a href="/wiki/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 Richmond</b> (<a href="/wiki/IATA_airport_code" title="IATA airport code">IATA</a>: <b>XRH</b>, <a href="/wiki/ICAO_airport_code" title="ICAO airport code">ICAO</a>: <b>YSRI</b>) is a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Australian_Air_Force" title="Royal Australian Air Force">Royal Australian Air Force</a> (RAAF) <a href="/wiki/Military_airfield" class="mw-redirect" title="Military airfield">military air base</a> located within the <a href="/wiki/City_of_Hawkesbury" title="City of Hawkesbury">City of Hawkesbury</a>, approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi) North-West of the <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Central_Business_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Sydney Central Business District">Sydney Central Business District</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_South_Wales" title="New South Wales">New South Wales</a>, Australia. Situated between the towns of <a href="/wiki/Windsor,_New_South_Wales" title="Windsor, New South Wales">Windsor</a> and <a href="/wiki/Richmond,_New_South_Wales" title="Richmond, New South Wales">Richmond</a>, the base is the oldest base in New South Wales and the second oldest in Australia.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: ii–iii">: ii–iii </span></sup> The base is home to the transport headquarters RAAF <a href="/wiki/Air_Lift_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Lift Group RAAF">Air Lift Group</a>, and its major operational formations, <a href="/wiki/No._84_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 84 Wing RAAF">Nos. 84</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._86_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 86 Wing RAAF">86 Wings</a>. The main aircraft type operated at the base is the <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_C-130_Hercules" title="Lockheed C-130 Hercules">Lockheed C-130 Hercules</a>. Richmond is a regular venue for air shows and had at times been mooted as a site for Sydney's proposed <a href="/wiki/Second_Sydney_Airport" title="Second Sydney Airport">second international airport</a>. </p><p>Sited on a piece of land originally known as Ham Common, Richmond became an RAAF base in 1925. Its inaugural commander was Flight Lieutenant (later Squadron Leader) <a href="/wiki/Frank_Lukis" title="Frank Lukis">Frank Lukis</a>, who also led the base's first flying unit, <a href="/wiki/No._3_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 3 Squadron RAAF">No. 3 Squadron</a>. Many other squadrons were formed at Richmond in the ensuing years, as well as a separate Station Headquarters and <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Aircraft_Depot_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Aircraft Depot RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 2 Aircraft Depot</a> in 1936. The base expanded further during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, with more squadrons and other units being established there, including <a href="/wiki/No._1_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 1 Wing RAAF">No. 1 (Fighter) Wing</a> and No. 3 RAAF Hospital. It was not until after the war that it became the RAAF's transport hub, with the arrival of No. 86 Wing and its complement of <a href="/wiki/Douglas_C-47_Skytrain" title="Douglas C-47 Skytrain">C-47 Dakotas</a>. The base began operating the Hercules in 1958, augmented in later years by the <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Canada_DHC-4_Caribou" title="De Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou">DHC-4 Caribou</a> and <a href="/wiki/Boeing_707" title="Boeing 707">Boeing 707</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Richmond&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A military flying school was set up at the site of the present-day RAAF base on 28 August 1916, when the area was known as Ham Common.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 9">: 9 </span></sup> RAAF Station Richmond was established on 30 June 1925 as the fledgling service's first air base outside <a href="/wiki/Victoria_(Australia)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victoria (Australia)">Victoria</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 21">: 21 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stephens_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephens-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 310–11">: 310–11 </span></sup> Its initial flying unit was No. 3 (Army Cooperation) Squadron, operating <a href="/wiki/Airco_DH.9" title="Airco DH.9">Airco DH.9</a> light bombers and <a href="/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_S.E.5" title="Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5">Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5</a> fighters, and for the next decade the commanding officer of No. 3 Squadron was also in charge of the base.<sup id="cite_ref-Units_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Units-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Among these were Squadron Leaders Frank Lukis (1925–30), <a href="/wiki/Harry_Cobby" title="Harry Cobby">Harry Cobby</a> (1930–31), and <a href="/wiki/William_Bostock" title="William Bostock">Bill Bostock</a> (1931–33). Headquarters RAAF Station Richmond was formed as a separate entity on 20 April 1936, under the command of Group Captain <a href="/wiki/Adrian_Cole_(RAAF_officer)" title="Adrian Cole (RAAF officer)">Adrian "King" Cole</a>. Other units, including <a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAAF">No. 22 Squadron</a> flying <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Hart" title="Hawker Hart">Hawker Demons</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=No._2_Aircraft_Depot_RAAF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="No. 2 Aircraft Depot RAAF (page does not exist)">No. 2 Aircraft Depot</a>, had been established in the preceding months. <a href="/wiki/No._4_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 4 Squadron RAAF">No. 4 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron</a> was formed in May 1937, followed by <a href="/wiki/No._6_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 6 Squadron RAAF">No. 6 (General Reconnaissance) Squadron</a> in March 1939. Two Fleet Cooperation units were also established, <a href="/wiki/No._5_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 5 Squadron RAAF">No. 5 Squadron</a> in April 1936 and <a href="/wiki/No._9_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 9 Squadron RAAF">No. 9 Squadron</a> in January 1939. <a href="/wiki/No._23_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 23 Squadron RAAF">No. 23 (General Purpose) Squadron</a> formed in February 1939.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 113–132">: 113–132 </span></sup> As well as an Air Force base, in its pre-war days Richmond was used as a supplementary airport for Sydney; various aviation pioneers employed it in the 1930s, including <a href="/wiki/Charles_Kingsford_Smith" title="Charles Kingsford Smith">Charles Kingsford Smith</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jean_Batten" title="Jean Batten">Jean Batten</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Units_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Units-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Commanded by Group Captain <a href="/wiki/Hippolyte_De_La_Rue" title="Hippolyte De La Rue">Hippolyte "Kanga" De La Rue</a>, Richmond's combat units at the outbreak of World War II included No. 3 Squadron (flying Hawker Demons), Nos. 6 and 22 Squadrons (<a href="/wiki/Avro_Anson" title="Avro Anson">Avro Ansons</a>), and No. 9 Squadron (<a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Seagull_(1921)" title="Supermarine Seagull (1921)">Supermarine Seagulls</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Units_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Units-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 4 September 1939, the day after Australia declared war, the base's first wartime <a href="/wiki/Sortie" title="Sortie">sortie</a> took place, a flight of three Ansons and three Seagulls patrolling the ocean off Sydney.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 62–63">: 62–63 </span></sup> Richmond expanded significantly during the war, and many flying units originated there including <a href="/wiki/No._11_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 11 Squadron RAAF">No. 11 Squadron</a> in September 1939, <a href="/wiki/No._30_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 30 Squadron RAAF">No. 30 (Beaufighter) Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._100_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 100 Squadron RAAF">No. 100 (Beaufort) Squadron</a> in March 1942, <a href="/wiki/No._54_Squadron_RAF" title="No. 54 Squadron RAF">No. 54 Squadron RAF</a> in August 1942, <a href="/wiki/No._452_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 452 Squadron RAAF">No. 452 Squadron RAF</a> in September 1942, <a href="/wiki/No._1_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 1 Wing RAAF">No. 1 (Fighter) Wing</a> in October 1942, and <a href="/wiki/No._84_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 84 Squadron RAAF">No. 84 (Boomerang) Squadron</a> in February 1943. Several auxiliaries were also formed including training schools, salvage units, and over thirty <a href="/wiki/Radar" title="Radar">radar</a> stations. No. 2 Recruit Depot came into being in January 1940,<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 113–132">: 113–132 </span></sup> and the resultant expansion of temporary accommodation resulted in a "tin city" on the fringes of the base. The <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a> also utilised the base for parachute training. No. 3 RAAF Hospital was established in October 1940.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 68, 79, 113–132">: 68, 79, 113–132 </span></sup> Following the war, Richmond became home to most of the RAAF's <a href="/wiki/Military_transport_aircraft" title="Military transport aircraft">transport aircraft</a>. <a href="/wiki/No._86_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 86 Wing RAAF">No. 86 (Transport) Wing</a>, made up of <a href="/wiki/No._36_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 36 Squadron RAAF">Nos. 36</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._38_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 38 Squadron RAAF">38 Squadrons</a> flying C-47 Dakotas, arrived from <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Schofields" title="RAAF Station Schofields">RAAF Station Schofields</a> in June 1949. The wing relocated to <a href="/wiki/Canberra" title="Canberra">Canberra</a> in 1954, but returned to Richmond four years later.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 92–94">: 92–94 </span></sup> No. 11 Squadron, which had disbanded in 1946, returned to Richmond in 1954 operating <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-2_Neptune" title="Lockheed P-2 Neptune">P-2 Neptune</a> maritime reconnaissance aircraft, and remained until transferring to <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Edinburgh" title="RAAF Base Edinburgh">RAAF Base Edinburgh</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Australia" title="South Australia">South Australia</a> in 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 125">: 125 </span></sup> </p><p>Headquarters RAAF Base Richmond was formed in April 1952 to replace the former Station Headquarters, along with a subordinate unit, Base Squadron Richmond, for the day-to-day running of the establishment.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The base was evacuated in February 1956 due to the threat of rising floodwaters nearby, the only time in its history that flooding in the Hawkesbury region became serious enough to warrant such action.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 94–5">: 94–5 </span></sup> In 1958–59, No. 36 Squadron began operating its first C-130 Hercules heavy transports,<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 97–8">: 97–8 </span></sup> which were augmented by No. 38 Squadron's DHC-4 Caribou tactical transports in 1964. No. 86 Wing was disbanded in August that year,<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 102, 114">: 102, 114 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Stephens_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephens-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 159–160">: 159–160 </span></sup> but reformed in February 1987, under the newly established Headquarters Air Lift Group that replaced the former Base Headquarters. At the same time, Base Squadron was reformed as Base Support Wing. No. 86 Wing took control of <a href="/wiki/No._33_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 33 Squadron RAAF">No. 33 Squadron</a>, operating Boeing 707 jet tanker/transports, as well as Nos. 36 and <a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAAF">37 Squadrons</a>, flying Hercules. <a href="/wiki/No._486_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 486 Squadron RAAF">No. 486 Maintenance Squadron</a> and <a href="/wiki/No._85_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 85 Wing RAAF">Air Movements Training and Development Unit</a> (AMTDU) were also under its aegis at Richmond.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 107–108, 116–117">: 107–108, 116–117 </span></sup> The Hercules, Caribous and 707s became synonymous with disaster relief and emergency transport in Australia and the region, as well as deploying on overseas peacekeeping missions. Richmond was the venue for many air shows including, in 1988, the largest staged in Australia to that date, celebrating the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Bicentenary" title="Australian Bicentenary">Australian Bicentenary</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Stephens_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Stephens-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 310–311">: 310–311 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 110–111">: 110–111 </span></sup> The base also staged the RAAF's 70th Anniversary Air show in 1991, the same year that the Hercules achieved 500,000 accident-free hours of operation.<sup id="cite_ref-Units_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Units-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the early 2000s, No. 33 Squadron had been transferred to the recently re-established No. 84 Wing, and AMTDU to No. 85 Wing, while the Base Support Wing had been superseded by <a href="/wiki/No._325_Expeditionary_Combat_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 325 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron RAAF">Combat Support Unit Richmond</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> No. 36 Squadron, having transferred its C-130Hs to No. 37 Squadron and re-equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III" title="Boeing C-17 Globemaster III">C-17 Globemaster</a>, relocated to <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Amberley" title="RAAF Base Amberley">RAAF Base Amberley</a>, Queensland, in November 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The RAAF's DHC-4 Caribous, which had been operated for some years by No. 38 Squadron out of <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Townsville" title="RAAF Base Townsville">RAAF Base Townsville</a>, were retired at the end of 2009, to be replaced by <a href="/wiki/Beechcraft_Super_King_Air" title="Beechcraft Super King Air">Super King Airs</a> built by <a href="/wiki/Hawker_Pacific_Aerospace" title="Hawker Pacific Aerospace">Hawker Pacific</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 37 Squadron was transferred from No. 86 Wing to No. 84 Wing on 1 October 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2013, No. 35 Squadron was re-formed at Richmond, under the control of No. 84 Wing. Initially a cadre, the squadron will expand to approximately 250 personnel by 2015, when it will begin operating the RAAF's ten <a href="/wiki/Alenia_C-27J_Spartan" title="Alenia C-27J Spartan">C-27J Spartan</a> transport aircraft.<sup id="cite_ref-35Sqn_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35Sqn-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RAAF_C-27J_buy_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAAF_C-27J_buy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 1980s, RAAF Base Richmond had been strongly considered as a second international airport for Sydney, but no decision was taken at the time.<sup id="cite_ref-Roylance_2-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Roylance-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 110–111">: 110–111 </span></sup> By 2009, it was reported as being the New South Wales Government's preferred location for a secondary airport, but that any decision on a location would be the Federal Government's responsibility.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In July 2012, the Federal Government decided against Richmond as a second airport, but had commissioned a study into whether the base could be employed for "limited civil operations".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2016 the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal <a href="/wiki/Leo_Davies" title="Leo Davies">Leo Davies</a>, stated that the RAAF favoured closing RAAF Base Richmond during the next 15 years as its functions had been declining, and the major investment in infrastructure needed to bring it to a "fighting state" could be better spent upgrading other bases. However, Minister for Defence <a href="/wiki/Marise_Payne" title="Marise Payne">Marise Payne</a> stated that the Government was not considering closing the base.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, the NSW Rural Fire Service began using Richmond as a base for its Large Air Tanker (LAT) and Very Large Air Tanker (VLAT) program. During the Australian summer, the NSW RFS will have a variety of aircraft available including a C-130 Hercules, Avro RJ85, Boeing 737 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 as well as smaller lead-in aircraft. As of 2019, the NSW RFS has purchased its own Boeing 737 which is now permanently based at Richmond. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Units">Units</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Richmond&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Units"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following units are located at RAAF Base Richmond:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Unit</th> <th>Full name</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Force_Element_Group" title="Force Element Group">Force Element Group</a></th> <th>Aircraft</th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>HQALG</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Air_Lift_Group_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Lift Group RAAF">Headquarters Air Lift Group</a></td> <td>Air Lift Group</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>84WNG</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._84_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 84 Wing RAAF">Headquarters No. 84 Wing</a></td> <td>Air Lift Group</td> <td></td> <td>Controls Nos. 34, 35, 37, and 285 Squadrons<sup id="cite_ref-RAAF_C-27J_buy_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RAAF_C-27J_buy-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>85WNG</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._85_Wing_RAAF" title="No. 85 Wing RAAF">Air Movements Training & Development Unit</a></td> <td>Air Lift Group</td> <td></td> <td>Aerial delivery development, training and certification </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Air Mobility Control Centre</td> <td>Air Lift Group</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>37SQN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._37_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 37 Squadron RAAF">No. 37 Squadron</a></td> <td>Air Lift Group</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C-130J_Hercules" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130J Hercules">C-130J Hercules</a></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>285SQN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._285_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 285 Squadron RAAF">No. 285 Squadron</a></td> <td>Air Lift Group</td> <td></td> <td>Air Lift Group flight simulator and technical training </td></tr> <tr> <td>22SQN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._22_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 22 Squadron RAAF">No. 22 (City of Sydney) Squadron</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Combat_Support_Group_RAAF" title="Combat Support Group RAAF">Combat Support Group</a></td> <td></td> <td>Reserve and expeditionary/airfield services<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1CCS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Combat_Communications_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Combat Communications Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Combat Communication Squadron Detachment Richmond</a></td> <td>Combat Support Group</td> <td></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-CSG_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSG-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1ADS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Airfield_Defence_Squadron_RAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Airfield Defence Squadron Detachment Richmond</a></td> <td>Combat Support Group</td> <td></td> <td>Airfield defence guards<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1AOSS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._1_Airfield_Operations_Support_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron RAAF">No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron Detachment Richmond</a></td> <td>Combat Support Group</td> <td></td> <td>Airfield operations and engineering<sup id="cite_ref-CSG_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSG-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>3EHS</td> <td>No. 3 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Richmond</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>87SQN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._87_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 87 Squadron RAAF">No. 87 Squadron</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Operational_Support_Group_RAAF" title="Aerospace Operational Support Group RAAF">Aerospace Operational Support Group</a></td> <td></td> <td>Intelligence/photography<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td>453SQN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/No._453_Squadron_RAAF" title="No. 453 Squadron RAAF">No. 453 Squadron Flight Richmond</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Surveillance_and_Response_Group_RAAF" title="Surveillance and Response Group RAAF">Surveillance and Response Group</a></td> <td></td> <td>Air traffic services<sup id="cite_ref-reformed_2011_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-reformed_2011-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td></td> <td>Air Lift Systems Program Office</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Capability_Acquisition_and_Sustainment_Group" title="Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group">Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group</a> medium airlift sustainment </td></tr> <tr> <td>176ADS</td> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_Force_Support_Battalion_(Australia)" title="9th Force Support Battalion (Australia)">176 Air Dispatch Squadron</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Army aerial dispatching </td></tr> <tr> <td>336SQN AAFC</td> <td>336 Squadron AAFC</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Australian Air Force Cadets-3 Wing </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Richmond&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Westland Wapitis of No. 3 Squadron in the Richmond area, October 1932"><img alt="Westland Wapitis of No. 3 Squadron in the Richmond area, October 1932" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg/120px-P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg/180px-P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg/240px-P00448.195RichmondWapitis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="431" data-file-height="321" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Westland_Wapiti" title="Westland Wapiti">Westland Wapitis</a> of No. 3 Squadron in the Richmond area, October 1932</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="No. 54 Squadron Spitfire pilots, Richmond, 1942"><img alt="No. 54 Squadron Spitfire pilots, Richmond, 1942" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg/120px-54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg/180px-54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg/240px-54_Sqn_RAF_pilots_Richmond_1942.jpg 2x" data-file-width="425" data-file-height="300" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">No. 54 Squadron <a href="/wiki/Supermarine_Spitfire" title="Supermarine Spitfire">Spitfire</a> pilots, Richmond, 1942</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:File-86_Wing_(AWM_P00448-093).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="No. 86 Wing Dakotas during a fly-past in 1952"><img alt="No. 86 Wing Dakotas during a fly-past in 1952" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/File-86_Wing_%28AWM_P00448-093%29.jpg/120px-File-86_Wing_%28AWM_P00448-093%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/File-86_Wing_%28AWM_P00448-093%29.jpg/180px-File-86_Wing_%28AWM_P00448-093%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/File-86_Wing_%28AWM_P00448-093%29.jpg/240px-File-86_Wing_%28AWM_P00448-093%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="341" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">No. 86 Wing Dakotas during a fly-past in 1952</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Richmond&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Greater_Sydney" title="List of airports in Greater Sydney">List of airports in Greater Sydney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_New_South_Wales" title="List of airports in New South Wales">List of airports in New South Wales</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/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="/wiki/No._131_Radar_Station_RAAF" title="No. 131 Radar Station RAAF">No. 131 Radar Station RAAF</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Richmond&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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<li><a href="/wiki/Camden_Airport_(Sydney)" class="mw-redirect" title="Camden Airport (Sydney)">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffs_Harbour_Airport" title="Coffs Harbour Airport">Coffs Harbour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Cunderdin" title="RAAF Station Cunderdin">Cunderdin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daly_Waters_Airfield" title="Daly Waters Airfield">Daly Waters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Deniliquin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Deniliquin">Deniliquin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evans_Head_Memorial_Aerodrome" title="Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome">Evans Head</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fairbairn,_Canberra" title="Fairbairn, Canberra">Fairbairn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gove_Airport" title="Gove Airport">Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perth_Airport#Military_operations" title="Perth Airport">Guildford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_Island_Airport" title="Horn Island Airport">Horn Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jervis_Bay_Airfield" title="Jervis Bay Airfield">Jervis Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Mallala" title="RAAF Base Mallala">Mallala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Mascot" title="RAAF Station Mascot">Mascot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moruya_Airport" title="Moruya Airport">Moruya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildura_Airport" title="Mildura Airport">Mildura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Nabiac" title="RAAF Base Nabiac">Nabiac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Narrandera" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Narrandera">Narrandera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Narromine" title="RAAF Station Narromine">Narromine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(air_station)#History" title="HMAS Albatross (air station)">Nowra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oakey_Army_Aviation_Centre" title="Oakey Army Aviation Centre">Oakey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parafield_Airport" title="Parafield Airport">Parafield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Pokolbin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Station Pokolbin">Pokolbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Rathmines" title="RAAF Base Rathmines">Rathmines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Parkes" title="RAAF Station Parkes">Parkes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Sandgate" title="RAAF Station Sandgate">Sandgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Schofields" title="RAAF Station Schofields">Schofields</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Temora" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Base Temora">Temora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tengah_Air_Base" title="Tengah Air Base">Tengah</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Station_Tocumwal" title="RAAF Station Tocumwal">Tocumwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ubon_Royal_Thai_Air_Force_Base" title="Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base">Ubon</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a>)</span></li> <li><a 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Islands</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Port_Moresby&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RAAF Base Port Moresby (page does not exist)">Port Moresby</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/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="/wiki/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"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Boga_Flying_Boat_Base" title="Lake Boga Flying Boat Base">Lake Boga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/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="/wiki/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="/wiki/RAAF_Curtin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Curtin">RAAFs Curtin</a>, <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Learmonth" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Learmonth">Learmonth</a> and <a href="/wiki/RAAF_Scherger" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Scherger">Scherger</a> are so-called "<a href="/wiki/RAAF_Bare_Bases" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Bare Bases">bare bases</a>"</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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<li><a href="/wiki/Dubbo_City_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dubbo City Regional Airport">Dubbo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Valley_Regional_Airport" title="Clarence Valley Regional Airport">Grafton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffith_Airport" title="Griffith Airport">Griffith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lismore_Airport" title="Lismore Airport">Lismore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island_Airport" title="Lord Howe Island Airport">Lord Howe Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merimbula_Airport" title="Merimbula Airport">Merimbula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moree_Airport" title="Moree Airport">Moree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moruya_Airport" title="Moruya Airport">Moruya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudgee_Airport" title="Mudgee Airport">Mudgee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrabri_Airport" title="Narrabri Airport">Narrabri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrandera_Airport" title="Narrandera Airport">Narrandera</a></li> <li><b><a 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alice_Springs_Airport" title="Alice Springs Airport">Alice Springs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayers_Rock_Airport" title="Ayers Rock Airport">Ayers Rock</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Darwin_International_Airport" title="Darwin International Airport">Darwin</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elcho_Island_Airport" title="Elcho Island Airport">Elcho Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Evella_Airport" title="Lake Evella Airport">Lake Evella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Groote_Eylandt_Airport" title="Groote Eylandt Airport">Groote Eylandt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hooker_Creek_Airport" title="Hooker Creek Airport">Hooker Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maningrida_Airport" title="Maningrida Airport">Maningrida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McArthur_River_Mine_Airport" title="McArthur River Mine Airport">McArthur River Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milingimbi_Airport" title="Milingimbi Airport">Milingimbi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gove_Airport" title="Gove Airport">Gove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramingining_Airport" title="Ramingining Airport">Ramingining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tennant_Creek_Airport" title="Tennant Creek Airport">Tennant Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Tindal" title="RAAF Base Tindal">Tindal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Queensland" title="List of airports in Queensland">Queensland</a></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="/wiki/Aurukun_Airport" title="Aurukun Airport">Aurukun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badu_Island_Airport" title="Badu Island Airport">Badu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Peninsula_Airport" title="Northern Peninsula Airport">Bamaga (Northern Peninsula)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcaldine_Airport" title="Barcaldine Airport">Barcaldine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedourie_Airport" title="Bedourie Airport">Bedourie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birdsville_Airport" title="Birdsville Airport">Birdsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackall_Airport" title="Blackall Airport">Blackall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackwater_Airport" title="Blackwater Airport">Blackwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boigu_Island_Airport" title="Boigu Island Airport">Boigu Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boulia_Airport" title="Boulia Airport">Boulia</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Airport" title="Brisbane Airport">Brisbane</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundaberg_Airport" title="Bundaberg Airport">Bundaberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burketown_Airport" title="Burketown Airport">Burketown</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Cairns_Airport" title="Cairns Airport">Cairns</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charleville_Airport" title="Charleville Airport">Charleville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinchilla_Airport" title="Chinchilla Airport">Chinchilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloncurry_Airport" title="Cloncurry Airport">Cloncurry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coconut_Island_Airport" title="Coconut Island Airport">Coconut Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coen_Airport" title="Coen Airport">Coen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooktown_Airport" title="Cooktown Airport">Cooktown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cunnamulla_Airport" title="Cunnamulla Airport">Cunnamulla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darnley_Island_Airport" title="Darnley Island Airport">Darnley Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dirranbandi_Airport" title="Dirranbandi Airport">Dirranbandi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doomadgee_Airport" title="Doomadgee Airport">Doomadgee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emerald_Airport" title="Emerald Airport">Emerald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gladstone_Airport" title="Gladstone Airport">Gladstone</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Airport" title="Gold Coast Airport">Gold Coast</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Island_Airport" title="Hamilton Island Airport">Hamilton Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hervey_Bay_Airport" title="Hervey Bay Airport">Hervey Bay</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Horn_Island_Airport" title="Horn Island Airport">Horn Island</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hughenden_Airport" title="Hughenden Airport">Hughenden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Creek_Airport" title="Julia Creek Airport">Julia Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karumba_Airport" title="Karumba Airport">Karumba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kowanyama_Airport" title="Kowanyama Airport">Kowanyama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubin_Airport" title="Kubin Airport">Kubin (Moa Island)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lizard_Island_Airport" title="Lizard Island Airport">Lizard Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lockhart_River_Airport" title="Lockhart River Airport">Lockhart River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Longreach_Airport" title="Longreach Airport">Longreach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabuiag_Island_Airport" title="Mabuiag Island Airport">Mabuiag Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackay_Airport" title="Mackay Airport">Mackay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moranbah_Airport" title="Moranbah Airport">Moranbah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mornington_Island_Airport" title="Mornington Island Airport">Mornington Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Isa_Airport" title="Mount Isa Airport">Mount Isa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murray_Island_Airport" title="Murray Island Airport">Murray Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Normanton_Airport" title="Normanton Airport">Normanton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Island_Airport" title="Palm Island Airport">Palm Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quilpie_Airport" title="Quilpie Airport">Quilpie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Redcliffe_Airport_(Queensland)" title="Redcliffe Airport (Queensland)">Redcliffe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Airport_(Queensland)" title="Richmond Airport (Queensland)">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockhampton_Airport" title="Rockhampton Airport">Rockhampton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roma_Airport" title="Roma Airport">Roma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saibai_Island_Airport" title="Saibai Island Airport">Saibai Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_George_Airport_(Queensland)" title="St George Airport (Queensland)">St George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springvale_Airport_(Queensland)" title="Springvale Airport (Queensland)">Springvale</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sunshine_Coast_Airport" title="Sunshine Coast Airport">Sunshine Coast</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thangool_Airport" title="Thangool Airport">Thangool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thargomindah_Airport" title="Thargomindah Airport">Thargomindah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toowoomba_City_Aerodrome" title="Toowoomba City Aerodrome">Toowoomba (City)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toowoomba_Wellcamp_Airport" title="Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport">Toowoomba (Wellcamp)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Townsville_Airport" title="Townsville Airport">Townsville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warraber_Island_Airport" title="Warraber Island Airport">Warraber Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weipa_Airport" title="Weipa Airport">Weipa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitsunday_Coast_Airport" title="Whitsunday Coast Airport">Whitsunday Coast</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windorah_Airport" title="Windorah Airport">Windorah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winton_Airport" title="Winton Airport">Winton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yam_Island_Airport" title="Yam Island Airport">Yam Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorke_Island_Airport" title="Yorke Island Airport">Yorke Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_South_Australia" title="List of airports in South Australia">South Australia</a></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><b><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Airport" title="Adelaide Airport">Adelaide</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ceduna_Airport" title="Ceduna Airport">Ceduna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coober_Pedy_Airport" title="Coober Pedy Airport">Coober Pedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingscote_Airport" title="Kingscote Airport">Kingscote</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Gambier_Airport" title="Mount Gambier Airport">Mount Gambier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Dam_Airport" title="Olympic Dam Airport">Olympic Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Augusta_Airport" title="Port Augusta Airport">Port Augusta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Lincoln_Airport" title="Port Lincoln Airport">Port Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prominent_Hill_Airport" title="Prominent Hill Airport">Prominent Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whyalla_Airport" title="Whyalla Airport">Whyalla</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Tasmania" title="List of airports in Tasmania">Tasmania</a></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="/wiki/Burnie_Airport" title="Burnie Airport">Burnie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devonport_Airport" title="Devonport Airport">Devonport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flinders_Island_Airport" title="Flinders Island Airport">Flinders Island</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Hobart_Airport" title="Hobart Airport">Hobart</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_Island_Airport" title="King Island Airport">King Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Launceston_Airport" title="Launceston Airport">Launceston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Victoria,_Australia" title="List of airports in Victoria, Australia">Victoria</a></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="/wiki/Avalon_Airport" title="Avalon Airport">Avalon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bendigo_Airport_(Victoria)" title="Bendigo Airport (Victoria)">Bendigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Airport" title="Essendon Airport">Essendon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamilton_Airport_(Victoria)" title="Hamilton Airport (Victoria)">Hamilton</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Airport" title="Melbourne Airport">Melbourne</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mildura_Airport" title="Mildura Airport">Mildura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Airport" title="Moorabbin Airport">Moorabbin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Hotham_Airport" title="Mount Hotham Airport">Mount Hotham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portland_Airport_(Victoria)" title="Portland Airport (Victoria)">Portland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warrnambool_Airport" title="Warrnambool Airport">Warrnambool</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Western_Australia" title="List of airports in Western Australia">Western Australia</a></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="/wiki/Albany_Airport_(Western_Australia)" title="Albany Airport (Western Australia)">Albany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argyle_Airport" title="Argyle Airport">Argyle</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Broome_International_Airport" title="Broome International Airport">Broome</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busselton_Margaret_River_Airport" title="Busselton Margaret River Airport">Busselton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carnarvon_Airport_(Western_Australia)" title="Carnarvon Airport (Western Australia)">Carnarvon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Curtin" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Curtin">Derby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Esperance_Airport" title="Esperance Airport">Esperance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Crossing_Airport" title="Fitzroy Crossing Airport">Fitzroy Crossing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geraldton_Airport" title="Geraldton Airport">Geraldton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Halls_Creek_Airport" title="Halls Creek Airport">Halls Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jandakot_Airport" title="Jandakot Airport">Jandakot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalbarri_Airport" title="Kalbarri Airport">Kalbarri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kalgoorlie%E2%80%93Boulder_Airport" title="Kalgoorlie–Boulder Airport">Kalgoorlie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karratha_Airport" title="Karratha Airport">Karratha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kununurra_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Kununurra Airport">Kununurra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Gregory_Airport" title="Lake Gregory Airport">Lake Gregory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laverton_Airport" title="Laverton Airport">Laverton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Learmonth" class="mw-redirect" title="RAAF Learmonth">Learmonth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leinster_Airport" title="Leinster Airport">Leinster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonora_Airport" title="Leonora Airport">Leonora</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meekatharra_Airport" title="Meekatharra Airport">Meekatharra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mount_Magnet_Airport" title="Mount Magnet Airport">Mount Magnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newman_Airport" title="Newman Airport">Newman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paraburdoo_Airport" title="Paraburdoo Airport">Paraburdoo</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Perth_Airport" title="Perth Airport">Perth</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Hedland_International_Airport" title="Port Hedland International Airport">Port Hedland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ravensthorpe_Airport" title="Ravensthorpe Airport">Ravensthorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shark_Bay_Airport" title="Shark Bay Airport">Shark Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Springvale_Airport_(Western_Australia)" title="Springvale Airport (Western Australia)">Springvale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wiluna_Airport" title="Wiluna Airport">Wiluna</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:lightsteelblue;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_territories_of_Australia" title="List of airports in territories of Australia">External territories</a></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><b><a href="/wiki/Christmas_Island_Airport" title="Christmas Island Airport">Christmas Island</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cocos_(Keeling)_Islands_Airport" title="Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Island_Airport" title="Norfolk Island Airport">Norfolk Island</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilkins_Runway" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkins Runway">Wilkins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:lightsteelblue;"><div>This lists airports in Australia with scheduled passenger services. <a href="/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports_in_Australia" title="List of the busiest airports in Australia">Statistics</a>.<br />Airports in <b>bold</b> are international airports.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Airports_in_New_South_Wales" 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;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Airports_in_New_South_Wales" title="Template:Airports in New South Wales"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Airports_in_New_South_Wales" title="Template talk:Airports in New South Wales"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Airports_in_New_South_Wales" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Airports in New South Wales"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Airports_in_New_South_Wales" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_airports_in_New_South_Wales" title="List of airports in New South Wales">Airports in New South Wales</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="/wiki/Albury_Airport" title="Albury Airport">Albury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armidale_Airport" title="Armidale Airport">Armidale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballina_Byron_Gateway_Airport" title="Ballina Byron Gateway Airport">Ballina Byron</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Balranald_Airport" title="Balranald Airport">Balranald</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bankstown_Airport" title="Bankstown Airport">Bankstown</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bathurst_Airport_(New_South_Wales)" title="Bathurst Airport (New South Wales)">Bathurst</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bourke_Airport" title="Bourke Airport">Bourke</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Brewarrina_Airport" title="Brewarrina Airport">Brewarrina</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broken_Hill_Airport" title="Broken Hill Airport">Broken Hill</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Camden_Airport_(New_South_Wales)" title="Camden Airport (New South Wales)">Camden</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cessnock_Airport" title="Cessnock Airport">Cessnock</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Valley_Regional_Airport" title="Clarence Valley Regional Airport">Clarence Valley</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cobar_Airport" title="Cobar Airport">Cobar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coffs_Harbour_Airport" title="Coffs Harbour Airport">Coffs Harbour</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Collarenebri_Airport" title="Collarenebri Airport">Collarenebri</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Condobolin_Airport" title="Condobolin Airport">Condobolin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coolah_Airport" title="Coolah Airport">Coolah</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cooma-Polo_Flat_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooma-Polo Flat Airport">Cooma-Polo Flat</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cooma-Snowy_Mountains_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Cooma-Snowy Mountains Airport">Cooma-Snowy Mountains</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coonabarabran_Airport" title="Coonabarabran Airport">Coonabarabran</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Coonamble_Airport" title="Coonamble Airport">Coonamble</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cootamundra_Airport" title="Cootamundra Airport">Cootamundra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Corowa_Airport" title="Corowa Airport">Corowa</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cowra_Airport" title="Cowra Airport">Cowra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Deniliquin_Airport" title="Deniliquin Airport">Deniliquin</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dubbo_City_Regional_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Dubbo City Regional Airport">Dubbo</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Evans_Head_Memorial_Aerodrome" title="Evans Head Memorial Aerodrome">Evans Head</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Forbes_Airport" title="Forbes Airport">Forbes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Glen_Innes_Airport" title="Glen Innes Airport">Glen Innes</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodooga_Airport" title="Goodooga Airport">Goodooga</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goulburn_Airport" title="Goulburn Airport">Goulburn</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Griffith_Airport" title="Griffith Airport">Griffith</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gunnedah_Airport" title="Gunnedah Airport">Gunnedah</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hay_Airport" title="Hay Airport">Hay</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inverell_Airport" title="Inverell Airport">Inverell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kempsey_Airport" title="Kempsey Airport">Kempsey</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lightning_Ridge_Airport" title="Lightning Ridge Airport">Lightning Ridge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lismore_Airport" title="Lismore Airport">Lismore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Howe_Island_Airport" title="Lord Howe Island Airport">Lord Howe Island</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maitland_Airport" title="Maitland Airport">Maitland</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Merimbula_Airport" title="Merimbula Airport">Merimbula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moree_Airport" title="Moree Airport">Moree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moruya_Airport" title="Moruya Airport">Moruya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mudgee_Airport" title="Mudgee Airport">Mudgee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrabri_Airport" title="Narrabri Airport">Narrabri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narrandera_Airport" title="Narrandera Airport">Narrandera</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Narromine_Airport" title="Narromine Airport">Narromine</a></i></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Airport,_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle Airport, New South Wales">Newcastle</a></b></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nyngan_Airport" title="Nyngan Airport">Nyngan</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orange_Airport" title="Orange Airport">Orange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Palm_Beach_Water_Airport" title="Palm Beach Water Airport">Palm Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parkes_Airport" title="Parkes Airport">Parkes</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pooncarie_Airport" title="Pooncarie Airport">Pooncarie</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Port_Macquarie_Airport" title="Port Macquarie Airport">Port Macquarie</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Quirindi_Airport" title="Quirindi Airport">Quirindi</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Bay_Water_Airport" title="Rose Bay Water Airport">Rose Bay</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Scone_Airport" title="Scone Airport">Scone</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shellharbour_Airport" title="Shellharbour Airport">Shellharbour</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Airport" title="Sydney Airport">Sydney</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamworth_Regional_Airport" title="Tamworth Regional Airport">Tamworth</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Taree_Airport" title="Taree Airport">Taree</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Temora_Airport" title="Temora Airport">Temora</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tibooburra_Airport" title="Tibooburra Airport">Tibooburra</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tocumwal_Airport" title="Tocumwal Airport">Tocumwal</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tumut_Airport" title="Tumut Airport">Tumut</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wagga_Wagga_Airport" title="Wagga Wagga Airport">Wagga Wagga</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Walgett_Airport" title="Walgett Airport">Walgett</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warnervale_Airport" title="Warnervale Airport">Warnervale</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Warren_Airport_(New_South_Wales)" title="Warren Airport (New South Wales)">Warren</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/West_Wyalong_Airport" title="West Wyalong Airport">West Wyalong</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Airport" title="Young Airport">Young</a></i></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="/wiki/Gundaroo_Airport" title="Gundaroo Airport">Gundaroo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Cargelligo_Airport" title="Lake Cargelligo Airport">Lake Cargelligo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Macquarie_Airport" title="Lake Macquarie Airport">Lake Macquarie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Luskintyre_Airfield" title="Luskintyre Airfield">Luskintyre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Oaks_Airfield" title="The Oaks Airfield">The Oaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forster_(Wallis_Island)_Airport" title="Forster (Wallis Island) Airport">Wallis Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wedderburn_Airstrip" title="Wedderburn Airstrip">Wedderburn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wentworth_Airport" title="Wentworth Airport">Wentworth</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="/wiki/Dochra_Airfield" title="Dochra Airfield">Dochra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMAS_Albatross_(air_station)" title="HMAS Albatross (air station)">Albatross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holsworthy_Barracks" title="Holsworthy Barracks">Holsworthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Glenbrook" title="RAAF Base Glenbrook">Glenbrook</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Wagga" title="RAAF Base Wagga">Wagga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAAF_Base_Williamtown" title="RAAF Base Williamtown">Williamtown</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="/wiki/Castlereagh_Aerodrome" title="Castlereagh Aerodrome">Castlereagh</a></li> <li><a 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Australia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background:lightsteelblue;"><div><span style="font-size:85%;">Airports in italics have no scheduled services<br />Airports in bold are international airports</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Hawkesbury_River_region,_New_South_Wales,_Australia" 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"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dangar_Island" title="Dangar Island">Dangar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_Island_(New_South_Wales)" title="Lion Island (New South Wales)">Lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Island_(New_South_Wales)" title="Long Island (New South Wales)">Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milson_Island" title="Milson Island">Milson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peat_Island" title="Peat Island">Peat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spectacle_Island_(Hawkesbury_River)" title="Spectacle Island (Hawkesbury River)">Spectacle</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/National_Parks_in_New_South_Wales" class="mw-redirect" title="National Parks in New South Wales">National parks</a> and <i><a href="/wiki/Nature_reserve" title="Nature reserve">nature reserves</a></i></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 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Phillip" title="Arthur Phillip">Arthur Phillip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watkin_Tench" title="Watkin Tench">Watkin Tench</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bridges and <i>ferries</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bridges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Bridge,_New_South_Wales" title="Brooklyn Bridge, New South Wales">Brooklyn Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkesbury_River_Railway_Bridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge">Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge</a> <ul><li><a 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title="Sackville Ferry">Sackville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Webbs_Creek_Ferry" title="Webbs Creek Ferry">Webbs Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisemans_Ferry" title="Wisemans Ferry">Wisemans</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Adjoining rivers, <i>bays</i>,<br />reservoirs, and <i>creeks</i></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rivers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colo_River" title="Colo River">Colo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grose_River" title="Grose River">Grose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Macdonald_River_(St_Albans)" title="Macdonald River (St 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