RAAF Base Tindal

RAAF Base Tindal
RAAF Base Tindal
Katherine Tindal Civilian Airport
near Katherine, Northern Territory in Australia
	A No. 75 Squadron RAAF F-35A Lightning II at RAAF Base Tindal in 2023.
	The crest of RAAF Tindal
	RAAF Base Tindal Location in the Northern Territory
Coordinates	14°31′16″S 132°22′40″E
Type	Military air base; Civil aviation airfield;
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Site history
Built	1942
In use	1942 – present
Garrison information
Occupants	No. 75 Squadron; No. 452 Squadron Tindal Flight; No. 3 Control and Reporting Unit Detachment Tindal; No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron; No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron Detachment Tindal; No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Tindal; 2SECFOR Squadron;
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: KTR, ICAO: YPTN
Elevation	135 metres (443 ft) AMSL
Runways
14/32	2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Asphalt
	Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart

RAAF Base Tindal (IATA: KTR, ICAO: YPTN) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base and civil aviation airfield located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east southeast of the town of Katherine, Northern Territory in Australia. The base is currently home to No. 75 Squadron and a number of non-flying units, and also hosts the civilian Katherine Tindal Airport (also known as the Katherine Tindal Civilian Airport). First constructed in 1942, it was refurbished in the late 1960s as a bare base capable of being utilised when required. It was opened as a permanently manned RAAF base in 1989.

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