RAAF Base Pearce

RAAF Base Pearce
Bullsbrook, north of Perth, Western Australia in Australia
Lineup of PC-9 aircraft from No 2 FTS at RAAF Base Pearce
RAAF Base Pearce Location in Western Australia
Coordinates	31°40′04″S 116°00′54″E / 31.66778°S 116.01500°E / -31.66778; 116.01500
Type	Military air base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Website	RAAF Base Pearce
Site history
Built	1936 (1936) – 1939 (1939)
In use	6 February 1939 (1939-02-06) – present
Garrison information
Occupants	No. 2 Flying Training School No. 25 (City of Perth) Squadron No. 79 Squadron No. 453 Squadron Pearce Flight No. 3 Security Force Squadron Detachment No. 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Pearce  Republic of Singapore Air Force No. 130 Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers	ICAO: YPEA
Elevation	46 metres (150 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 05/23 1,691 metres (5,548 ft) Asphalt 18L/36R 2,439 metres (8,002 ft) Asphalt 18R/36L 1,741 metres (5,712 ft) Concrete
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

RAAF Base Pearce (ICAO: YPEA) is the main Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base in Western Australia, located in Bullsbrook, north of Perth. It is used for training by the RAAF and the Republic of Singapore Air Force.

Pearce is the busiest RAAF base in Australia, with the highest air traffic including civil flights,^[2] including civil movements at the Joint User bases. Although its primary role is pilot training, it remains the only permanent RAAF base on the west coast, and thus has a significant logistics role. Pearce also has operational responsibility for RAAF Gingin, a small military airfield used for flying training, located 34 km (21 mi) north of Pearce. When requested by the flying units, a rotation of air traffic controllers travel from Pearce to Gingin daily to provide services.