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 / 14.52111°S 132.37778°E / -14.52111; 132.37778
Type	Military air base Civil aviation airfield
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1942 (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 Direction Length and surface 14/32 2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

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.^[1] 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.