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| RAAF Base Townsville | |||||||||
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| Townsville, Queensland in Australia | |||||||||
 RAAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III at RAAF Base Townsville in 2010. | |||||||||
  RAAF Base Townsville Location of the base in Queensland | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°15′12″S 146°45′54″E / 19.25333°S 146.76500°E | ||||||||
| Type | Military air base | ||||||||
| Area | 900 hectares (2,200 acres)[1] | ||||||||
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| Owner | Department of Defence | ||||||||
| Operator |  Royal Australian Air Force | ||||||||
| Website | RAAF Base Townsville | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| In use | 15 October 1940 – present | ||||||||
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| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: TSV, ICAO: YBTL | ||||||||
| Elevation | 5 metres (18 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Enroute Supplement Australia from Airservices Australia[2] | |||||||||
RAAF Base Townsville (IATA: TSV, ICAO: YBTL) (formerly RAAF Base Garbutt) is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) air base located in Garbutt, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of Townsville[2] in Queensland, Australia. It is the headquarters for No. 1 Wing Australian Air Force Cadets[3] and, along with Lavarack Barracks, establishes Townsville as a key military centre. The base's airfield is shared with the Townsville Airport.
- ^ "RAAF Base Townsville" (PDF). Department of Defence. Australian Government. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ a b YBTL – Townsville (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 13 June 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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