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RAAF Base Townsville
Townsville, Queensland in Australia
RAAF Boeing C-17 Globemaster III at RAAF Base Townsville in 2010.
1 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Townsville
No 2 Security Squadron detachment Townsville
Airfield information
Identifiers
IATA: TSV, ICAO: YBTL
Elevation
5 metres (18 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction
Length and surface
01/19
2,438 metres (7,999 ft) Asphalt
07/25
1,100 metres (3,609 ft) Asphalt
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.
^ abYBTL – Townsville (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 21 March 2024, Aeronautical Chart Archived 10 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^Cite error: The named reference 1WGAAFC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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