RAAF Base Amberley

RAAF Base Amberley is a Royal Australian Air Force military airbase located 8 km southwest of in , and 50 km southwest of the .
Wikipedia
Photo: Peter Bailey, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Australian Air Force base southwest of Ipswich, Queensland
  • Also known as: “Amberley Aerodrome”, “Amberley air base”, “RAAF Base Amberley [Queensland]”, and “YAMB”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Karrabin railway station and Wulkuraka railway station.

Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karrabin is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Ipswich/Rosewood line. It opened in 1865 and serves the suburb of . It is a ground level station, featuring two side platforms.

Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wulkuraka is a railway station operated by Queensland Rail on the Ipswich/Rosewood line. It opened in 1884 and serves the suburb of . It is a ground level station, featuring two side platforms.

Bridge
Photo: Shiftchange, CC0.
is a heritage-listed railway bridge at over between Tallon Street, Sadliers Crossing and Dixon Street, , , Australia on the Main Line (this section is now the Ipswich and Rosewood railway line.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wulkuraka and Leichhardt.

Suburb
is a western suburb of in the , , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 1,325 people.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a suburb of in the , , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 4,471 people.

Suburb
is a suburb of in the , , Australia. In the 2021 census, had a population of 2,038 people.

RAAF Base Amberley

Latitude
-27.6306° or 27° 37′ 50″ south
Longitude
152.70457° or 152° 42′ 16″ east
Elevation
26 metres (85 feet)
Operator
Royal Australian Air Force
ICAO airport code
YAMB
Open location code
5R4J9P93+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 902155670
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6301290
Wiki­data ID
Q955757
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“RAAF Base Amberley” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • Chinese: “安伯利皇家空军基地”
  • Chinese: “安伯利皇家空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亞皇家空軍安伯利基地”
  • Czech: “Letiště Amberley”
  • Czech: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • Dutch: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • French: “Base aérienne d’Amberley”
  • French: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • French: “YAMB”
  • German: “RAAF Amberley”
  • German: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • Indonesian: “YAMB”
  • Japanese: “アンバーリー空軍基地”
  • Japanese: “アンバレー空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Amberley Military”
  • Malay: “Pangkalan RAAF Amberley”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی استرالیا در پایگاه امبرلی”
  • Portuguese: “Base aérea de Amberley”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Amberley”
  • Swedish: “RAAF Base Amberley”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате устуролеё дар пойгоҳи омбрли”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Karrabin and Willowbank.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include RAAF Base Amberley and Ivor Marsden Memorial Park.

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