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Katherine

RAAF Base Tindal

RAAF Base Tindal also known as Tindal Air Base is a Royal Australian Air Force major Australian military air base and civil aviation airfield located 8 nautical miles east southeast of the town of , in Australia.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: Royal Australian Air Force base near Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia
  • Also known as: “Katherine Tindal Civilian Airport”, “KTR”, “RAAF Tindal”, “Tindal Air Base”, “Tindal Airport”, and “YPTN”

RAAF Base Tindal

Latitude
-14.51888° or 14° 31′ 8″ south
Longitude
132.37916° or 132° 22′ 45″ east
Elevation
135 metres (443 feet)
Inception
1942
Operator
RAAF / Katherine Town Council
IATA airport code
KTR
ICAO airport code
YPTN
Open location code
5QQJF9JH+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 953259684
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
6301338
Wiki­data ID
Q1551495
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tajik—“RAAF Base Tindal” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tindal / Katherine”
  • Cebuano: “Tindal/Katherine”
  • Chinese: “凯瑟琳”
  • Chinese: “凱瑟琳”
  • Chinese: “廷德尔皇家空军基地”
  • Chinese: “澳大利亚皇家空军廷德尔基地”
  • Dutch: “RAAF Base Tindal”
  • French: “RAAF Base Tindal”
  • French: “YPTN”
  • German: “RAAF Base Tindal”
  • German: “RAAF Tindal”
  • Japanese: “ティンダル空軍基地”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Tindal”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه نیروی هوایی سلطنتی استرالیا در پایگاه تیندال”
  • Polish: “RAAF Base Tindal”
  • Portuguese: “Base aérea de Tindal”
  • Swedish: “Tindal / Katherine”
  • Swedish: “Tindal/Katherine”
  • Tajik: “Фурудгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво салтанате устуролеё дар пойгоҳи тиндол”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “RAAF Base Tindal”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.