RAAF Base Amberley
RAAF Base Amberley is a Royal Australian Air Force military airbase located 8 km southwest of Ipswich, Queensland in Australia and 50 km southwest of Brisbane CBD.Photo: Peter Bailey, CC BY 2.0.
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- Type: Military installation
- Description: Royal Australian Air Force base southwest of Ipswich, Queensland
- Also known as: “Amberley air base”, “RAAF Base Amberley [Queensland]”, and “YAMB”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Karrabin railway station and Wulkuraka railway station.
Karrabin railway station
Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Karrabin railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Karrabin. Karrabin railway station is situated 3 km northeast of RAAF Base Amberley.
Wulkuraka railway station
Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Wulkuraka railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Wulkuraka. Wulkuraka railway station is situated 4 km northeast of RAAF Base Amberley.
Walloon railway station
Railway station
Photo: TravellerQLD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walloon railway station is located on the Main line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the Ipswich suburb of Walloon. It was formally opened on 31 July 1865 at the same time as the line. Walloon railway station is situated 3½ km northwest of RAAF Base Amberley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wulkuraka and Leichhardt.
Wulkuraka
Suburb
Wulkuraka is a western suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Wulkuraka had a population of 1,325 people. Wulkuraka is situated 3½ km northeast of RAAF Base Amberley.
Leichhardt
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Leichhardt is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Leichhardt had a population of 4,471 people. Leichhardt is situated 3½ km east of RAAF Base Amberley.
One Mile
Suburb
One Mile is a suburb of Ipswich in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, One Mile had a population of 2,038 people. One Mile is situated 4½ km east of RAAF Base Amberley.
RAAF Base Amberley
- Categories: air base and Government body of Australia
- Location: City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-27.62828° or 27° 37′ 42″ southLongitude
152.69738° or 152° 41′ 51″ eastOperator
Royal Australian Air ForceOpen location code
5R4J9MCW+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 176514142OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=militaryOpenStreetMap feature
military=baseWikidata 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”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include RAAF Base Amberley and Ivor Marsden Memorial Park.
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