RAAF Base Tindal

RAAF Base Tindal Tindal Air Base
Katherine Tindal Civilian Airport
near Katherine, Northern Territory in Australia
A No. 75 Squadron RAAF F-35A Lightning II at RAAF Base Tindal in 2023
The crest of RAAF Tindal
RAAF Base Tindal Tindal Air Base Location in the Northern Territory
Coordinates	14°31′16″S 132°22′40″E / 14.52111°S 132.37778°E / -14.52111; 132.37778
Type	Military air base Civil aviation airfield
Site information
Owner	Department of Defence
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force
Site history
Built	1942 (1942)
In use	1942 (1942) – present
Garrison information
Occupants	No. 75 Squadron No. 452 Squadron Tindal Flight No. 3 Control and Reporting Unit Detachment Tindal No. 322 Expeditionary Combat Support Squadron No. 1 Airfield Operations Support Squadron Detachment Tindal No. 2 Expeditionary Health Squadron Detachment Tindal 2SECFOR Squadron
Airfield information
Identifiers	IATA: KTR, ICAO: YPTN
Elevation	135 metres (443 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 14/32 2,744 metres (9,003 ft) Asphalt
Sources: Australian AIP and aerodrome chart[1]

RAAF Base Tindal (IATA: KTR, ICAO: YPTN) also known as Tindal Air Base is a Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) military air base and civil aviation airfield located 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east southeast of the town of Katherine, Northern Territory in Australia.^[1] The base is currently home to No. 75 Squadron and a number of non-flying units, and also hosts the civilian Katherine Tindal Airport (also known as the Katherine Tindal Civilian Airport). First constructed in 1942, it was refurbished in the late 1960s as a bare base capable of being utilised when required. It was opened as a permanently manned RAAF base in 1989.

As of 2024, the base is under upgrades largely funded by the United States Air Force to allow Tindal Air Base to host larger aircraft, most notably a total of 6 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress nuclear-capable bombers of the United States.

The base is well known as hosting the most advanced American aircraft that enter Australia, and during the Middle Eastern crisis, Tindal provided services to the United States B-2 Spirit stealth bombers immediately prior to their attacks on the Houthis.