Horn Island Airport

The Civil Constructional Corps and the Department of Main Roads began construction of an advanced operational airbase on the island during World War II, commencing in 1940. RAAF Base Horn Island was completed in 1941 and was used as a staging base for Allied aircraft moving between Australia and New Guinea.^[2] The airfield consisted of two intersecting runways, with revetments for aircraft parking.

Japanese bombing raids against Horn Island Aerodrome

14 March 1942
18 March 1942
30 April 1942
11 May 1942
6 July 1942
30 July 1942
1 August 1942
17 June 1943

Units based at Horn Island Aerodrome

7th Fighter Squadron of 49th Fighter Group, March 1942 - 18 April 1942 (Curtiss P-40s)
No. 6 Squadron RAAF
No. 7 Squadron RAAF
No. 24 Squadron RAAF
No. 32 Squadron RAAF
No. 75 Squadron RAAF
No. 84 Squadron RAAF
No. 28 Operational Base Unit RAAF

Airlines and destinations

Airlines	Destinations
Qantas operated by QantasLink	Cairns
Skytrans Airlines	Cairns, Aurukun, Weipa, Bamaga

| Asia Pacific Airlines (PNG) | Cairns

Aircraft crashes

Aero Commander, 500-S, VH-UJP
A number of B-17 Flying Fortresses crash landed during World War II:
- B-17E Serial Number 41-2636 - crashed during night take off 13 July 1942
- B-17E Serial Number 41-2655 - crashed during night take off 13 July 1942
- B-17E "G.I. Issue" Serial Number 41-2421 - crashed landed on 16 July 1942
- B-17E "Tojo's Nightmare" Serial Number 41-2497 - crashed attempting landing 24 March 1944

A survey aircraft operated by Adastra Airways Lockheed Hudson VH-AGO crashed on approach after an engine failure on Monday 24 June 1957. 6 fatalities including one child.

References

↑ YHID – Horn Island (PDF). AIP En Route Supplement from Airservices Australia, effective 29 May 2014, Aeronautical Chart
↑ "RAAF Base Horn Island". RAAF Museum.

External links

Aviation Safety Investigation Report VH-UJP

Airports in Australia

Australian Capital Territory	Canberra

New South Wales	Albury Armidale Ballina Bathurst Broken Hill Cobar Coffs Harbour Cooma Dubbo Grafton Griffith Lismore Lord Howe Island Merimbula Moree Moruya Mudgee Narrabri Narrandera Newcastle Orange Parkes Port Macquarie Sydney Tamworth Taree Wagga Wagga

Northern Territory	Alice Springs Ayers Rock Darwin Elcho Island Lake Evella Groote Eylandt Hooker Creek Maningrida McArthur River Mine Milingimbi Gove Ramingining Tennant Creek Tindal Victoria River Downs

Queensland	Aurukun Badu Island Bamaga (Northern Peninsula) Barcaldine Bedourie Birdsville Blackall Blackwater Boigu Island Boulia Brisbane Brisbane West (Wellcamp) Bundaberg Burketown Cairns Charleville Chinchilla Cloncurry Coconut Island Coen Cooktown Cunnamulla Darnley Island Dirranbandi Doomadgee Emerald Gladstone Gold Coast Great Barrier Reef (Hamilton Island) Hervey Bay Horn Island Hughenden Julia Creek Karumba Kowanyama Kubin (Moa Island) Lizard Island Lockhart River Longreach Mabuiag Island Mackay Moranbah Mornington Island Mount Isa Murray Island Normanton Palm Island Quilpie Richmond Rockhampton Roma Saibai Island St George Springvale Sunshine Coast Thangool Thargomindah Toowoomba Townsville Warraber Island Weipa Whitsunday Coast Windorah Winton Yam Island Yorke Island

South Australia	Adelaide Ceduna Coober Pedy Kingscote Mount Gambier Olympic Dam Port Augusta Port Lincoln Prominent Hill Whyalla

Tasmania	Burnie Devonport Flinders Island Hobart King Island Launceston

Victoria	Avalon Essendon Hamilton Melbourne Mildura Moorabbin Mount Hotham Portland Warrnambool

Western Australia	Albany Argyle Broome Busselton Carnarvon Derby Esperance Fitzroy Crossing Geraldton Halls Creek Kalbarri Kalgoorlie Karratha Kununurra Lake Gregory Laverton Learmonth Leinster Leonora Meekatharra Mount Magnet Newman Paraburdoo Perth Port Hedland Ravensthorpe Shark Bay Springvale Wiluna

External territories	Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Norfolk Island Wilkins

This lists airports in Australia with scheduled passenger services. Airports with scheduled international services are bolded.

Royal Australian Air Force bases

Current bases	RAAF Base Amberley RAAF Station Bundaberg RAAF Station Camden RAAF Curtin RAAF Base Darwin RAAF Base East Sale RAAF Base Edinburgh RAAF Gingin RAAF Base Glenbrook RAAF Learmonth RAAF Base Pearce RAAF Base Richmond RAAF Scherger RAAF Base Tindal RAAF Base Townsville RAAF Base Wagga RAAF Williams RAAF Base Williamtown RAAF Woomera Airfield

Former bases	RAAF Base Albion Park RAAF Station Archerfield RAAF Station Bairnsdale RAAF Base Bowen RAAF Base Cairns RAAF Base Coffs Harbour RAAF Station Cunderdin RAAF Base Daly Waters RAAF Station Deniliquin RAAF Base Evans Head RAAF Base Fairbairn RAAF Base Gove RAAF Station Guildford RAAF Base Horn Island RAAF Jervis Bay RAAF Base Mallala RAAF Station Mascot RAAF Base Moruya RAAF Base Mildura RAAF Base Nabiac RAAF Station Narrandera RAAF Station Narromine RAAF Station Nowra RAAF Base Oakey RAAF Base Parafield RAAF Station Pokolbin RAAF Base Rathmines RAAF Station Parkes RAAF Station Sandgate RAAF Station Schofields RAAF Base Temora RAAF Base Tengah (Singapore) RAAF Station Tocumwal RAAF Ubon (Thailand) RAAF Base Uranquinty RAAF Station West Sale RAAF Base Western Junction

Overseas bases	RAAF Base Butterworth (Malaysia) RAAF Base Cocos Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) RAAF Base Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea)

Shared bases	Defence Establishment Orchard Hills

Flying boat bases	Lake Boga Flying Boat Base RAAF Base Rathmines

RAAFs Curtin, Learmonth and Scherger are so-called "bare bases"

Airports in Queensland

Public airports	Abingdon Agnew Alpha Aramac Archerfield Arrabury Aurukun Barcaldine Bedourie Birdsville Blackall Blackwater Boigu Island Boulia Bowen Brisbane Brisbane West Wellcamp Bundaberg Burketown Caboolture Cairns Caloundra Camooweal Charleville Charters Towers Chillagoe Chinchilla Clermont Cloncurry Coen Cooktown Cunnamulla Darnley Island Dirranbandi Donnington Airpark Doomadgee Dunk Island Edward River Emerald Gayndah Georgetown Gladstone Gold Coast Goondiwindi Great Barrier Reef Gympie Hervey Bay Horn Island Hughenden Innisfail Julia Creek Karumba Kingaroy Kowanyama Kubin Lizard Island Lockhart River Longreach Mabuiag Island Mackay Mareeba Maryborough Moranbah Mornington Island Mount Isa Murray Island Muttaburra Normanton Northern Peninsula Palm Island Quilpie Redcliffe Richmond Rockhampton Roma St George Springvale Stanthorpe Sunshine Coast Taroom Thangool Thargomindah Toowoomba Townsville Warwick Weipa Whitsunday Coast Windorah Winton

Private airports	Badu Island Ballera Century Mine Coconut Island Dysart Elrose Middlemount Mount Gordon Osborne Mine Saibai Island Southport Springsure The Monument Trepell Warraber Island Whitsunday Yam Island Yorke Island

Military airports	Amberley Enoggera Oakey Scherger Townsville Williamson

Defunct airports	Antil Plains Eagle Farm Breddan Petrie Tarampa Aitkenvale Bohle River Reid River

Related	New South Wales Northern Territory South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Territories of Australia

Airports in bold have scheduled service

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