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RAAF Curtin IATA: DCN – ICAO: YCIN Location of airport in Western Australia
DCNSummary Airport type Joint User Operator RAAF / Shire of Derby Location Derby, Western Australia Elevation AMSL 300 ft / 98 m Coordinates 17°34′54″S 123°49′42″E / 17.58167°S 123.82833°E Runways Direction Length Surface ft m 11/29 10,003 3,049 Asphalt RAAF Base Curtin (ICAO: YCIN) is a Royal Australian Air Force base located near the town of Derby on the north coast of Western Australia. As it is one of the RAAF's three 'bare bases' no Air Force units are currently based at Curtin and it is maintained by a small caretaker staff during peacetime. The base is named in honour of former Prime Minister John Curtin.
RAAF Curtin was the first major military airfield to be built in Australia since World War II. Construction on the base began in 1983 and it was opened in 1988.
During the late 1990s and early 2000s the base operated as a Commonwealth of Australia immigration detention centre. It closed in September 2002.[1] The detention centre was reopened in April 2010 to house around 60 Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers whose applications were suspended.[2]
There is a direct flights back to Derby (to Perth) from 2007 since Ansett terminated the service in 1992.
Airline and Destination
Airlines Destinations Air Australia Perth References
- ^ "Curtin centre closes". ABC. The World Today. 24 September, 2002. http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s684669.htm. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^ Curtin Air Base re-opened to hold asylum seekers, The Age, 18 April 2010.
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Current bases RAAF Base Amberley • 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 Base Bowen • RAAF Base Cairns • RAAF Base Daly Waters • RAAF Base Coffs Harbour • RAAF Base Evans Head • RAAF Base Fairbairn • RAAF Jervis Bay • RAAF Base Mallala • RAAF Base Moruya • RAAF Base Nabiac • RAAF Base Rathmines • RAAF Base Temora • RAAF Station Tocumwal • RAAF Base UranquintyOverseas bases RAAF Base Butterworth (Malaysia) • RAAF Base Cocos Island (Cocos (Keeling) Islands) • RAAF Base Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea) • RAAF Base Tengah (Singapore) • RAAF Ubon (Thailand) •Shared bases Flying boat bases RAAFs Curtin, Learmonth and Scherger are so-called "bare bases" Categories:- Royal Australian Air Force bases
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