- Bundaberg Airport
Infobox Airport
name = Bundaberg Airport
IATA = BDB
ICAO = YBUD
type = Public
owner = Bundaberg City Council
city-served =Bundaberg
location =Bundaberg, Queensland
elevation-f = 107
elevation-m = 33
coordinates = coord|24|54|14|S|152|19|07|E|type:airport
website =
metric-elev = yes
metric-rwy = yes
r1-number = 07/25
r1-length-f = 3,701
r1-length-m = 1,128
r1-surface =Clay
r2-number = 14/32
r2-length-f = 5,030
r2-length-m = 1,533
r2-surface =Asphalt Bundaberg Airport airport codes|BDB|YBUD is an airport in
Bundaberg, Queensland ,Australia .History
Officially opened on
12 December 1931 , by the Minister for Customers, Hon.Francis Forde , M.H.R. as a civilian airport.World War II
With the outbreak of
World War II , it was decided as part of theEmpire Air Training Scheme to requisition Bundaberg Airport and develop it as aRoyal Australian Air Force Flying Training School.Known as "RAAF Station Bundaberg" it was initially used in 1941 by
No. 12 Elementary Flying Training School RAAF (12 EFTS), until 12 EFTS relocated toLowood Aerodrome on12 January 1942 .No. 8 Service Flying Training School RAAF then operated from the base.Units Based at Bundaberg
*
No. 32 Squadron RAAF ('B' Flight) -1 May 1943 -4 September 1944
*No. 66 Squadron RAAF -20 May 1943 -6 January 1944
*No. 71 Squadron RAAF ('B' Flight) -1 May 1942 -26 January 1943
*No. 8 Service Flying Training School RAAF -14 December 1941 -25 July 1945
*No. 12 Elemetery Flying Training School RAAF -16 October 1941 -12 January 1942
*No. 88 Operational Base Unit RAAF -14 June 1945 -26 April 1946
*Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force Personnel & equipment pool -25 June 1945 - 26 April] 1946.Bundaberg War Graves
Located within the Bundaberg General Cemetery, it contains 46 burials of soldiers and airmen of the Australian Forces and five airmen of the
United States Army Air Corps .Post War
The Department of Civil Aviation tookover Bundaberg Aerodrome on
31 July 1946 .Bundaberg City Council tookover the airport in June 1983. A new terminal was opened on9 May 1986 .Airlines and Destinations
*
Qantas
**QantasLink (Brisbane, Gladstone)References
* [http://www.dva.gov.au/OAWG/post_war_commemorations/cemet_AU/qld.htm War Graves Information]
* [http://bucc.bundaberg.qld.gov.au/corporate-services/airport Bundaberg Airport Information]
* [http://www.raaf.gov.au/raafmuseum/research/bases/bundaberg.htm RAAF Museum website]
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