Bundaberg Airport

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Bundaberg Airport
IATA: BDB – ICAO: YBUD
Summary
Owner		Bundaberg City Council
Location		Bundaberg, Queensland
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
	5030		... etc.
Statistics
			... etc.

Bundaberg Airport (IATA: BDB, ICAO: YBUD) is an airport in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.

1 History
- 1.1 World War II
  - 1.1.1 Units Based at Bundaberg
  - 1.1.2 Bundaberg War Graves
2 Post War
3 Airlines and Destinations
4 References

[edit] History

Offically opened on 12 December 1931, by the Minister for Customers, Hon. Francis Forde, M.H.R. as a civilian airport.

[edit] World War II

With the outbreak of World War II, it was decided as part of the Empire Air Training Scheme to requisition Bundaberg Airport and develop it as a Royal 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 to Lowood Aerodrome on 12 January 1942. No. 8 Service Flying Training School RAAF then operated from the base.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Post War

The Department of Civil Aviation tookover Bundaberg Aerodrome on 31 July 1946. Bundaberg City Council tookover the aiport in June 1983. A new terminal was opened on 9 May 1986.