Caversham Airfield former RAAF airfield (Perth, WA)
Australia /
Western Australia /
Perth /
Perth, WA
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/ Australia
/ Western Australia
/ Perth
World / Australia / Western Australia
military, abandoned / shut down
Caversham Airfield, also known as Middle Swan Airfield was an airfield constructed at Caversham, Western Australia during World War II as a parent aerodrome for use by the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm and the United States Navy.[1]
The airfield had a triangle of three landing strips.[1][2]
Middle Swan was the parent airfield with the following satellite airfields:
Beverley
Bindoon
Gingin North[a]
Mooliabeenee
The United States Army Air Corps also utilised the airfield during World War II.
It was also a gliding club location after the war
The airfield had a triangle of three landing strips.[1][2]
Middle Swan was the parent airfield with the following satellite airfields:
Beverley
Bindoon
Gingin North[a]
Mooliabeenee
The United States Army Air Corps also utilised the airfield during World War II.
It was also a gliding club location after the war
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caversham_Airfield
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 31°50'17"S 115°58'37"E
- HMAS Stirling (RAN Fleet Base West) 47 km
- Bindoon Training Area 80 km
- Lancelin Defence Training Area 140 km
- JORN Jindalee Project WA Receive Site, LAVERTON 699 km
- R.A.A.F. Learmonth 1088 km
- woomera area 1491 km
- Maralinga range 1497 km
- woomera area 1708 km
- Joint Defence Facility Pine Gap 1958 km
- JORN Defence Receive Site, Off Tanami Road, MT EVERARD 1971 km
- Caversham 4.5 km
- Bennett Springs estate 4.6 km
- Midland Brick Selection Centre and Yard 4.7 km
- Viveash 4.8 km
- Beechboro 4.9 km
- Middle Swan 5 km
- Altone Park 5.3 km
- Lockridge 5.4 km
- Eden Hill 6 km
- Greater Perth, WA 14 km