KTR

Tindal Airport

ICAO YPTN14.5211°S 132.3780°E135 m / 443 ftMedium airport
On the map
A USMC FA-18C at RAAF Base Tindal in July 2016
U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicole Zurbrugg · Public domain · Commons

Tindal Airport (IATA: KTR, ICAO: YPTN) is a medium airport in Northern Territory, Australia. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 2,744 m (9,003 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Royal Australian Air Force.

Timeline

1 event · 1942–1942
1942
OpenedTindal Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap
14/32139° / 319° · LIT
LENGTH2,744 m9,003 ftWIDTH46 m150 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Routes

3 destinations · 1 country

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from KTR. From the Wikipedia article “RAAF Base Tindal” (revision of 9 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Longest runway2,744 m9,003 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,773of 29,823 · #35 Oceania · #19 AUElevation135 m443 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=28,165of 43,341 · =974 Oceania · =590 AUAgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =47 Oceania · =31 AURunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =526 Oceania · =468 AU
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels
APPAPP120.950
ATISATIS112.300
CLDCLNC DEL128.100
CTAFCTAF119.700
FSSBRISBANE CNTR122.600
GNDGND135.850
TWRTWR119.700