# Tindal Airport (KTR / YPTN)

**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.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/yptn

## At a glance

- IATA / ICAO: KTR / YPTN
- Type: Medium airport
- Operator: Royal Australian Air Force
- Serves: Northern Territory, Australia
- Opened: 1942
- Elevation: 135 m / 443 ft
- Coordinates: -14.5211, 132.3780
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,744 m / 9,003 ft
- Time zone: UTC+9:30 · Australia/Darwin
- Website: http://www.airforce.gov.au/Bases/Northern-Territory/RAAF-Base-Tindal/?RAAF-hHBYVzFK6EsZI++TiITQwfB6YNnQZ/Lc
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAAF_Base_Tindal (10 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1551495
- Weather station: YPTN · WMO 94131
- Ident: YPTN

## Timeline

- 1942: Tindal Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14/32 | 2,744 m / 9,003 ft | 46 m / 150 ft | Asphalt | 139° / 319° | yes |

## Routes

3 destinations in 1 country. From the airport's Wikipedia article.

### Year-round (3)

- [DRW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ypdn.md) Darwin International Airport / RAAF Darwin · Australia · 285 km / 177 mi · Airnorth
- [TCA](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ytnk.md) Tennant Creek Airport · Australia · 600 km / 373 mi · Airnorth
- [ASP](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybas.md) Alice Springs Airport · Australia · 1,045 km / 649 mi · Airnorth

## Airlines

The figure is how many destinations each airline flies from KTR, as the routes above have them. Hubs from Wikidata.

### Passenger (1)

- TL [Airnorth](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/airnorth) · 3

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,744 m / 9,003 ft | =1,773 of 29,858 | #35 in Oceania | #19 in AU |
| Elevation | 135 m / 443 ft | =28,198 of 43,403 | =979 in Oceania | =590 in AU |
| Age | Opened 1942 | =1,791 of 15,079 | =47 in Oceania | =31 in AU |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =526 in Oceania | =468 in AU |

## Radio frequencies

| Type | Description | MHz |
| --- | --- | --- |
| APP | APP | 120.950 |
| ATIS | ATIS | 112.300 |
| CLD | CLNC DEL | 128.100 |
| CTAF | CTAF | 119.700 |
| FSS | BRISBANE CNTR | 122.600 |
| GND | GND | 135.850 |
| TWR | TWR | 119.700 |

## Nearby airports

- [AU-0281](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0281.md) Katherine North Airstrip · 14 km / 8.7 mi
- [AU-0283](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0283.md) Venn airstrip · 15 km / 9.3 mi
- [YKHG](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ykhg.md) Katherine Gorge Airport · 15 km / 9.4 mi
- [AU-0282](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0282.md) Manbulloo Airstrip · 16 km / 10 mi
- [AU-0280](https://dromopedia.com/airports/au-0280.md) Emungalan airstrip · 18 km / 11 mi
- [YBMY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ybmy.md) Bamyili Airport · 54 km / 34 mi

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [Wikipedia: “RAAF Base Tindal”](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=RAAF_Base_Tindal&oldid=1374045592), revision of 9 Sep 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/yptn/data