page_title: Australian air traffic control
section_title: Royal Australian Air Force
hierarchical_section_title: Australian air traffic control / Military air traffic control / Military ATC units / Royal Australian Air Force
caption_attribution_description: Darwin International Airport air traffic control tower.
context_page_description: Air traffic control in Australia is provided by two independent organisations, one civilian and one military. The civilian provider is Airservices Australia, which controls civilian airfields and airspace. The military provider is the Royal Australian Air Force, which controls military airfields and adjoining airspace. This includes Australian Army and Royal Australian Navy aviation bases. Some airfields in Australia are categorised as Joint User airfields, where there are both civilian and military operations based at the airfield. Normally, Joint User airfields have air traffic control provided by the RAAF.
  Air traffic controllers manage the safe and orderly flow of aircraft into, out of, and between airports throughout Australia and with overseas regions adjoining Australian airspace. Australian air traffic controllers are employed under an Air Traffic Control Enterprise Agreement.
context_section_description: RAAF Base Amberley - 452SQN AMB FLT (Tower and Approach)
  RAAF Base Darwin - 452SQN DAR FLT (Tower and Approach)
  RAAF Base East Sale - 453SQN ESL FLT (Tower and Approach)
  RAAF Base Edinburgh - 453SQN EDN FLT (Tower only)
  RAAF Base Pearce - 453SQN PEA FLT (Tower, Approach and Centre)
  RAAF Base Richmond - 453SQN RIC FLT (Tower only)
  RAAF Base Tindal - 452SQN TDL FLT (Tower and Approach)
  RAAF Base Townsville - 452SQN TVL FLT (Tower and Approach)
  RAAF Base Williamtown - 453SQN WLM FLT (Tower, Approach and Centre)
  RAAF Gingin - (Pearce provides a Tower and Approach service)
caption: RAAF Base Darwin/Darwin International Airport Control Tower
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