The Air Force undertakes routine flying activities at RAAF Base Amberley. The majority of the flying training occurs in designated training areas, situated over farming, rural and overwater areas, which helps reduce the time aircraft spend over residential areas.

Amberley Flying Training Areas include:

• Western Training Area: The western training area is essential airspace for training all RAAF Base Amberley aircraft including the F/A-18F Super Hornet, KC-30A Multi Role Tanker Transport aircraft and the C-17A Globemaster III. The western training area airspace is located west of RAAF Base Amberley and commences south west of Toowoomba.
• Over water training areas: The Northern Training Area, Northern Bridge, Central Training Area, Southern Training Area, and Southern Bridge are airspaces located overwater to the East of the coastline.
• Evans Head: The Evans Head Air Weapons Range is primarily used by Amberley based F/A-18F Super Hornets to conduct ground attack training. This is the only weapons range within the training radius of the F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from their home base at Amberley.

Noise Mitigation

The Department of Defence Aircraft Noise Management Strategy outlines how they work with local communities to reduce noise impacts, while balancing operational and training requirements.

Flying operations are conducted in consideration of local communities, whilst maintaining the safe operation of the aircraft. More information can be found in the:

You can access more information on military aircraft activity at:

• Air Force Fly Neighbourly Policy 
• RAAF Amberley Base Noise Management Plan
• RAAF Base Amberley