Richmond. RAAF base possible airport site

With Bankstown Airport and Badgerys Creek off the list as possible sites for Sydney’s second airport, the RAAF base, at Richmond, was firming as the preferred site, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The paper said the State Government’s initial preference was for the Williamtown RAAF base, at Newcastle. Earlier, Qantas urged the Federal Government to open air force bases to more civilian traffic. Federal Transport Minister, Anthony Albanese, has said a second airport would be built outside the Sydney basin. The Government would detail in a white paper, expected late this year, the process by which it would determine a second airport for Sydney.