Woomera Test Range

RAAF Woomera Test Range
Near Woomera, South Australia
A sign on the Stuart Highway indicating that vehicles are entering the Woomera Test Range, and are to stay on the road
Area currently covered by the Woomera test range
Type	Aerospace (military/civil)
Site information
Operator	Royal Australian Air Force's Aerospace Operational Support Group
Status	Active
Site history
In use	1946–present
Test information
Nuclear tests	9 (See British nuclear tests at Maralinga and Operation Totem)
Other tests	Missiles, aircraft weapons, drone aircraft, rockets

Coordinates: 30°57′19″S 136°31′56″E / 30.9553°S 136.5322°E / -30.9553; 136.5322

The RAAF Woomera Test Range (WTR, previously known as the Woomera Test Facility, the Woomera Rocket Range, and the Long Range Weapons Establishment, Woomera) is a weapons testing range operated by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Aerospace Operational Support Group. The day-to-day operation and administration of the WTR is the responsibility of Headquarters, RAAF Woomera Test Range, based at RAAF Base Edinburgh. The range facility is located in South Australia, in that State's north-west pastoral region. The gateway to the Range is the Defence support base Woomera long referred to as 'Woomera Village'. Woomera is located approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) north-west of Adelaide. The Range, however, covers a large area, and is the largest land-based weapons test facility in the western world.

The range complex is made up of the Woomera Prohibited Area (WPA, the groundspace of the range), the Woomera Restricted Airspace (WRX, the associated airspace), the village of Woomera, RAAF Woomera Airfield, and Camp Rapier (the former Woomera Immigration Reception and Processing Centre). The nearby Nurrungar Test Area Woomera (NTAW), which was the former site of the USAF/ADF Joint Defense Facility Nurrungar, is now also part of the wider Woomera Test Range complex. Woomera village has a usual population of 150 to 200 people, but can provide accommodation and services for up to 500 range users per day. Although the range is closed to the public, Woomera village is open to the public.