Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs Tourist Facility

The Royal Flying Doctor Service Alice Springs Tourist Facility is a museum and visitor centre at the RFDS base in Alice Springs, Northern Territory. Located near Alice Springs Airport on Stuart Terrace, it interprets the history of the Royal Flying Doctor Service founded by Reverend John Flynn. The facility displays historic aircraft, medical equipment, radio communications and interactive exhibits documenting aeromedical services for remote central Australia since 1939.

Visitors can expect a working RFDS base combined with a museum experience. Inside, there are interactive exhibits, historic medical and radio equipment, a replica fuselage, hologram theatre presentations about John Flynn, and a decommissioned RFDS aircraft. Guided tours explain aeromedical operations, the School of the Air history and life in remote Central Australia. The site includes a cafe, gift shop and viewing areas of the operational hangar and airstrip.