Caboolture Airfield caters to general aviation and ultralight aircraft and is not controlled by Airservices Australia. The Caboolture Aero Club said its members were "deeply saddened" by the loss.

Caboolture’s McNaught Road houses the Caboolture Airport which includes the Caboolture Aero Club, the Caboolture Gliding Club and the Caboolture Warplane Museum.

The free Caboolture aviation safety briefing is being held on Thursday 9 March 2017 at 6pm at the Caboolture Aero Club. People attending are asked to book online at the CASA website.

A man and woman aged in their 60s have been killed in a mid-air collision at Caboolture airfield north of Brisbane, the third mid-air crash in southeast Queensland in less than a year.