List of air stations of the Royal Navy

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This is a list of Naval Air Stations of the Royal Navy. Naval Air Stations are land bases of the Fleet Air Arm, the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

Current Naval Air Stations

Currently RNAS means "Royal Naval Air Station" and, in common with the Royal Air Force, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located. (Historically RNAS is the "Royal Naval Air Service")

• RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk) - Culdrose, Helston, Cornwall, England
  • RNAS Predannack (satellite airfield) - Mullion, Cornwall
• RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) - Yeovilton, Somerset, England
  • RNAS Merryfield (satellite airfield) - Ilton, Somerset
• RNAS Prestwick (HMS Gannet), Ayrshire, Scotland

Former Naval Air Stations

RNAS	HMS	RAF	RNAS Years active	Current county	Country	Notes
Aberdour		n/a				?
Abbotsinch	Sanderling	Abbotsinch		Renfrewshire	Scotland	Now Glasgow Airport
Aldergrove	?	Aldergrove		Antrim	Northern Ireland	Now Belfast International Airport
Almondbank		Methven ?				?
Angle	Goldcrest	Angle		Pembrokeshire	Wales
Anthorn	Nuthatch	Anthorn		Cumbria	England	Now Anthorn Radio Station
Arbroath	Condor	n/a		Angus	Scotland	Now RM Condor
Ayr	Wagtail	Ayr		South Ayrshire	Scotland
Balado Bridge		Balado Bridge		Perth and Kinross	Scotland	?
Ballyhalbert	Corncrake	Ballyhalbert		Ards	Scotland
Ballykelly	?	Ballykelly		Limavady	Northern Ireland
Beccles	Hornbill II	Beccles		Suffolk	England
Bedhampton	?	n/a	?	?	?	?
Belfast	?	n/a	?	?	?	?
Benbecula	?	Benbecula		Western Isles	Scotland	Now RRH Benbecula
Benson	?	Benson		Oxfordshire	England	Now RAF Benson
Bircham Newton	?	Bircham Newton		Norfolk	England
Bootle	?	n/a	?	?	?	?
Boscombe Down	?	Boscombe Down		Wiltshire	England	Now MoD Boscombe Down
Bramcote	Gamecock	Bramcote		Warwickshire	England	Now Gamecock Barracks
Bratton	?	RAF Bratton		Shropshire	England
Brawdy	Goldcrest Goldcrest II	Brawdy		Pembrokeshire	Wales
Brockworth	?	RAF Brockworth RAF Hucclecote		Gloucestershire	England	?
Brough ?	?	Brough	?	East Riding of Yorkshire	England	Now BAE Brough
Bude ?	?	Bude		Cornwall	England
Bungay	Europa II	Bungay		Suffolk	England
Burscough	Ringtail	n/a		Lancashire	England
Bush Barn	?	Bush Barn No. 44 SLG		Oxfordshire	England
Calshot	?	Calshot		Hampshire	England
Machrihanish	Landrail Landrail II	Machrihanish		Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Now MoD Machrihanish & Campbeltown Airport
Capel	?	Capel				?
Cattewater	?	Cattewater Mount Batten		Plymouth	England
Charlton Horethorne	Heron II	Charlton Horethorne		Somerset	England
China Bay	Bambara			Trincomalee	Sri Lanka	Now China Bay Airport
Chingford	?	Chingford	First World War	Greater London	England
Chrishchurch	?	Christchurch		Dorset	England
Cluntoe ?	?	Cluntoe		Cookstown	Northern Ireland
Colombo Racecourse	Bherunda			Colombo	Sri Lanka	Now Colombo Racecourse
Cowdray Park	?	n/a		West Sussex	England
Crail	Bruce Jackdaw	Crail		Fife	Scotland
Culcheth	?	n/a
Culham	Hornbill	n/a		Oxfordshire	England	Now Culham Science Centre
Culmhead	?	Culmhead Churchstanton		Somerset	England	Now Culmhead Business Centre
Crugmeer	?	n/a	?	?	?	?
Dalcross		Dalcross		Highland	Scotland
Dale	Goldcrest	Dale		Pembrokeshire	Scotland
Dallachy		Dallachy		Moray	Scotland
Dalton		Dalton		North Yorkshire	England
Defford		Defford		Worcestershire	England
Detling		Detling		Kent	England
Digby		Digby		Lincolnshire	England
Docking		Docking		Norfolk	England
Donibristle	Merlin	Donibristle		Fife	Scotland
Dounreay	Tern II			Highland	Scotland
Drem	Nighthawk	Drem		East Lothian	Scotland
Dundee	Condor II	Dundee		Dundee City	Scotland
Dundonald		Dundonald		South Ayrshire	Scotland
Dunino	Jackdaw II	Dunino		Fife	Scotland
East Haven	Peewit			Angus	Scotland
Eastchurch	Pembroke II	Eastchurch		Kent	England
Eastleigh	Raven	Eastleigh		Hampshire	Scotland	Now Southampton Airport
Eglinton	Gannet Sea Eagle	Eglinton		Derry City	Northern Ireland	Now City of Derry Airport
Evanton	Fieldfare	Evanton Novar		Highland	Scotland
Exeter		Exeter		Devon	England	Now Exeter International Airport
Falmouth		n/a		Cornwall	England
Farnborough		Farnborough		Hampshire	England	Now Farnborough Airport
Fearn	Owl	Fearn		Highland	Scotland
Felixstowe		Felixstowe				Now Port of Felixstowe
Filton		Filton		Gloucestershire	England
Ford	Peregrine	Ford Ford Junction		West Sussex	England
Fraserburgh		Fraserburgh		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Gosport	Siskin	Gosport		Hampshire	Scotland
Great Yarmouth		Great Yarmouth		Norfolk	England
Greenock		n/a		Inverclyde	Scotland
Grimsetter	Robin	Grimsetter		Orkney	Scotland	Now Kirkwall Airport
Guernsey		Guernsey		Guernsey	Channel Islands
Haldon	Heron II	n/a		Devon	England
Hamble		n/a		Hampshire	England
Hatston	Sparrowhawk Tern II			Orkney	Scotland
Heathrow		Heathrow		Greater London	England
Henstridge	Dipper	n/a		Somerset	England
Hinstock	Godwit	Ollerton		Shropshire	England
Holton		n/a
Howden		Howden		East Riding of Yorkshire	England
Inskip	Nightjar	n/a		Lancashire	England
Jersey		Helier		Jersey	Channel Islands
Katukurunda	Ukussa	Katukurunda		Katukurunda	Sri Lanka.	Now Katukurunda Airport
Kemble		Kemble		Gloucestershire	England	Now Cotswold Airport
Kingsnorth		Kingsnorth		Medway	England	Now Kingsnorth power station
Kirkistown	Corncrake II	Kirkistown		Down	Northern Ireland
Kirkwall	Robin	n/a
Langham		Langham		Norfolk	England
Lawrenny Ferry	Daedalus II	n/a		Pembrokeshire	Wales
Lee-on-Solent	Ariel Daedalus	Lee-on-Solent		Hampshire	England
Leysdown		Leysdown		Kent	England
Leuchars		Leuchars		Fife	Scotland	Now RAF Leuchars
Limavady		Limavady		Limavady	Northern Ireland
Long Kesh		Long Kesh		Lisburn	Northern Ireland
Lossiemouth	Fulmar	Lossiemouth		Moray	Scotland	Now RAF Lossiemouth
Ludham	Flycatcher	Ludham		Norfolk	England
Luton		Luton		Luton	England	Now Luton Airport
Lympne	Buzzard Daedalus II	RAF Lympne		Kent	London
Machrihanish	Landrail	Machrihanish		Argyll & Bute	Scotland	Now Campbeltown Airport
Macmerry		Macmerry		East Lothian	Scotland
Manston		Manston		Kent	England	Now Manston Airport
Marham		Marham		Norfolk	England	Now RAF Marham
Martlesham Heath		Martlesham Heath		Suffolk	England
Maydown	Shrike Gannet II	Maydown		Derry City	Northern Ireland
Methven		Methven		Perth and Kinross	Scotland
Middle Wallop	Flycatcher	Middle Wallop		Hampshire	England	Now AAC Middle Wallop
Milltown	Fulmar II	Milltown		Moray	Scotland
Moreton Vallance		Moreton Valence Haresfield		Gloucestershire	England
Mullion		Mullion		Cornwall	England
Needs Oar Point		Needs Oar Point		Hampshire	England
Narborough		Narborough		Norfolk	England
Netheravon		Netheravon		Wiltshire	England	Now AAC Netheravon
Newlyn		Newlyn		Cornwall	England
North Coates		North Coates		Lincolnshire	England
Nutts Corner	Pintail	Nutts Corner		Antrim	Northern Ireland
Odiham		Odiham		Hampshire	England	Now RAF Odiham
Old Sarum		Old Sarum		Wiltshire	England	Now Old Sarum Airfield
Ollerton	Godwit
Pembroke Dock		Pembroke Dock		Pembrokeshire	Wales
Penhill St		n/a
Peplow		n/a
Perranporth		Perranporth		Cornwall	England
Peterhead		Peterhead		Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Portreath		Portreath		Cornwall	England	Now RRH Portreath
Portsmouth		n/a		Portsmouth	England
Portland	Osprey	Portland		Dorset	England
Prawle Point		Prawle Point	1917–1919	Devon	England
Pulham		Pulham		Norfolk	England
Rattray Head Rattray Crimond	Merganser		October 1944 - September 1946	Aberdeenshire	Scotland
Redcar		Redcar		Redcar and Cleveland	England
Roborough	Drake II	Roborough		Devon	England
Ronaldsway	Urley	Ronaldsway			Isle of Man
Sandbanks		n/a
St Angelo		St Angelo
St Davids		St Davids
St Mawgan		St Mawgan
St Merryn	Curlew Vulure
Sealand		Sealand				Now MoD Sealand
Sembawang	Simbang	Sembawang			Singapore
Sherburn-in-Elmet		Sherburn-in-Elmet
Skaebrae		Skaebrae
Skitton						?
Southend		Southend Rochford		Essex	England	Now London Southend Airport
Speke		Speke
Staverton		Staverton				Now Gloucestershire Airport
Stornaway		Stornaway
Stretton	Blackcap	n/a
Sullom Voe		Sullom Voe
Sumburgh		Sumburgh				Now Sumburgh Airport
Swingfield		Swingfield
Sydenham	Gadwall	Sydenham
Tain		Tain
Tangmere		Tangmere
Thorney Island		Thorney Island				Now Baker Barracks
Topcliffe		Topcliffe				Now RAF Topcliffe
Tresco		Tresco
Turnhouse		Turnhouse				Now Edinburgh Airport
Twatt	Tern	Twatt
Waltham		Waltham
West Freugh		West Freugh				Now MoD West Freugh
West Malling		West Malling
Weston Park		n/a
Weston-super-Mare		Weston-super-Mare
White Waltham		White Waltham				Now White Waltham Airfield
Woodley		Woodley
Woodvale	Ringtail II
Worthy Down	Kestrel	Worthy Down
Zeals	Hummingbird	Zeals

Former Naval Air Stations by ship name (HMS xxx)

HMS means Her Majesty's Ship (or His Majesty's Ship if before February 1952).

Some smaller and some very early Naval Air Stations in the list above were not commissioned as HM Ships. Those below were commissioned and, therefore, have a ship's name. Royal Navy shore bases and naval air stations have traditionally been named in the same manner as seagoing ships.

Officers were appointed to HMS xxx rather than to RNAS xxx and, similarly, ratings' Service Certificates will show only the name of the ship when drafted to a Naval Air Station. Thus, this list may help when researching family history records.

• HMS Blackcap (Stretton, Cheshire, near Warrington, England)
• HMS Buzzard (Lympne, Kent, England)
• HMS Buzzard (Palisadoes, Kingston, Jamaica)
• HMS Condor (Arbroath, Scotland)
• HMS Corncrake (Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland)
• HMS Curlew (St Merryn, Cornwall, England)
• HMS Daedalus (also HMS Ariel) (Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire, England)
• HMS Daedalus II (Lympne, Kent, England), (Sandlands, Dorset, England) & (Lawrenny Ferry, Pembrokeshire, Wales)
• HMS Europa (Bungay, Suffolk, England)
• HMS Falcon (Hal Far, Malta GC)
• HMS Fieldfare (Evanton, Ross-shire, Scotland)
• HMS Flycatcher (Ludham, Norfolk, then Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England)
• HMS Fulmar (Lossiemouth, Morayshire, Scotland)
• HMS Gadwall (Sydenham, Belfast, Northern Ireland)
• HMS Gamecock (Bramcote, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England)
• HMS Gannet (Eglinton, Derry, Northern Ireland)
• HMS Gannet (Prestwick, Ayr, Scotland)
• HMS Godwit (Ollerton, Shropshire, England)
• HMS Goldcrest (Angle, Pembrokeshire, Wales)
• HMS Goldfinch (Ta Kali, Malta GC)
• HMS Grebe (Alexandria, Egypt)
• HMS Hornbill (Culham, Abingdon, Oxfordshire)
• HMS Hummingbird (Zeals, Wiltshire, England)
• HMS Icarus (Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland)
• HMS Jackdaw (Crail, Fife, Scotland)
• HMS Kipanga (Kilindini, Kenya)
• HMS Kipanga II (Mackinnon Road, Voi and Port Reitz, Kenya)
• HMS Landrail (Machrihanish, Argyllshire, Scotland)
• HMS Malabar (Boaz Island, Sandys, Bermuda)
• HMS Merganser (Rattray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland)
• HMS Merlin (Donibristle, Fife, Scotland)
• HMS Nabaron (Ponam Island, Admiralty Islands)
• HMS Nabberley (Bankstown, Australia)
• HMS Nabbington (Nowra, Australia)
• HMS Nabcatcher (Kai Tak, Hong Kong)
• HMS Nabhurst (Middle Wallop, England)
• HMS Nabreekie (Meeandah, Brisbane, Australia)
• HMS Nabrock (Sembawang, Singapore)
• HMS Nabstock(Maryborough, Queensland, Australia)
• HMS Nabswick (Jervis Bay, Australia)
• HMS Nabthorpe (Schofields, New South Wales, Australia)
• HMS Nighthawk (Drem, East Lothian, Scotland)
• HMS Nightjar (Inskip, Preston, Lancashire, England)
• HMS Nuthatch (Anthorn, Cumberland, England)
• HMS Osprey (Portland, Dorset, England)
• HMS Owl (Fearn, Ross-shire, Scotland)
• HMS Peewit (East Haven, Angus, Scotland)
• HMS Peregrine (Ford, Sussex, England)
• HMS Pintail (Nutts Corner, Crumlin, County Antrim, Northern Ireland)
• HMS Raven (Eastleigh, Southampton, Hampshire, England) now Southampton International Airport
• HMS Ringtail (Burscough, Ormskirk, Lancashire, England)
• HMS Robin (Grimsetter, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland)
• HMS Sanderling (Abbotsinch, Renfrewshire, Scotland) now Glasgow International Airport
• HMS Sea Eagle (Derry, Northern Ireland)
• HMS Shrike (Maydown, County Down, Northern Ireland)
• HMS Simbang (Sembawang, Singapore)
• HMS Siskin now HMS Sultan
• HMS Sparrowhawk (Hatston, Orkney, Scotland)
• HMS Tern (Twatt, Orkney, Scotland)
• HMS Urley (Ronaldsway, Isle of Man)
• HMS Vulture (St Merryn, Cornwall, England)
• HMS Vulture II (Treligga), Cornwall, England)
• HMS Wagtail (Heathfield, Ayr, Scotland)

See also

• Mobile Naval Air Bases
• List of airports in the United Kingdom
• List of Royal Air Force stations
• List of Royal Navy shore establishments
• Royal Navy Dockyard
• Seaplane bases in the United Kingdom
• Aircraft Handler
• List of airfields of the Army Air Corps
• Lists of military installations