This list of former RAF Stations is a list of all stations, airfields, and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force.
The stations are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation.
British Isles[]
Station | Country | County | Operational period | Notes |
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RAF Abbots Bromley | England | Staffordshire | 1940–1949 | near Abbots Bromley; as located on wikimapia |
RAF Abbotsinch | Scotland | Renfrewshire | 1933–1943 | passed to Navy in 1943, now Glasgow International Airport |
RAF Abingdon | England | Oxfordshire | 1932–1992 | |
RAF Acaster Malbis | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1957 | |
RAF Acklington | England | Northumberland | 1916–1975 | Now Her Majesty's Prison Castington |
RAF Aird Uig | Scotland | Outer Hebrides | near Aird Uig on Lewis; location on wikimapia as given on http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/sites/a/aird_uig/index9.html; not a flying station | |
RAF Akeman Street | England | Oxfordshire | 1940–1947 | |
RAF Aldergrove | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | 1925–2009 | Joint Helicopter Command Aldergrove – now without any permanent RAF lodger units. Incorporates Belfast International Airport. |
RAF Aldermaston | England | Berkshire | 1942–1950 | Became part of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), now Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) |
RAF All Hallows | England | Kent | 1916–1935 | WWI Class 3 Landing Ground |
RAF Alma Park | England | Lincolnshire | Birthplace and original headquarters / training facility of the Royal Air Force Regiment | |
RAF Alness | Scotland | Ross and Cromarty | 1920–1957 | |
RAF Anderby Creek | England | Lincolnshire | Second World War battle training school of the RAF Regiment; at or near Anderby Creek; no visible remains on satellite images | |
RAF Andrews Field | England | Essex | 1943–1948 | Originally known as RAF Great Saling |
RAF Andover | England | Hampshire | 1917–1976 | |
RAF Anstruther | Scotland | Fife | near Anstruther; location on wikimapia as given on http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1035412; not a flying station | |
RAF Andreas | Isle of Man | 1941–1947 | ||
RAF Angle | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Ansty | England | Warwickshire | 1936–1953 | |
RAF Anwick | England | Lincolnshire | 1916–1918 | |
RAF Appledram | England | West Sussex | 1943–1944 | (ALG) |
RAF Ash | England | Kent | radar station formerly known as RAF Sandwich; not a flying station | |
RAF Ashbourne | England | Derbyshire | 1942–1954 | |
RAF Ashford | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG, near Egerton |
RAF Aston Down | England | Gloucestershire | 1918–1976 | |
RAF Atcham | England | Shropshire | 1941–1946 | |
RAF Atherstone | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Attlebridge | England | Norfolk | 1941–1956 | |
RAF Ayr | Scotland | Ayrshire | renamed RAF Prestwick | |
RAF Babbacombe | England | Devon | ||
RAF Babdown Farm | England | Gloucestershire | (Relief Landing Ground – RLG) | |
RAF Bacton | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |
RAF Baginton | England | Warwickshire | now Coventry Airport | |
RAF Balado Bridge | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | ||
RAF Balderton | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Baldonnel | Republic of Ireland | County Dublin | (now Baldonnel Aerodrome) | |
RAF Ballyhalbert | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Ballykelly | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||
RAF Bampton Castle | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Banff | Scotland | Banffshire | ||
RAF Bardney | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Barkway | England | Hertfordshire | ||
RAF Barnham | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Barton Bendish | England | Norfolk | Second World War Landing Ground | |
RAF Barton Hall | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Bassingbourn | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Bawdsey | England | Suffolk | once home to the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) – radar research | |
RAF Bawtry | England | Yorkshire | H.Q. Bomber Command No. 1 Group | |
RAF Beaulieu | England | Hampshire | 1915 – 1919 1942 – 1947 |
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RAF Beccles | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Bekesbourne | England | Kent | 1916 – 1919 1940 |
Became Bekesbourne Aerodrome post-WWI, closed in July 1939. Used during May and June 1940 by No 2 and No 13 Squadrons. |
RAF Belton Park | England | Lincolnshire | First RAF Regiment Depot | |
RAF Bembridge | England | Isle of Wight | 1915–1920 | |
RAF Bempton | England | Yorkshire | briefly named RAF Flamborough Head | |
RAF Beachy Head | England | East Sussex | ||
RAF Benbecula | Scotland | Inverness-shire | Now RRH Benbecula, an unmanned Remote Radar Head controlled by RAF Boulmer | |
RAF Bentley Priory | England | Middlesex | ||
RAF Bentwaters | England | Suffolk | now Bentwaters Parks, home to Bentwaters Cold War Museum | |
RAF Bicester | England | Oxfordshire | now Bicester Airfield | |
RAF Biggin Hill | England | Kent | 1917–1992 | now Biggin Hill Airport |
RAF Bibury | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Binbrook | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Birch | England | Essex | ||
RAF Bircham Newton | England | Norfolk | technical site now the Construction Industry Training Board School | |
RAF Bircotes | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Bishopscourt | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Bisterne | England | Hampshire | 1943–1945 | ALG |
RAF Bitteswell | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Blaenanerch | Wales | Ceredigion | ||
RAF Blackbushe | England | Hampshire | ||
RAF Blakehill Farm | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Blakelaw | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Blankney Hall | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Blyton | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Boddington | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Bodney | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Bognor | England | West Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Bolt Head | England | Devon | ||
RAF Booker | England | Buckinghamshire | near (High Wycombe), now Wycombe Air Park | |
RAF Boscombe Down | England | Wiltshire | Formerly hosted the Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) and the Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS now MoD Boscombe Down site, hosting Qinetiq and remaining elements of the military research establishments. | |
RAF Bottesford | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Bottisham | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Boulmer | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Bourn | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Bovingdon | England | Hertfordshire | ||
RAF Boxted | England | Essex | ||
RAF Bracebridge Heath | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Bradwell Bay | England | Essex | ||
RAF Bramcote | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Brandy Bay | England | Dorsetshire | ||
RAF Bratton | England | Shropshire | ||
RAF Brawdy | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Breighton | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Brenzett | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG, also known as Ivychurch |
RAF Bridgnorth | England | Shropshire | ||
RAF Brizlee Wood | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Broadwell | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Brooklands | England | Surrey | 1916 – 1917 1935 – 1946 |
Located within Brooklands motor racing circuit. |
RAF Bruntingthorpe | England | Leicestershire | now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground | |
RAF Brunton | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Buckminster | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Bungay | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Burgh Castle | England | Norfolk | First World War Landing Ground | |
RAF Burtonwood | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Burn | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Bury St Edmunds | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Bylaugh Hall | England | Norfolk | Second World War Landing Ground | |
RAF Caerau | Wales | Cardiff | 1939 – June 1944 | HQ No. 14 Balloon Unit (and HQ Cardiff Group Royal Observer Corps from 1953 to 1968). Name changed to RAF Llandaff in 1946. |
RAF Caerwent | Wales | Monmouthshire | ||
RAF Caistor | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Calshot | England | Hampshire | 1913–1961 | |
RAF Calveley | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Cammeringham | England | Lincolnshire | (previously RAF Ingham RAF Ingham) | |
RAF Cardington | England | Bedfordshire | 1936 – | Airship station and gas production Maintenance Unit. Historic Airship hangars remain. |
RAF Carew Cheriton | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Carlisle | England | Cumbria | (formerly RAF Kingstown) – 1932 – 1996 | |
RAF Carnaby | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Castle Archdale | Northern Ireland | County Fermanagh | Briefly known as RAF Loch Erne between 1941 – 1943. Sunderland flying boat base in World War II. | |
RAF Castle Bromwich | England | Warwickshire | was the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome until 1958 | |
RAF Castle Camps | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Castle Combe | England | Wiltshire | now Castle Combe Circuit | |
RAF Castle Donington | England | Leicestershire | now East Midlands Airport | |
RAF Castletown | Scotland | Caithness | ||
RAF Catfoss | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Catterick | England | Yorkshire | Now used by the British Army | |
RAF Cattewater | England | Devon | (later RAF Mount Batten) | |
RAF Chailey | England | West Sussex | 1943–1945 | ALG |
RAF Chalgrove | England | Oxfordshire | now Chalgrove Airfield | |
RAF Charmy Down | England | Somerset | ||
RAF Chattis Hill | England | Hampshire | 1917–1919 | |
RAF Chedburgh | England | Suffolk | Near Bury St Edmunds | |
RAF Chedworth | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Chelveston | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Chenies | England | Hertfordshire | ||
RAF Cherhill | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Chesil Bank | England | Dorset | Bombing Ranges Unit with an Emergency Landing Ground | |
RAF Chicksands | England | Bedfordshire | ||
RAF Chigwell | England | Essex | ||
RAF Chilbolton | England | Hampshire | 1940–1945 | |
RAF Chilmark | England | Wiltshire | Weapons maintenance unit | |
RAF Chipping Norton | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Chipping Ongar | England | Essex | ||
RAF Chivenor | England | Devon | Now Royal Marines Base Chivenor, the RAF now maintains only a Search and Rescue flight (22 Squadron) | |
RAF Christchurch | England | Hampshire | 1940–1945 | known as Christchurch Airfield in peacetime between 1926 and 1966. |
RAF Church Broughton | England | Derbyshire | ||
RAF Church Lawford | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Church Stanton | England | Somerset | (renamed RAF Culmhead) | |
RAF Cleave | England | Cornwall | (GCHQ CSO Morwenstow) | |
RAF Cluntoe | Northern Ireland | County Tyrone | near Ardboe | |
RAF Clyffe Pypard | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Coleby Grange | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Colerne | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Collinstown | Ireland | County Dublin | 1918-1922 | Now in the Republic of Ireland |
RAF Collyweston | England | Northamptonshire | 1917-1941 | Runway merged with the runway of RAF Witering |
RAF Coltishall | England | Norfolk | 1938–2006 | Former home of the Jaguar Force. Now is HM Prison Bure, a Category C men's prison, holding men convicted of sex offences |
RAF Compton Basset | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Condover | England | Shropshire | ||
RAF Coolham | England | West Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Cottam | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Cottesmore | England | Rutland | – 2011 | Former home of the Joint Force Harrier |
RAF Cowden | England | Yorkshire | Bombing range | |
RAF Cramlington | England | Northumberland | 1918-1919 | |
RAF Cranage | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Cranfield | England | Bedfordshire | Now Cranfield University and Cranfield Airport | |
RAF Cricklade | England | Wiltshire | (radar site) | |
RAF Croft | England | Yorkshire | 1941-1956 | Now Croft Circuit |
RAF Croft | England | Cheshire | Accommodation for Fleet Air Arm base HMS Gosling and later for USAF Burtonwood | |
RAF Crosby on Eden | England | Cumbria | (now named Carlisle Lake District Airport) | |
RAF Croydon | England | Surrey | 1916 – 1920 1939 – 1946 |
later Croydon Airport now a retail/industrial estate |
RAF Culham | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Dalcross | Scotland | Inverness-shire | ||
RAF Dale | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Dallachy | Scotland | Moray | ||
RAF Dalton | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Danby Beacon | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Davidstow Moor | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Daws Hill | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Deanland | England | East Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Debach | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Debden | England | Essex | Used by both US 8th Air Force and RAF Fighter Command in Second World War. Now home to HQ Essex Wing RAF Air Cadets and Carver Barracks. | |
RAF Deenethorpe | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Defford | England | Worcestershire | ||
RAF Denham | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Deopham Green | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Desborough | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Desford | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Detling | England | Kent | 1916 – 1919 1938 – 1959 |
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RAF Dishforth | England | North Yorkshire | 1936–1992 | Also used by the British Army (Army Air Corps Dishforth) |
RAF Docking | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Doncaster | England | Yorkshire | formerly RFC Doncaster (1914) Royal Flying Corps | |
RAF Donibristle | Scotland | Fife | ||
RAF Dounreay | Scotland | Caithness | ||
RAF Dover | England | Kent | 1918–1919 | Airship and seaplane base |
RAF Down Ampney | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Downham Market | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Drem | Scotland | East Lothian | ||
RAF Driffield | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Dronehill | Scotland | Berwickshire | ||
RAF Dumfries | Scotland | Dumfries | ||
RAF Dundonald | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||
RAF Dunholme Lodge | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Dunkeswell | England | Devon | ||
RAF Dunsfold | England | Surrey | 1942–1945 | later BAE Systems Dunsfold, now Dunsfold Aerodrome, and Top Gear studio and race track |
RAF Duxford | England | Cambridgeshire | 1918–1963 | Put on "Care and Maintenance" from end of First World War in 1918 until the formation of RAF Fighter Command. Used by Both RAF Fighter Command and the US 8th Air Force during the Second World War, then home to RAF Strike Command until closure. Now Imperial War Museum Duxford |
RAF Dyce | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Now Aberdeen Dyce Airport | |
RAF Dymchurch | England | Kent | 1915–1920 | Balloon station, also aircraft. Site considered for WWII ALG |
RAF Earls Colne | England | Essex | now Earls Colne Airfield | |
RAF Eastbourne | England | East Sussex | 1914–1920 | |
RAF East Fortune | Scotland | East Lothian | ||
RAF East Kirkby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF East Moor | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF East Wretham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Eastchurch | England | Kent | 1912–1947 | Now HMP Standford Hill |
RAF Eastleigh | England | Hampshire | 1918–1920 | renamed RAF Southampton |
RAF Edelsborough | England | Buckinghamshire | – 2012 | Communications site satellite of RAF Stanbridge |
RAF Edgehill | England | Oxfordshire | now Shenington Gliding Club | |
RAF Edzell | Scotland | Angus | ||
RAF Eglinton | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | now City of Derry Airport, Derry | |
RAF Elvington | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Elsham Wolds | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Ely | Wales | South Glamorgan | (No 14 Balloon Centre Cardiff) | |
RAF Hospital Ely | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Elmdon | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Enstone | England | Oxfordshire | now Enstone Airfield | |
RAF Errol | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | ||
RAF Eshott | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Evanton | Scotland | Ross and Cromarty | ||
RAF Exeter | England | Devon | now Exeter International Airport | |
RAF Eye | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Fairoaks | England | Surrey | 1937–1967 | Now Fairoaks Airport |
RAF Fairlop | England | Essex | ||
RAF Fairwood Common | Wales | South Glamorgan | now Swansea Airport | |
RAF Faldingworth | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Faraid Head | Scotland | Highland | ||
RAF Farnborough | England | Hampshire | 1911–1996 | Former Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough, Now Farnbrorough Airport |
RAF Fauld | England | Staffordshire | see RAF Fauld Explosion | |
RAF Felixstowe | England | Suffolk | 1913–1962 | |
RAF Feltwell | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Fersfield | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Filton | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Findo Gask | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | ||
RAF Finmere | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Finningley | England | Yorkshire | now Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield | |
RAF Firbeck | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Fiskerton | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Flowerdown | England | Hampshire | ||
RAF Folkestone | England | Kent | 1915–1918 | Airship station, previously RNAS Capel-le-Ferne. Site used for a wireless station during WWII |
RAF Folkingham | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Ford | England | West Sussex | 1918 – 1920 1937 – 1940 |
Became HMS Peregrine in 1940, now Ford Open Prison |
RAF Foreland | England | Isle of Wight | 1918–1919 | Seaplane base |
RAF Foulsham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Fowlmere | England | Cambridgeshire | 1918, 1939 – 1945 | Returned to agriculture following the end of First World War. Reactivated at the outbreak of Second World War in 1939. Used by US 8th Air Force and RAF Fighter Command during Second World War. Returned to agriculture at the end of hostilities. |
RAF Framlingham | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Freckleton | England | Lancashire | 1956 - 1962 | Operated as a Medical Training Unit. Originally part of RAF Warton, but, in 1947, following the sale of the main Warton Airfield site to the English Electric Company, the site used as a Medical Training Unit became part of RAF Lytham. When RAF Lytham closed in 1956, the site continued to offer Medical Training and was designated as RAF Freckleton. |
RAF Fraserburgh | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | ||
RAF Freiston | England | Lincolnshire | (Formerly RNAS Freiston – became an RAF station in 1918) | |
RAF Friston | England | East Sussex | 1936 1940 – 1945 |
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RAF Frost Hill Farm | England | Hampshire | 1940–1945 | ALG |
RAF Fulbeck | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Full Sutton | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Fullarton | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||
RAF Funtington | England | West Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Gailes | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||
RAF Gamston | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Gatwick | England | Surrey | 1937–1946 | now London Gatwick Airport |
RAF Gaydon | England | Warwickshire | Part of it is now home to the Heritage Motor Centre | |
RAF Glatton | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Goldsborough | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Gosfield | England | Essex | ||
RAF Gosport | England | Hampshire | 1915–1945 | Became HMS Siskin in 1945 |
RAF Goxhill | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Grafton Underwood | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Grain | England | Kent | 1916–1924 | Airship and seaplane base, also known as RAF Port Victoria |
RAF Grangemouth | Scotland | Falkirk | ||
RAF Gransden Lodge | England | Bedfordshire | ||
RAF Grantham | England | Lincolnshire | (renamed RAF Spitalgate) – now a Territorial Army establishment | |
RAF Graveley | England | Huntingdonshire | ||
RAF Gravesend | England | Kent | 1937–1956 | |
RAF Great Ashfield | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Great Dunmow | England | Essex | ||
RAF Great Massingham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Great Sampford | England | Essex | ||
RAF Great Yarmouth | England | Norfolk | First World War landing ground | |
RAF Greatham | England | County Durham | ||
RAF Greatworth | England | Bedfordshire | – 1976 | |
RAF Greencastle | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Greenham Common | England | Berkshire | ||
RAF Greenland Top | England | Lincolnshire | (Also known as RAF Stallingborough) | |
RAF Grimsby | England | Lincolnshire | (aka RAF Waltham) | |
RAF Grimsetter | Scotland | Orkney | ||
RAF Grimsthorpe Park | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Grove | England | Berkshire | ||
RAF Guston Down | England | Kent | 1914–1919 | |
RAF Hack Green | England | Cheshire | now Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker | |
RAF Halesworth | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Hall Caine | Isle of Man | |||
RAF Halton | England | Buckinghamshire | Now home to 613 Volunteer Gliding School (613 VGS), London and South East Reigion Air Cadets (LaSER) Radio Activity Center (RAC) and HQ Hertfordshire and Buckingham RAF Air Cadets | |
RAF Hamble | England | Hampshire | 1931–1978 | |
RAF Hammerwood | England | East Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Hampstead Norris | England | Berkshire | ||
RAF Hamworthy | England | Dorsetshire | ||
RAF Handforth | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Hanworth | England | Surrey | ||
RAF Hardwick | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Harlaxton | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Harling Road | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |
RAF Harpur Hill | England | Derbyshire | Munitions storage depot | |
RAF Hartford Bridge | England | Hampshire | 1941–1953 | Later renamed RAF Blackbushe, now Blackbushe Airport |
RAF Harrington | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Harrowbeer | England | Devon | ||
RAF Harwell | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Hatfield | England | Hertfordshire | ||
RAF Hatston | Scotland | Orkney | ||
RAF Haverfordwest | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Hawarden | Wales | Flintshire | ||
RAF Hawkinge | England | Kent | 1914–1963 | |
RAF Headcorn | England | Kent | 1943–1945 | (ALG) |
RAF Headley Court | England | Surrey | Now the Defence Medical Services (DMS) Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) (formerly RAF Headley Court)[1] | |
RAF Heathfield | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||
RAF Hednesford | England | Staffordshire | ||
RAF Heigham Holmes | England | Norfolk | 1940–1944 | (ALG) – used by the Lysanders of 161 Sqn for ferrying SOE agents to and from Occupied Europe |
RAF Hell's Mouth | Wales | Gwynedd | ||
RAF Harpswell | England | Lincolnshire | (later renamed as RAF Hemswell) | |
RAF Hemswell | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Hendon | England | Middlesex | Airfield redeveloped into Graham Park housing estate (early 1970s-on) and RAF Museum. | |
RAF Henley-on-Thames | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Hereford | England | Herefordshire | aka RAF Credenhill – now occupied by the British Army and elements of 22 SAS | |
RAF Heston | England | Middlesex | ||
RAF Hethel | England | Norfolk | now owned by Lotus Cars | |
RAF Heywood | England | Lancashire | Maintenance Unit | |
RAF Hibaldstow | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF High Ercall | England | Shropshire | ||
RAF High Halden | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | (ALG) |
RAF Hingham | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |
RAF Hinstock | England | Shropshire | 1941–1947 | Co-located with RN Fleet Air Arm station HMS Godwit. Specialised in instrument and blind landing technologies. |
RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges | England | Northamptonshire | now Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield | |
RAF Hixon | England | Staffordshire | ||
RAF Hockley Heath | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Holmsley South | England | Hampshire | 1942–1946 | |
RAF Holt | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |
RAF Holyhead | Wales | Isle of Anglesey | ||
RAF Honeybourne | England | Worcestershire | 1941–1946 | |
RAF Honiley | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Hooton Park | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Hopton | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Horham | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Hornby Hall | England | Westmorland | 1941–1945 | |
RAF Hornchurch | England | Essex | ||
RAF Horne | England | Surrey | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Horsham St Faith | England | Norfolk | airfield site now Norwich International Airport | |
RAF Hullavington | England | Wiltshire | Now used by the British Army | |
RAF Hucknall | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Hunsdon | England | Hertfordshire | ||
RAF Hurn | England | Hampshire | 1941–1944 | Now Bournemouth International Airport |
RAF Husbands Bosworth | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Hutton Cranswick | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Hythe | England | Hampshire | ||
RAF Ibsley | England | Hampshire | 1941–1947 | |
RAF Immingham | England | Lincolnshire | (Formerly RNAS Immingham – transferred to RAF in 1918) | |
RAF Ingham | England | Lincolnshire | (later named RAF Cammeringham) | |
RAF Innsworth | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Inverness | Scotland | Inverness-shire | ||
RAF Isle of Grain | England | Kent | (pre-RAF) RNAS Airship station, then RAF Isle of Grain | |
RAF Jurby | Isle of Man | |||
RAF Jurby Head | Isle of Man | |||
RAF Keevil | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Kelstern | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Kemble | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Kenley | England | Surrey | 1917–1959 | |
RAF Kidlington | England | Oxfordshire | now Oxford Airport | |
RAF Kilchiaran | Scotland | Isle of Islay | ||
RAF Killadeas | Northern Ireland | County Fermanagh | ||
RAF Kimbolton | England | Huntingdonshire | ||
RAF Kings Cliffe | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Kingsnorth | England | Kent | 1914–1919 | WWI formerly RNAS Kingsnorth, Isle of Grain, 51° 22' 25" N 0° 36' 07" E, Airship station on the Isle of Grain. Not to be confused with RAF Isle of Grain 51° 26' 21" N 0° 42' 46" E |
RAF Kingsnorth | England | Kent | 1943 | (WWII ALG) near Ashford |
RAF Kinloss | Scotland | Moray | 1939–2012 | Former home of the Hawker Siddley Nimrod Force. Now Kinloss Barracks |
RAF Kirkbride | England | Cumbria | ||
RAF Kirkham | England | Lancashire | Part of the site is now HMP Kirkham | |
RAF Kirkistown | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Kirknewton | Scotland | West Lothian | ||
RAF Kirmington | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Knettishall | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Langar | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Langford Lodge | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Langham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Langtoft | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Lasham | England | Hampshire | 1942–1948 | now Lasham Airfield |
RAF Lashenden | England | Kent | 1943–1945 | (ALG), now Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield |
RAF Lavenham | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Leadenham | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Leconfield | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Lee-on-Solent | England | Hampshire | 1917–1957 | RNAS Lee-on-Solent / HMS Daedalus |
RAF Leicester East | England | Leicestershire | now Leicester Airport | |
RAF Leiston | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Lichfield | England | Staffordshire | ||
RAF Limavady | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||
RAF Lindholme | England | Yorkshire | (previously called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse) | |
RAF Lissett | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Little Rissington | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Little Snoring | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Little Staughton | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Little Walden | England | Essex | ||
RAF Llanbedr | Wales | Gwynedd | ||
RAF Llandaff | Wales | Cardiff | 1946–1980 | Formerly RAF Caerau |
RAF Llandow | Wales | South Glamorgan | now Llandow Circuit | |
RAF Llandwrog | Wales | Gwynedd | ||
RAF Locking | England | Somerset | ||
RAF Long Kesh | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Longley Lane | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Long Marston | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Loughborough | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Ludford Magna | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Ludham | England | Norfolk | now private landing strip | |
RAF Lulsgate Bottom | England | Somerset | now Bristol Airport | |
RAF Lydd (WWII) | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | WWII ALG – not the current Lydd Airport |
RAF Lymington | England | Hampshire | 1942–1944 | ALG |
RAF Lympne | England | Kent | 1916 – 1919 1940 – 1946 |
Also served as Lympne Airport between the wars and post WWII and HMS Buzzard / HMS Daedalus II from 1938–40 |
RAF Lyneham | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Lytham | England | Lancashire | 1947-1956 | Originally part of RAF Warton, but when the main Airfield site was sold to the English Electric Company in 1947, one of the outlying sites was designated as RAF Lytham, and was used as a Transit Camp and for Medical Training. This site closed in 1956, with the Medical Traing Unit moving to another nearby site with the designated name of RAF Freckleton. |
RAF Macmerry | Scotland | East Lothian | ||
RAF Machrihanish | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | ||
RAF Madley | England | Herefordshire | ||
RAF Maghaberry | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Manby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Manorbier | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Manston | England | Kent | 1917–1999 | now Kent International Airport |
RAF Marden | England | Kent | 1917–1919 | Class 2 Airfield, near Staplehurst, housed a RAF wireless transmitter station during WW2 |
RAF Market Deeping | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Market Drayton | England | Shropshire | (Buntingsdale Hall) | |
RAF Market Harborough | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Market Stainton | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Marston Moor | England | Yorkshire | originally named RAF Tockwith and sometimes incorrectly RAF Marsden Moor | |
RAF Martlesham Heath | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Marwell Hall | England | Hampshire | 1941–1945 | Now the site of Marwell Zoo |
RAF Matching | England | Essex | ||
RAF Matlaske | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Mattishall | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |
RAF Maydown | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||
RAF Meikle Ferry | Scotland | Ross-shire | Marine craft unit | |
RAF Melksham | England | Wiltshire | 1940-1965 | Training schools |
RAF Melton Mowbray | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Mendlesham | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Merston | England | West Sussex | 1941–1944 | Satellite of RAF Tangmere |
RAF Metheringham | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Methven | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | ||
RAF Methwold | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Middle Wallop | England | Hampshire | 1940 – 1945 1948 – 1958 |
now used by the British Army, AAC Middle Wallop |
RAF Middleton St. George | England | County Durham | ||
RAF Millfield | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Medmenham | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Melbourne | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Membury | England | Berkshire | ||
RAF Mepal | England | Cambridgeshire | now Mepal Airfield | |
RAF Merryfield | England | Somerset | ||
RAF Metfeld | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Millom | England | Cumbria | ||
RAF Milltown | Scotland | Moray | ||
RAF Misson | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Molesworth | England | Huntingdonshire | ||
RAF Montford Bridge | England | Shropshire | 1941–1945 | Satellite station of RAF Rednal |
RAF Montrose | Scotland | Angus | ||
RAF Moreton-in-Marsh | England | Gloucestershire | Now the site of the Fire Service College | |
RAF Mormond Hill | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | ||
RAF Morpeth | England | Northumberland | It was also known locally as Tranwell | |
RAF Mount Batten | England | Devon | ||
RAF Mount Farm | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Mousehold Heath | England | Norfolk | 1914 under RFC, became first Norwich Airport in 1933 | |
RAF Mullaghmore | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||
RAF Murlough | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Narborough | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Needs Oar Point | England | Hampshire | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Netheravon | England | Wiltshire | now occupied by the British Army as AAC Netheravon | |
RAF Newchurch | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Newhaven | England | East Sussex | 1917–1919 | Seaplane base |
RAF Newmarket | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF New Romney | England | Kent | 1917–1919 | (WWI) Became Littlestone Airfield post-war, used as an Emergency Landing Ground |
RAF New Romney | England | Kent | 1942–1944 | (WWII) |
RAF Newton | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Newtownards | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Nocton Hall | England | Lincolnshire | Site of PMRAFNS Hospital Nocton Hall | |
RAF North Coates | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF North Creake | England | Norfolk | – 1945 | |
RAF North Killingholme | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF North Luffenham | England | Rutland | ||
RAF North Pickenham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF North Weald | England | Essex | This is where the VE-Day celebration flypast took off from, with Group Captain Douglas Bader taking the role of "Lead Fighter". Now North Weald Airfield | |
RAF North Witham | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Northleach | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Norton | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Norton Disney | England | Lincolnshire | originally named RAF Swinderby (but on different site to later flying station) | |
RAF Nuneaton | England | Leicestershire | also known as RAF Lindley | |
RAF Nuneham Park | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Nuthampstead | England | Hertfordshire | ||
RAF Nutts Corner | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Oban | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | ||
RAF Oakham | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Oakhanger | England | Hampshire | ||
RAF Oakington | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Oakley | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Old Buckenham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Old Sarum | England | Wiltshire | now Old Sarum Airfield | |
RAF Orby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Oulton | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Ouston | England | Northumberland | now Albermarle Barracks Royal Marines near Heddon on the Wall | |
RAF Oxenhope Moor | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Padgate | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Patrington | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Pembrey | Wales | Carmarthenshire | ||
RAF Pembroke Dock | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Pengam Moors | Wales | South Glamorgan | (aka RAF Cardiff) | |
RAF Penshurst | England | Kent | 1916 – 1919 1940 – 1946 |
Became Penshurst Airfield, in operation 1919–36, reopened during WWII |
RAF Penrhos | Wales | Gwynedd | ||
RAF Peplow | England | Shropshire | 1940–1947 | Also known for a short period as RAF Childs Ercall. Later renamed HMS Godwit as a Fleet Air Arm instrument landing school |
RAF Perranporth | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Pershore | England | Worcestershire | also known as RAF Throckmorton, became Royal Radar Establishment Pershore | |
RAF Pevensey | England | East Sussex | ||
RAF Pitreavie Castle | Scotland | Fife | ||
RAF Pocklington | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Podington | England | Bedfordshire | Now Santa Pod Raceway drag strip | |
RAF Polebrook | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Polegate | England | East Sussex | 1915–1919 | Airship base |
RAF Portreath | England | Cornwall | After the War part of the airfield became Chemical Defence Establishment Nancekuke (CDE Nancekuke, a Chemical weapons manufacturing facility for VX gas and Sarin gas, (closed in the 1950s). Now RRH Portreath, a remote Radar Head | |
RAF Portsmouth | England | Hampshire | 1939–1949 | |
RAF Poulton | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Prawle Point | England | Devon | 1917–1919 | Former RNAS airfield |
RAF Prestatyn | Wales | Denbighshire | ||
RAF Prestwick | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||
RAF Pucklechurch | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Pulborough | England | West Sussex | 1940 – 1945? | Emergency Landing Ground |
RAF Pulham | England | Norfolk | used for the development of British airships between the wars | |
RAF Quedgeley | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Rackheath | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Radlett | England | Hertfordshire | 1940–1945 | Aldenham Lodge Hotel requistioned as the headquarters of No. 80 (Signals) Wing |
RAF Ramsbury | England | Wiltshire | 1942–45 | |
RAF Ramsgate | England | Kent | 1940 | Also Ramsgate Airport, temporary requisition during the Battle of Britain, re-opened as civil airfield in 1953 and closed in 1968 |
RAF Ratcliffe | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Rattlesden | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Rauceby | England | Lincolnshire | No 4 RAF Hospital between 1940 and 1947 – became Rauceby Mental Hospital | |
RAF Raydon | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Rearsby | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Redhill | England | Surrey | 1937–1945 | now Redhill Aerodrome |
RAF Rednal | England | Shrewsbury | now Rednal Airfield | |
RAF Rhoose | Wales | South Glamorgan | now Cardiff Airport | |
RAF Ridgewell | England | Essex | ||
RAF Ringway | England | Cheshire | now Manchester Airport | |
RAF Rivenhall | England | Essex | ||
RAF Roborough | England | Devon | 1938–1945 | Formerly Plymouth Municipal Aerodrom |
RAF Rochester | England | Kent | 1938–1953 | 1938 location of No 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School.[2] |
RAF Rochford | England | Essex | now London Southend Airport | |
RAF Ronaldsway | Isle of Man | (HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway) | ||
RAF Rudloe Manor | England | Somerset | ||
RAF Rustington | England | West Sussex | 1917–1919 | |
RAF Rye | England | Kent | Chain Home radar station – misleadingly located in Brookland, Kent (place named-for, Rye, just across border in Sussex) | |
RAF Samlesbury | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Saltby | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Sandtoft | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Sandy Bay | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | flying boat base on Lough Neagh near Ram's Island | |
RAF Saxa Vord | Scotland | Shetland | ||
RAF Scarnish | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | ||
RAF Scatsta | Scotland | Shetland | ||
RAF Scorton | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Sculthorpe | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Sealand | Wales | Flintshire | ||
RAF Seaton Snook | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Sedgeford | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Seething | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Seighford | England | Staffordshire | ||
RAF Selsey | England | West Sussex | 1943–1945 | ALG, previously Selsey Airfield |
RAF Sennen | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Shawbury | England | Shropshire | ||
RAF Sheerness (Air base) | England | Kent | 1917–1918 | Emergency Landing Ground |
RAF Sheerness | England | Kent | 1917–1919 | Balloon station |
RAF Shellbeach | England | Kent | 1918–1981 | WWI Emergency Landing Ground |
RAF Shellingford | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Shepherds Grove | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Shipdham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Shoreham (WWI) | England | West Sussex | (WWI) 1914 – 1921 | |
RAF Shoreham (WWII) | England | West Sussex | 1940–1946 | Wartime requisition of Shoreham Airport |
RAF Shrewton | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Silloth | England | Cumbria | ||
RAF Silverstone | England | Northamptonshire | now Silverstone International Motor Racing Circuit | |
RAF Siskin | England | Hampshire | HMS Siskin – now HMS Sultan | |
RAF Skellingthorpe | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Skipton-on-Swale | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Skitten | Scotland | Caithness | ||
RAF Skewjack | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Sleap | England | Shropshire | now Sleap Airfield | |
RAF Snailwell | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Snaith | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Snetterton Heath | England | Norfolk | airfield now Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | |
RAF Snitterfield | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Soberton | England | Hampshire | 1940 – late 1950s | Emergency Landing Ground |
RAF Somerton | England | Isle of Wight | 1916–1919 | Became civil airfield for Saunder-Roe post-war, closed 1951 |
RAF Sopley | England | Hampshire | ||
RAF South Witham | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Southam | England | Warwickshire | ||
RAF Southampton | England | Hampshire | formerly called RAF Eastleigh | |
RAF Southrop | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF South Cerney | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Speke | England | Lancashire | now Liverpool John Lennon Airport | |
RAF Spilsby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Spitalgate | England | Lincolnshire | (sometimes incorrectly spelt RAF Spittlegate) (formerly RAF Grantham) | |
RAF Squires Gate | England | Lancashire | Now Blackpool International Airport | |
RAF St Angelo | Northern Ireland | County Fermanagh | ||
RAF St Athan | ¢ Wales | Vale of Glamorgan | Now known as MoD St Athan, hosted the Defence Aircraft Repair Agency (DARA) | |
RAF St Davids | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF St Eval | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF St Mawgan | England | Cornwall | – 2005 | Now Newquay International Airport and a base of AgustaWestland |
RAF Stafford | England | Staffordshire | Now known as MoD Stafford, formerly hosted No. 16 Maintenance Unit RAF (16MU), one of several logistics centres. | |
RAF Stanbridge | England | Bedfordshire | May 1939 – 2013 | |
RAF Stanmore Park | England | Middlesex | ||
RAF Stansted Mountfitchet | England | Essex | now London Stansted Airport | |
RAF Stapleford Tawney | England | Essex | ||
RAF Staplehurst | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Staverton | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Steeple Morden | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Stenigot | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Stoke Hammond | England | Bedfordshire | – 1974 | |
RAF Stoke Orchard | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Stoney Cross | England | Hampshire | 1942–1948 | |
RAF Stormy Down | Wales | South Glamorgan | Bridgend | |
RAF Stow Maries | England | Essex | 1917–1940 | Originally an RFC station, used occasionally as a RLG in Second World War |
RAF Stornoway | Scotland | Outer Hebrides | Lewis | |
RAF Stradishall | England | Suffolk | now HMP Highpoint prison. | |
RAF Stratford | England | Warwickshire | aka RAF Atherstone | |
RAF Strubby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Sturgate | England | Lincolnshire | now Sturgate Airfield | |
RAF Sudbury | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Sullom Voe | Scotland | Shetland | ||
RAF Sumburgh | Scotland | Shetland | ||
RAF Sutton Bridge | England | Lincolnshire | 1926–1958 | Formerly Sutton Bridge Armament Practice Camp established 1 September 1926, from 1932 renamed RAF Sutton Bridge, closed 1958, airfield landsite transferred to the Ministry of Agriculture and continues to be used by the Potato Council as an agricultural experiment station. |
RAF Swannington | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Swanton Morley | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Swinderby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Swingate Down | England | Kent | 1914–1919 | Also known as RAF St. Margarets. WWII Chain Home station. |
RAF Swingfield | England | Kent | 1916 -18 1942 – 45 |
WWII ALG |
RAF Sydenham | Northern Ireland | County Down | Also known at various times as RAF Belfast, HMS Gadwell, HMS Gannet III, Belfast Harbour Airport, Belfast City Airport now George Best Belfast City Airport | |
RAF Syerston | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Sywell | England | Northamptonshire | ||
RAF Talbenny | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Tallaght | Ireland | Co Dublin | 1918 | |
RAF Tangmere | England | West Sussex | 1917 – 1919 1925 – 1979 |
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RAF Tarrant Rushton | England | Dorsetshire | ||
RAF Tatenhill | England | Staffordshire | (initially called RAF Crossplains) – see also Tatenhill Airfield | |
RAF Tealing | Scotland | Angus | ||
RAF Telscombe Cliffs | England | East Sussex | 1916–1919 | |
RAF Templeton | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Tempsford | England | Bedfordshire | ||
RAF Thame | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Theddlethorpe | England | Lincolnshire | (Former bombing range) | |
RAF Thetford | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Tholthorpe | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Thornaby | England | Yorkshire | 1929–1958 | |
RAF Thorney Island | England | Hampshire | 1938–1976 | Now used by Army, currently home to a Royal Artillery Regiment |
RAF Thorpe Abbotts | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Throwley | England | Kent | 1916–1919 | Allocated as a WWII Emergency Landing Ground, but not used. |
RAF Thruxton | England | Hampshire | now Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit | |
RAF Thurleigh | England | Bedfordshire | 1936–1946 | Converted to RAE Bedford and is now Bedford Autodrome |
RAF Tibenham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Tilshead | England | Wiltshire | 1925–1941 | |
RAF Tilstock | England | Shropshire | ||
RAF Tinwald Downs | Scotland | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
RAF Tipnor | England | Hampshire | 1917–1919 | Balloon station |
RAF Tiree | Scotland | Inner Hebrides | ||
RAF Toome | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Towyn | Wales | Gwynedd | ||
RAF Trebulzue | England | Cornwall | Subsumed by RAF St Mawgan during WWII | |
RAF Treleaver | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Truleigh Hill | England | West Sussex | ||
RAF Tuddenham | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Turnberry | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||
RAF Turnhouse | Scotland | City of Edinburgh | ||
RAF Twinwood Farm | England | Bedfordshire | ||
RAF Tydd St Mary | England | Lincolnshire | (Former RFC Aerodrome Tydd St Mary – Transferred to RAF in 1918) | |
RAF Upavon | England | Wiltshire | now called Trenchard Lines, occupied by the British Army | |
RAF Upottery | England | Devon | ||
RAF Upper Heyford | England | Oxfordshire | ||
RAF Upwood | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Usworth | England | County Durham | RAF Usworth was a Royal Air Force station near Sunderland. In 1958 the airfield became Sunderland Airport.In 1984 the site was redeveloped as a manufacturing facility for Nissan cars. | |
RAF Ventnor | England | Hampshire Isle of Wight | Chain Home radar station | |
RAF Walmer | England | Kent | 1918–1919 | |
RAF Walney Island | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Warboys | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Warmwell | England | Dorsetshire | ||
RAF Wartling | England | East Sussex | ||
RAF Warton | England | Lancashire | Originally Warton Aerodrome but, following the extension of two runways in 1940, the site became a satellite station of the RAF Coastal Command based at RAF Squires Gate. During WW2 the Airfield was used by the USAAF as BAD2. Following the war the Airfield was designated as RAF Warton. In 1947 the main Airfield site was purchased and developed by the English Electric Company. two outlying parts of the Warton site became RAF Lytham and RAF Freckleton. The main site has evolved over many years and is currently known as BAe Systems Warton. | |
RAF Watchfield | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Waterbeach | England | Cambridgeshire | from 1966 to 2013 called Waterbeach Barracks – British Army, Royal Engineers. Closed in March 2013. | |
RAF Watnall | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Wattisham | England | Suffolk | The RAF now maintains only a Search and Rescue flight (B Flight, 22 Squadron) on this Army Air Corps airfield Army Air Corps Wattisham. | |
RAF Watton | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Weeton | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Warrington | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | England | Warwickshire | Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield since 1965. | |
RAF Wellingore | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Wendling | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF West Drayton | England | Middlesex | ||
RAF West Freugh | Scotland | Wigtownshire | Became RAE West Freugh when taken over by the Royal Aircraft Establishment, now MoD West Freugh with bombing and weapon test Ranges, also training area for maritime/landing operations. | |
RAF West Kirby | England | Merseyside | training camp on the Wirral Peninsula | |
RAF West Malling | England | Kent | 1917 – 1918 1940 – 1969 |
Became Maidstone Airport in 1930. |
RAF West Myne | England | Somerset | ||
RAF West Raynham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Westenhanger | England | Kent | 1944 | Folkestone Racecourse |
RAF Westgate | England | Kent | 1918–1920 | |
RAF Westhampnett | England | West Sussex | 1940–1946 | Satellite of RAF Tangmere, Emergency Landing Ground, now Chichester/Goodwood Airport |
RAF Westcott | England | Buckinghamshire | Became the Rocket Propulsion Establishment (RPE Westcott) | |
RAF Weston Zoyland | England | Somerset | ||
RAF Wethersfield | England | Essex | ||
RAF Weybourne | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Whitchurch | England | Somerset | ||
RAF White Waltham | England | Berkshire | Now White Waltham Airfield | |
RAF Wick | Scotland | Caithness | ||
RAF Wickenby | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Wigsley | England | Lincolnshire | site straddled the border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (satellite of RAF Swinderby) | |
RAF Wilmslow | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Winfield | Scotland | Berwickshire | ||
RAF Windrush | England | Gloucestershire | ||
RAF Winkton | England | Hampshire | 1943–1944 | ALG |
RAF Winthorpe | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Wing | England | Buckinghamshire | ||
RAF Winkleigh | England | Devon | ||
RAF Witchford | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Wombleton | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Woodbridge | England | Suffolk | now called "MOD Woodbridge", incorporating "Woodbridge Airfield" and "Rock Barracks", occupied by the British Army's 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault Brigade) | |
RAF Woodchurch | England | Kent | 1943 | ALG |
RAF Woodhall Spa | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Woodley | England | Berkshire | ||
RAF Woolfox Lodge | England | Rutland | ||
RAF Woolsington | England | Northumberland | Previously called RAF Station Newcastle Now the site of Newcastle International Airport | |
RAF Worcester | England | Worcestershire | ||
RAF Worksop | England | Nottinghamshire | ||
RAF Wormingford | England | Essex | ||
RAF Worth Matravers | England | Dorsetshire | ||
RAF Worthy Down | England | Hampshire | 1918–1960 | |
RAF Wratting Common | England | Cambridgeshire | ||
RAF Wrexham | Wales | Wrexham | ||
RAF Wroughton | England | Wiltshire | now a depository of the National Museum of Science and Industry | |
RAF Wye | England | Kent | 1916–1919 | |
RAF Wymeswold | England | Leicestershire | ||
RAF Yatesbury | England | Wiltshire | ||
RAF Yeadon | England | Yorkshire | now Leeds Bradford International Airport | |
RAF Zeals | England | Wiltshire |
Chain Home, Chain Home Low, Chain Home Extra Low, ROTOR and tropo-scatter stations[]
Notes: Some of the Chain Home Low sites were co-located with the larger Chain Home radars. Chain Home Extra Low equipment was co-located with "Chain Home" and "Chain Home Low" as well as at separate sites, but were of a less permanent nature, usually with mobile equipment.
ROTOR was the post war Radar interception system created from existing radar installations.[3]
NARS, the North Atlantic Radio System, was an extension of the US Distant Early Warning system tropo-scatter communications network.
ACE High provided long range communications for NATO
Station | Country | County | Ordnance Survey National Grid | Notes |
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RAF Aird Uig | Scotland | Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides | ('WIU') CEW R10 ROTOR Radar Station near Anstruther, Fife. | |
RAF Anstruther | Scotland | Fife | ||
RAF Ballymartin | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Bamburgh | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Bard Hill, | England | Norfolk | near Holt | |
RAF Barnton Quarry | Scotland | near Edinburgh | ||
RAF Bawburgh | England | near Norwich | ||
RAF Bawdsey[4] | England | Suffolk | CH, CHEL, ('PKD') R3 GCI ROTOR Radar Station | |
RAF Beachy Head[5] | England | Sussex | ||
RAF Beer Head, | England | Devon | ||
RAF Bembridge | England | Isle of Wight | ||
RAF Bempton | England | Yorkshire | near Bridlington, formerly RAF Flamborough Head – later developed as a ROTOR station | |
RAF Ben Hough | Northern Ireland | near Tiree | ||
RAF Bexhill | England | Sussex | ||
RAF Binbrook | England | (UBIZ) – NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter LOS microwave terminal | ||
RAF Blackhead | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Blackpool Tower | England | Lancashire | (SD306357) | Blackpool – AMES No. 64 |
RAF Bolt Tail | England | Devon | ||
RAF Boniface Down | England | Isle of Wight | ||
RAF Botley Hill Farm | England | NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | ||
RAF Boulmer | England | ( GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station & Control and Reporting Centre in the UK Air Surveillance and Control System) | ||
RAF Branscombe | England | Devon | (SY1988) | |
RAF Brenish[6] | Scotland | Western Isles | (NA9910024250) | |
RAF Bride[7] | Isle of Man | (NX4604) | ||
RAF Brizlee Wood | England | Northumberland | (UBOZ) – NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | |
RAF Broadbay | Scotland | Western Isles | (NB5314034470) | |
RAF Buchan | Scotland | (former ROTOR R3 GCI Radar Station 'GBU') | ||
RAF Canewdon | England | Essex | (TQ9094) | |
RAF Carsaig | Scotland | Isle of Mull | ||
RAF Cape Greco | Cyprus | NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | ||
RAF Castell Mawr | Wales | (SN5369) | ||
RAF Chenies | ('HAM' R8 GCI ROTOR Station) | |||
RAF Crosslaw | ( CHEL R2 ROTOR Radar Station) | |||
RAF Cleadon | England | County Durham | ||
RAF Clett | Scotland | Shetland Islands | ||
RAF Cockburnspath | Scotland | Borders | ||
RAF Cocklaw | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | near Peterhead | |
RAF Cold Hesledon | ||||
RAF Coldblow Lane | England | NATO Ace High Tropospheric scatter site | ||
RAF Collafirth Hill | Scotland | Shetland | LOS (line of sight) microwave site for NATO ACE High. | |
RAF Crannoch Hill | Scotland | Banffshire | ||
RAF Craster | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Creignish | Isle of Man | |||
RAF Cresswell | England | Northumberland | ||
RAF Cromarty | Scotland | Ross and Cromarty | ||
RAF Crustan | Scotland | Orkney Islands | ||
RAF Dalby[8] | Isle of Man | Ceredigion | (SC2178) | Near Llanrhystud, AMES No. 67 |
RAF Danby Beacon | England | North Yorkshire | near Lealholm | |
RAF Darsham | England | Suffolk | (TM411720) | High Street, Saxmundham IP17 3QD |
RAF Deerness | Scotland | Orkney Islands | ||
RAF Doonies Hill | Scotland | Aberdeen | near Gregness | |
RAF Douglas Wood | Scotland | Angus | (NO4862041515) | near Monikie |
RAF Dover[9] | England | Kent | (TR335429) | |
RAF Downderry | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Downhill | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||
RAF Drone Hill:, | Scotland | Borders | (NT8447066535) | Near Coldingham |
RAF Drytree | England | Cornwall | (SW723218) | Goonhilly Downs |
RAF Dunderhole Point | England | Cornwall | near Tintagel | |
RAF Dunkirk[10] | England | Kent | (TR076595) | |
RAF Dunnet Head | Scotland | Caithness | near Thurso | |
RAF Dunwich[11] | England | Suffolk | ||
RAF Easington | England | Yorkshire | near Easington | |
RAF Eorodale | Scotland | Isle of Lewis | ||
RAF Fair Isle | Scotland | |||
RAF Fairlight[12] | England | Sussex | ('9' R2 CHEL ROTOR Station) | |
RAF Faraid Head | Scotland | (RAI R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station) | ||
RAF Folly | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SM858195) | near Nolton |
RAF Foreness Point[13] | England | Kent | ||
RAF Formby | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Gailes | (R8 GCI ('FUL') Rotor Radar Station) | |||
RAF Glenarm | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | ||
RAF Goldsborough | England | Yorkshire | near Whitby – (('JEX') R2 CHEL ROTOR Radar Station) | |
RAF Great Bromley | England | Essex | (TM104265) | |
RAF Great Orme | Wales | Wales | near Llandudno | |
RAF Greian Head | Scotland | Isle of Barra | ||
RAF Greystone | Northern Ireland | County Down | AMES No. 61 | |
RAF Grutness | Scotland | Shetland Islands | near Sumburgh | |
RAF Hack Green | England | Cheshire | ||
RAF Happisburgh | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF Hartland Point, | England | Devon | ||
RAF Hawcoat | England | Lancashire | near Barrow in Furness | |
RAF Hawks Tor | England | Devon | near Plymouth | |
RAF Hayscastle Cross | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SM920256) | |
RAF Highdown Hill | England | Sussex | near Angmering | |
RAF Hillhead | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | (NJ9430061700) | near Memsie |
RAF Holmpton | England | Yorkshire | (TA365227) | |
RAF Hope Cove, | England | Devon | ||
RAF Hopton | England | Norfolk | ( CHEL(B) R2 ROTOR Radar Station) | |
RAF Humberstone, | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Hythe | England | Kent | ||
RAF Ingoldmells | England | Lincolnshire | ||
RAF Inverbervie | Scotland | (CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station) | ||
RAF Islivig | Scotland | Isle of Lewis | ||
RAF Jacka, | England | Cornwall | near Portloe | |
RAF Kelvedon Hatch | England | Essex | ||
RAF Kendrom, | Scotland | Isle of Skye | near Kilmaluag | |
RAF Kete | Wales | Pembrokeshire | near Dale | |
RAF Kilchiaran | Scotland | Isle of Islay | ||
RAF Kilkeel | Northern Ireland | County Down | AMES No. 78 | |
RAF Kilkenneth[14] | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | (NL9408045570) | near Tiree |
RAF Kingswear | England | Devon | ||
RAF Kinley Hill | England | County Durham | near Seaham | |
RAF Langley Lane | England | lancashire | near Goosnargh – ROC Group HQ No 21, UKWMO National War HQ & Rotor SOC. Langley Lane Sector Operation Centre & Filter Room | |
RAF Langtoft | (('LAT'): R6 GCI ROTOR Radar Station) | |||
RAF Loth[15][16] | Scotland | Sutherland | (NC9590009600) | near Helmsdale |
RAF Mark's Castle | England | Cornwall | near Land's End | |
RAF Minehead | England | Somerset | ||
RAF Mormond HIll | Scotland | (UMOZ) – LOS microwave TxRx site for NATO ACE High | ||
RAF Mossy Bottom | England | West Sussex | near Shoreham | |
RAF Mossy Hill –, | Scotland | Shetland | NATO Ace High Tropo-scatter site | |
RAF Navidale | Scotland | Sutherland | near Helmsdale | |
RAF Needles | England | Isle of Wight | ||
RAF Nefyn[17][18] | Wales | Gwynedd | (SH2704037575) | AMES No. 66 |
RAF Netherbutton[19][20] | Scotland | Orkney | (HY4621104396) | near Holm |
RAF Newchurch | England | Kent | (TR0531) | |
RAF North Cairn | Scotland | Dumfries | (NW97107074) | Near Stranraer – AMES No. 60 |
RAF North Foreland | England | Kent | ||
RAF Northam, Devon | England | Devon | (SS4529) | |
RAF Noss Hil: | Scotland | Shetland Islands | (HU3613015575) | |
RAF Ottercops Moss | England | Northumberland | (NY944896) | near Otterburn, Northumberland |
RAF Oxwich | Wales | South Glamorgan | near Swansea | |
RAF Pen Oliver | England | Cornwall | near The Lizard | |
RAF Pen y Bryn | Wales | Caernarfonshire | ||
RAF Pevensey | England | East Sussex | (TQ644073) | |
RAF Pitreavie Castle | Rescue co-ordination centre | |||
RAF Point of Stoer | Scotland | Sutherland | ||
RAF Poling[21] | England | West Sussex | (TQ043052) | CH, CHEL |
RAF Port Mor[22] | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | (NL9442) | Tiree |
RAF Portland | England | Dosetshire | (SY 6838 7253) | (CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station ('NIB'): 815 Signals Unit) |
RAF Prestatyn | Wales | Denbighshire | (('SYP') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station) | |
RAF Rame Head | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Ramsgate | England | Kent | ||
RAF Ravenscar | England | North Yorkshire | ||
RAF Rhuddlan | Wales | Denbighshire | (SJ012764) | AMES No. 65 |
RAF Ringstead | England | Dorsetshire | (SY751817) | near Ringstead Bay |
RAF Roddans Port | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||
RAF Rodel Park | Scotland | Western Isles | near Rodel, Harris | |
RAF Rosehearty | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | ||
RAF Rye: | England | East Sussex | (TQ968232) | |
RAF St. Lawrence[23] | England | Isle of Wight | (SZ530760) | |
RAF Saligo Bay | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | (NR2116066740) | Islay |
RAF Sandwich | England | Kent | near Ash | |
RAF Sango[24] | Scotland | Sutherland | (NC4170067500) | near Durness |
RAF Saxa Vord | Scotland | Shetland Islands | near Unst – (R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station) | |
RAF Scarinish | Scotland | (('FLY') GCI R8 ROTOR Radar Station) | ||
RAF Scarlett[25] | Isle of Man | (SC2566) | ||
RAF Schoolhill[26] | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | (NO9086098180) | near Porthlethen |
RAF Seaton Snook | England | (('DYR') GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station) | ||
RAF Sennen | England | Cornwall | (SW376246) | |
RAF Skaw | Scotland | Shetland Islands | (HP6634016805) | near Unst |
RAF Southbourne | England | Dorsetshire | (SZ1591) | |
RAF Shipton | England | Yorkshire | (ROTOR R4 SOC & SRHQ 21 / RGHQ 2.1) | |
RAF Shotton | England | County Durham | ||
RAF Skendleby | England | Lincolnshire | (later underground ROTOR site) | |
RAF Snaefell | Isle of Man | (R11 ROTOR Station) | ||
RAF Sopley | England | (('AVO') 'R3' GCI ROTOR Station) | ||
RAF South Ronaldsay | Scotland | Orkney | ||
RAF South Stack | Wales | Anglesey | ||
RAF St.Anne's | England | near Blackpool | ||
RAF St.Margaret's | England | Kent | ||
RAF St Bee's Head | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF St Cyrus | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | ||
RAF St. Twynnells | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (('TWY') GCI R6 ROTOR Radar Station) | |
RAF Staxton Wold | England | Yorkshire | ||
RAF Stenigot | England | Lincolnshire | near Louth, Lincolnshire – (Chain Home (CH) and ACE High tropo-scatter), still in use for training aerial erectors. | |
RAF Stoke Holy Cross | England | Norfolk | (TG257028) | |
RAF Strumble head | Wales | Pembrokeshire | ||
RAF Swansea Bay | Wales | Glamorgan | ||
RAF Swingate | England | Kent | near Dover | |
RAF Tannach | Scotland | Caithness | (ND3200046900) | Wick |
RAF The Law | Scotland | Angus | near Carnoustie | |
RAF Trelanvean | England | Cornwall | (SW762193) | Goonhilly Downs |
RAF Treleaver | (ROTOR: GCI Station) | |||
RAF Trerew | England | Cornwall | (SW812585) | Newquay – (CH WW2 & ROTOR Radar Station) |
RAF Trevose Head | England | Cornwall | ||
RAF Trewan Sands | (R8 GCI Rotor Radar Station) | |||
RAF Trimingham | England | (('QLE') CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station) | ||
RAF Truleigh Hill[27] | England | West Sussex | near Bramber | |
RAF Ulbster | Scotland | Caithness | near Wick | |
RAF Uxbridge | England | NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | ||
RAF Ventnor[28] | England | Isle of Wight | ||
RAF Walton on Naze | England | Essex | ||
RAF Warden Point | England | Kent | Isle of Sheppey | |
RAF Wartling | England | (('ZUN') R3 GCI ROTOR Radar Station) | ||
RAF Watsness | Scotland | Shetland | near Walls | |
RAF Warren | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SR9397) | |
RAF West Beckham | England | Norfolk | ||
RAF West Drayton | London | |||
RAF West Prawle | England | Devon | (SX771374) | |
RAF Westburn, | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | ||
RAF Westcliff | England | Dorsetshire | near Portland | |
RAF West Myne | England | (R11 CHEL Rotor Radar Station) | ||
RAF Whale Head | Scotland | Orkney Islands | (HY7590546125) | Sanday |
RAF Whitehawk | England | East Sussex | near Brighton | |
RAF Whitstable | England | Kent | ||
RAF Wick | Scotland | ( R8 GCI Rotor Radar Station) | ||
RAF Worth Matravers | England | Dorsetshire | (SY967777) | near Swanage |
RAF Wylfa | Wales | Isle of Anglesey | (SH3522093385) | AMES No. 76 |
Overseas[]
Station | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|
RAF Khormaksar | Aden Protectorate | Now Aden International Airport |
RAF Steamer Point | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Hospital Steamer Point | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Hospital Khormaksar Beach | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Kandahar | Afghanistan | Main operating base in Afghanistan for the RAF |
RAF Maison Blanche | Algeria | |
RAF Lagens | Azores | |
RAF Muharraq | Bahrain | |
RAF Ursel | Belgium | |
RAF Ladyville | Belize | Headquarters at Airport Camp, Ladyville |
RAF Darrell's Island | Bermuda | Royal Air Force, Bermuda, 1939–1945 |
RAF ATC/USAAF Fort Bell | Bermuda | |
RAF Labuan | British North Borneo | Now Labuan Airport |
RAF Tawau | British North Borneo | Now Tawau Airport |
RAF Kuching | British North Borneo | Now Kuching International Airport |
RAF Hmawbi | Burma | |
RAF Meiktilla | Burma | |
RAF Mingaladon | Burma | |
RAF Pegu | Burma | |
RAFU Goose Bay | Canada | (1949–2005) now CFB Goose Bay |
RAF Colombo | Ceylon | (1941–1946) – now SLAF Ratmalana |
Colombo Racecourse Airstrip | Ceylon | |
RAF Ekala | Ceylon | |
RAF Gangodawila | Ceylon | |
RAF Kandy | Ceylon | (1941–1946) |
RAF Kankesanturai | Ceylon | (1941–1945) now SLAF Palaly |
RAF Koggala | Ceylon | (1940–1947) now SLAF Koggala |
RAF Minneriya | Ceylon | (1942–1945) now SLAF Hingurakgoda[29] |
RAF Negombo | Ceylon | (1946–1957) – now the Bandaranaike International Airport & SLAF Katunayake |
RAF Sigiriya | Ceylon | ] (1942–1945) – now SLAF Sigiriya |
RAF China Bay | Ceylon | (1930–1957) – now SLAF China Bay[30] |
RAF Vavuniya | Ceylon | (1942–1945) – now SLAF Vavuniya |
RAF Cocos Islands | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | |
RAF Cape Greco | Cyprus | ACE High tropo-scatter site |
RAF Nicosia | Cyprus | 1930s–1966 still owned by the Ministry of Defence but used by the UN |
RAF Aboukir | Egypt | 1916 – 1947, home to the Central Depot of RAF Middle East until 1939 |
RAF Abu Sueir | Egypt | |
RAF Abu Sultan | Egypt | |
RAF Almaza | Egypt | |
RAF Amriya | Egypt | |
RAF Cairo West | Egypt | |
RAF Deversoir | Egypt | |
RAF El Ballah | Egypt | (also recorded as RAF Ballah) |
RAF El Hamra | Egypt | |
RAF Fayid | Egypt | |
RAF Gianaclis | Egypt | |
RAF Heliopolis | Egypt | |
RAF Helwan | Egypt | |
RAF Ismailia | Egypt | |
RAF Kabrit | Egypt | (Canal Zone) -1954 |
RAF Kasfareet | Egypt | |
RAF Shallufa | Egypt | |
RAF Stanley | Falkland Islands | |
RAF Kelly's Garden | Falkland Islands | |
RAF Navy Point | Falkland Islands | |
RAF Vaagar | Faroe Islands | became Faeroe Is. civilian International Airport |
RAF Istres | France | During the Great War (1914–1918), and for a short period afterwards, there were at least 250 recognised airfields in France that the Royal Flying Corps, Royal Naval Air Service, and Royal Air Force used at various times.[31] |
RAF Saint Inglevert | France | First World War airfield at Saint-Inglevert, Pas-de-Calais. A later civil airfield on a different site was used during the early part of the Second World War. |
RAF Ahlhorn | Germany | |
RAF Blankenese | Germany | |
RAF Bruggen | Germany | Now a British Army Garrison, called "Elmpt Station, Javelin Barracks" |
RAF Bückeburg | Germany | |
RAF Butzweilerhof | Germany | |
RAF Celle | Germany | |
RAF Fassberg | Germany | |
RAF Fuhlsbüttel | Germany | |
RAF Gatow | Germany | |
RAF Geilenkirchen | Germany | |
RAF Goch | Germany | |
RAF Gütersloh | Germany | now a British Army Garrison, called "Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh", (AAC Gütersloh) |
RAF Hambühren | Germany | |
RAF Hehn | Germany | |
RAF Hustedt | Germany | |
RAF Husum | Germany | A remote radar station on the coast near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein – initially designated "B.172 Husum" |
RAF Jever | Germany | |
RAF Laarbruch | Germany | now in civilian use, under the name Weeze (or Niederrhein) Airport (NRN/EDLV) |
RAF Lübeck | Germany | Initially designated "B.158 Lübeck" |
RAF Lüneburg | Germany | |
RAF Nordhorn | Germany | Bombing Range |
RAF Oldenburg | Germany | |
RAF Plantlünne | Germany | |
RAF Rheindahlen | Germany | now occupied by the British Army, as HQ United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) (HQ UKSC(G)) |
RAF Schleswigland | Germany | Initially designated "B.164 Schleswigland" |
RAF Sundern | Germany | |
RAF Sylt | Germany | |
RAF Uetersen | Germany | |
RAF Wahn | Germany | |
RAF Hospital Wegberg | Germany | now occupied by the British Army, as HQ British Forces Germany Health Service (BFGHS) |
RAF Wildenrath | Germany | |
RAF Winterberg | Germany | |
RAF Wunstorf | Germany | |
RAF Takoradi | Gold Coast | The Gold Coast became the independent country of Ghana in 1957 |
RAF Kai Tak | Hong Kong | (1927–1978) by RAF; transferred to Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 1978–1993 and Government Flying Services 1993–1998; now being redeveloped as cruise ship terminal and other uses |
RAF Sek Kong | Hong Kong | (1950-1980s and 1992–1997 by RAF; now home to People's Liberation Army Air Force helicopter squadron (PLAAF Helicopter Regiment 39968) 1997–present |
RAF Shatin | Hong Kong | 1949-1970s by RAF and Army Air Corps (United Kingdom) (1950s–1960s); redeveloped as residential housing |
RAF Siu Sai Wan | Hong Kong | 1947-1980s by RAF and allies (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) for intelligence gathering from China; demolished and now residential development |
RAF Tai Mo Shan | Hong Kong | (Project Cabbage Leaf) – ex RAF and current Hong Kong Observatory weather radar station |
RAF Kaldadarnes | Iceland | |
RAF Reykjavík | Iceland | |
RAF Chittagong | British Indian Empire | now Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh |
RAF Comilla | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Cox's Bazaar | British Indian Empire | now Cox's Bazar Airport, Bangladesh |
RAF Agra | British Indian Empire | now Agra Air Force Station |
RAF Alipore | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Allahabad | British Indian Empire | now Bamrauli Air Force Station |
RAF Amarda Road | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Ambala | British Indian Empire | now Ambala Air Force Station |
RAF Agartala | British Indian Empire | now Agartala Air Force Station |
RAF Arkonam | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Asansol | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Bangalore | British Indian Empire | (aka RAF Yelahanka) – now Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, Karnataka |
RAF Barrackpore | British Indian Empire | now Barrackpore Air Force Station |
RAF Bhopal | British Indian Empire | now Raja Bhoj Airport |
RAF Car Nicobar | British Indian Empire | now Car Nicobar Air Force Station |
RAF Chakeri | British Indian Empire | now Chakeri Air Force Station |
RAF Cholovaram | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Delhi | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Dhubalia | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Digri | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Dum Dum | British Indian Empire | Now Dum Dum Air Force Station |
RAF Hakimpet | British Indian Empire | Now Hakimpet Air Force Station |
RAF Imphal | British Indian Empire | now Imphal Airport |
RAF Jessore | British Indian Empire | Now Jessore Airport |
RAF Jodhpur | British Indian Empire | Now Jodhpur Air Force Station |
RAF Kalyan | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Kanchrapara | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Kohat | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Kolar | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Lahore | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Maharajpur | British Indian Empire | now Maharajpur Air Force Station |
RAF Palam | British Indian Empire | now Indira Gandhi International Airport |
RAF Poona | British Indian Empire | now Lohegaon Air Force Station |
RAF Ranchi | British Indian Empire | now Birsa Munda Airport |
RAF Santacruz | British Indian Empire | now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport |
RAF Secunderbad | British Indian Empire | now Hakimpet Air Force Station |
RAF Srinagar | British Indian Empire | now Srinagar Air Force Station |
RAF Tambaram | British Indian Empire | now Tambaram Air Force Station |
RAF Vizagapatam | British Indian Empire | now Visakhapatnam Airport |
RAF Chaklala | British Indian Empire | now Benazir Bhutto International Airport and Pakistan Air Force Station Chaklala |
RAF Jiwani | British Indian Empire | Now Jiwani Airport |
RAF Karachi | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal |
RAF Mauripur | British Indian Empire | (used after partition by RAF) – now Pakistan Air Force Base Masroor |
RAF Peshawar | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Peshawar |
RAF Quetta | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Samungli |
RAF Risalpur | British Indian Empire | Now PAF Base Risalpur/Pakistan Air Force Academy |
RAF Sargodha | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf |
RAF Basrah | Iraq | |
RAF Basra | Iraq | At Basra International Airport |
RAF Dhibban | Iraq | (renamed RAF Habbaniya in 1938) |
RAF Habbaniya | Iraq | (renamed from RAF Dhibban in 1938) |
RAF Hinaidi | Iraq | |
RAF Shaibah | Iraq | |
RAF H1 | Iraq | (used as a relief landing ground during the 1920s to 1940s by 84 Squadron. Near Jordanian border) |
RAF H2 | Iraq | (used as a relief landing ground during the 1920s to 1940s by 84 Squadron. Near Jordanian border) |
RAF H3 | Iraq | (used as a relief landing ground during the 1920s to 1940s by 84 Squadron. Near Jordanian border) |
RAF Brindisi | Italy | |
RAF Cagliari | Italy | (Sardinia) |
RAF Decimomannu | Italy | (Sardinia) |
RAF El Mas | Italy | (Sardinia) |
RAF Iwakuni | Japan | |
RAF Zerqa | Jordan | became Dawson's Field (Dawson's Field hijackings) |
RAF Mafraq | Jordan | |
RAF Eastleigh | Kenya | |
RAF Kisumu | Kenya | |
RAF Mombasa | Kenya | |
RAF Nairobi | Kenya | |
RAF Thika | Kenya | |
RAF Benina | Libya | |
RAF Castel Benito | Libya | later RAF Idris now Tripoli International Airport |
RAF Derna | Libya | |
RAF El Adem
RAF Tobruk |
Libya | |
RAF Butterworth | British Malaya | to 1957, thereafter RAAF Butterworth, now RMAF Butterworth |
RAF Kota Bharu | British Malaya | – now Sultan Ismail Petra Airport |
RAF Kuala Lumpur | British Malaya | now RMAF Kuala Lumpur |
RAF Kuantan | British Malaya | now RMAF Kuantan |
RAF Gan | Maldives | now Gan International Airport |
RAF Hithadhoo | Maldives | (domestic site for RAF Gan) |
RAF Hal Far | Malta | |
RAF Kalafrana | Malta | |
RAF Luqa | Malta | to 1979, now the site of Malta International Airport |
RAF Safi | Malta | |
RAF Siggiewi | Malta | Home of No 840 Signals Unit |
RAF Ta Kali | Malta | (Ta' Qali) |
RAF Eindhoven | Netherlands | (B.78) now Eindhoven Airport |
RAF Woensdrecht | Netherlands | (B.79) now Woensdrecht Airbase |
RAF Schijndel | Netherlands | (B.85) |
RAF Twente | Netherlands | (B.106) now Enschede Airport Twente |
RAF Volkel | Netherlands | (B.80) now Volkel Air Base |
RAFU Goose Bay | Dominion of Newfoundland | (1941–1949) now CFB Goose Bay |
RAF Kano | Nigeria | Nigeria gained independence in 1960 – now Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport |
RAF Ikeja | Nigeria | |
RAF Maiduguri | Nigeria | |
RAF Masirah | Oman | |
RAF Salalah | Oman | |
RAF Aqir | now Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base | |
RAF Ein Shemer | now Ein Shemer Airfield | |
RAF Gaza | ||
RAF Haifa | now Haifa Airport | |
RAF Lydda | now Ben Gurion International Airport | |
RAF Petah Tiqva | now Kfar Sirkin Airfield | |
RAF Qastina | Now Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base | |
RAF Ramat David | now Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base | |
RAF Ramleh | ||
RAF Amoy Quee | Singapore | |
RAF Changi | Singapore | Now Changi Air Base and Singapore Changi Airport |
RAF Chia Keng | Singapore | A GCHQ radio receiving station and a satellite station (closed down in 1971) affiliated to RAF Changi |
RAF Gombak | Singapore | An RAF radar station affiliated to RAF Tengah |
RAF Jurong | Singapore | A GCHQ radio receiving station and a satellite station (closed down in 1971) affiliated to RAF Tengah |
RAF Kallang | Singapore | Old Kallang Airport (closed down in 1955) |
RAF Seletar | Singapore | Now Seletar Airport |
RAF Sembawang | Singapore | Now Sembawang Air Base, also known as HMS Simbang in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm service |
RAF Tengah | Singapore | Now Tengah Air Base |
RAF Khartoum | Sudan | |
RAF Summit | Sudan | |
RAF Amman | Transjordan | The Transjordan was a British mandate territory until 1946 when it became the kingdom of Jordan. Now Amman Civil Airport |
RAF Mafraq | Transjordan | The Transjordan was a British mandate territory until 1946 when it became the kingdom of Jordan. |
RAF Sharjah | United Arab Emirates |
Overseas Royal Flying Corps (WWI) and British Commonwealth Air Training Plan (WWII) airfields[]
Station | Country | Notes |
---|---|---|
Long Branch Aerodrome – Mississauga, Ontario | Canada | World War I training airfield 1917–1919; industrial land now a vacant brownfield |
Leaside Aerodrome – Toronto | Canada | World War I training airfield 1918–1919; later used by Toronto Flying Club and now industrial area |
Armour Heights Field – Toronto | Canada | World War I training airfield 1917–1919; now residential neighbourhood |
Malton Airport – Mississauga | Canada | World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility (No. 1 Elementary Service Flying School) 1940–1942; now Toronto-Pearson International Airport |
Mount Hope Airport – Hamilton, Ontario | Canada | World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan facility (No.10 Elementary Flying Training School and No.33 Air Navigation School) 1940–1945; now Hamilton International Airport |
CFB Greenwood – Greenwood, Nova Scotia | Canada | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan RAF Station Greenwood built 1940–1942 and shared with RCAF 1942–1944; transferred to RCAF July 1944 |
CFB Winnipeg – Winnipeg, Manitoba | Canada | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan as RCAF Winnipeg during WWII |
CFB Borden | Canada | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airfield during WWII and No. 1 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) (until 1946) |
CFB Moose Jaw – Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Canada | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airfield during WWII 1941–1946; home to RAF's No. 32 Service Flying Training School (SFTS) 1942–1946 |
CFB Trenton – Trenton, Ontario | Canada | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airfield during WWII – RCAF Central Flying School, No. 1 Air Navigation School (to 1942), No. 1 Flying Instructor School, and No. 1 Composite Training School. |
CFB North Bay – North Bay, Ontario | Canada | British Commonwealth Air Training Plan airfield during WWII |
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service – Headley Court
- ↑ http://www.rafweb.org/Stations/Stations_London.htm
- ↑ http://www.subbrit.org.uk/rsg/index.shtml
- ↑ Sub Brit – Bawdsey
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Pictures of Brenish
- ↑ Sub Brit – Bride
- ↑ Sub Brit – Dalby
- ↑ http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1350388
- ↑ Sub Brit – Dunkirk
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Pictures of Kilkenneh
- ↑ Pictures of Loth
- ↑ Helmsdale site
- ↑ Pictures of Nefyn
- ↑ Nefyn
- ↑ Sub Brit – Netherbutton
- ↑ "Raf Netherbutton, Chain Home Radar Station" Scotlandsplaces.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2009.
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ Pictures of Port Mor
- ↑ Sub Brit – St Lawrence
- ↑ Pictures of Sango
- ↑ Sub Brit – Scarlett
- ↑ Sub Brit – Schoolhill
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ Sub Brit – Ventnor
- ↑ HISTORY OF SLAF STATION HINGURAKGODA
- ↑ HISTORY OF AIR FORCE BASE CHINA BAY
- ↑ Jefford, C.G., "RAF Squadrons" pp218-221
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