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List of RAF stations is a comprehensive list of stations of the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom and elsewhere.

Contents 1 Present 1.1 England 1.2 Scotland 1.3 Wales 1.4 Northern Ireland 1.5 Overseas 2 Past 2.1 England 2.2 Scotland 2.3 Wales 2.4 Northern Ireland 2.5 Overseas 2.5.1 Aden (now Yemen) 2.5.2 Bahrain 2.5.3 Belize 2.5.4 Bermuda 2.5.5 Borneo 2.5.6 Burma 2.5.7 Canada 2.5.8 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2.5.9 Cyprus 2.5.10 Egypt 2.5.11 Germany 2.5.12 Greece 2.5.13 Hong Kong 2.5.14 India 2.5.15 Isle of Man 2.5.16 Iraq 2.5.17 Jordan 2.5.18 Kenya 2.5.19 Libya 2.5.20 Malaysia 2.5.21 Maldives 2.5.22 Malta 2.5.23 Oman 2.5.24 Pakistan 2.5.25 Palestine 2.5.26 Sarawak 2.5.27 Singapore 2.5.28 Sri Lanka 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Present

[edit] England

• RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow

• Bedfordshire:
  • RAF Henlow now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
  • RAF Stanbridge now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
• Berkshire:
  • RAF Welford
• Buckinghamshire:
  • RAF Halton
  • RAF High Wycombe
• Cambridgeshire:
  • RAF Brampton now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
  • RAF Wittering
  • RAF Wyton now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
• Cornwall:
  • RAF St. Mawgan
  • RRH Portreath
• Cumbria:
  • RAF Spadeadam
• Devon:
  • Royal Marines Base Chivenor
• Gloucestershire:
  • RAF Boddington
  • RAF Innsworth
  • RAF Fairford
• Hampshire:
  • Defence CBRN Centre, Winterbourne Gunner (managed by Strike Command)
  • RAF Oakhanger
  • RAF Odiham
• Lancashire:
  • RAF Woodvale
• Lincolnshire:
  • RAF Barkston Heath
  • RAFC Cranwell
  • RAF Digby
  • RAF Coningsby
  • RAF Donna Nook
  • RAF Holbeach
  • RAF Scampton
  • RAF Waddington
  • RAF Wainfleet
• London:
  • RAF Bentley Priory
  • RAF Northolt
  • Northwood
  • RAF Uxbridge
  • RAF West Drayton
• Norfolk:
  • RAF Coltishall
  • RAF Marham
  • RAF Neatishead
• Northumberland:
  • RAF Boulmer
• Nottinghamshire:
  • RAF Syerston
• Oxfordshire:
  • RAF Bampton Castle
  • RAF Barford St John
  • RAF Benson
  • RAF Brize Norton
  • RAF Weston-on-the-Green
• Rutland:
  • RAF Cottesmore
• Shropshire:
  • RAF Cosford
  • RAF Shawbury
  • RAF Ternhill
• Staffordshire:
  • RAF Stafford
• Suffolk:
  • RAF Honington
  • RAF Lakenheath
  • RAF Mildenhall
  • RAF Wattisham
• Surrey:
  • RAF Headley Court
• Wiltshire:
  • Boscombe Down
  • RAF Lyneham
  • RAF Rudloe Manor
• East Riding of Yorkshire:
  • RAF Leconfield
• North Yorkshire:
  • RAF Church Fenton
  • RAF Dishforth
  • RAF Fylingdales
  • RAF Leeming
  • RAF Menwith Hill
  • RAF Staxton Wold
  • RAF Topcliffe
  • RAF Linton-on-Ouse

[edit] Scotland

• RRH Benbecula
• RAF Buchan
• RAF Kinloss
• RAF Leuchars
• RAF Lossiemouth
• RAF Prestwick
• RAF Spadeadam
• RAF Tain

[edit] Wales

• RAF Mona
• RAF Saint Athan
• RAF Valley
• RAF Pembrey Sands

[edit] Northern Ireland

• RAF Aldergrove

[edit] Overseas

• RAF Akrotiri - Cyprus
• RAF Al Udeid - Qatar
• RAF Ascension Island - Ascension Island
• RAF Gibraltar - Gibraltar
• RAF Mount Pleasant - Falkland Islands
• RAF Nordhorn - Germany

[edit] Past

[edit] England

• RAF Abingdon (Oxfordshire)
• RAF Acklington (Northumberland)
• RAF Alconbury
• RAF Aldermaston (Berkshire)
• RAF Andover (Hampshire)
• RAF Andrews Field (Essex)
• RAF Ash (Kent)
• RAF Atcham (Shropshire)
• RAF Attlebridge (Norfolk)
• RAF Bardney
• RAF Barnham (Suffolk)
• RAF Barton Hall (Lancashire)
• RAF Bassingbourn (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Bawdsey (Suffolk)
• RAF Bawtry (Yorkshire)
• RAF Beachy Head (East Sussex)
• RAF Bedford
• RAF Bempton (North Yorkshire)
• RAF Bentwaters (Suffolk)
• RAF Bicester
• RAF Bickmarsh
• RAF Biggin Hill (London)
• RAF Birch (Essex)
• RAF Bircham Newton (Norfolk)
• RAF Binbrook
• RAF Bircotes (Yorkshire)
• RAF Bisterne (Hampshire)
• RAF Blakehill Farm (RAF Cricklade) (Wiltshire)
• RAF Blyton
• RAF Bodney(Norfolk)
• RAF Bottesford (Leicestershire)
• RAF Bottisham (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Bourn (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Bovingdon (Buckinghhamshire)
• RAF Boxted (Essex)
• RAF Bradwell Bay (Essex)
• RAF Bratton (Shropshire)
• RAF Breighton
• RAF Bridgnorth
• RAF Broadwell (Oxfordshire)
• RAF Bruntingthorpe (Leicestershire)
• RAF Brunton (Northumberland)
• RAF Bungay (Suffolk)
• RAF Burtonwood (Lancashire)
• RAF Bury St. Edmunds (Suffolk)
• RAF Calshot
• RAF Cardington
• RAF Carlisle
• RAF Carnaby
• RAF Catterick (Yorkshire)
• RAF Catfoss
• RAF Chelveston (Northamptonshire)
• RAF Chenies (Hertfordshire)
• RAF Cherhill
• RAF Chicksands
• RAF Chigwell (Essex)
• RAF Chilmark Wiltshire
• RAF Chipping Ongar (Essex)
• RAF Church Lawford (Warwickshire)
• RAF Cleave
• RAF Clyffe Pypard (Wiltshire)
• RAF Coleby Grange
• RAF Colerne
• RAF Coltishall
• RAF Compton Basset (Wiltshire)
• RAF Cowden
• RAF Cranfield (Bedfordshire)
• RAF Croft (County Durham)
• RAF Culham
• RAF Danby Beacon (North Yorkshire)
• RAF Davidstow Moor (Cornwall)
• RAF Debach (Suffolk)
• RAF Debden (Essex)
• RAF Defford
• RAF Deenethorpe (Northamptonshire)
• RAF Deopham Green (Norfolk)
• RAF Detling
• RAF Digby
• RAF Dishforth (Yorkshire)
• RAF Docking (Norfolk)
• RAF Doncaster (Yorkshire) formerly RFC Doncaster (1914) Royal Flying Corps
• RAF Down Ampney
• RAF Downham Market (Norfolk)
• RAF Driffield
• RAF Dronehill (Berkshire)
• RAF Dunholme Lodge
• RAF Duxford
• RAF Earls Colne (Essex)
• RAF East Wretham (Norfolk)
• RAF Edgehill
• RAF Elsham Wolds
• RAF Elvington (Yorkshire)
• RAF Enstone (Oxfordshire)
• RAF Eshott (Northumberland)
• RAF Exeter (Devon)
• RAF Eye (Suffolk)
• RAF Fairlop (Essex)
• RAF Faldingworth
• RAF Fauld
• RAF Feltwell (Norfolk)
• RAF Finningley (Yorkshire)
• RAF Fiskerton
• RAF Folkingham (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Foulsham (Norfolk)
• RAF Fowlmere (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Framlingham (Norfolk)
• RAF Fulbeck (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Full Sutton
• RAF Gatwick (Surrey now West Sussex)
• RAF Gaydon
• RAF Glatton (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Goldsborough (North Yorkshire)
• RAF Gosfield (Essex)
• RAF Gosport
• RAF Goxhill (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Grafton Underwood (Northamptonshire)
• RAF Greatham (County Durham)
• RAF Great Ashfield (Suffolk)
• RAF Great Dunmow (Essex)
• RAF Great Massingham (Norfolk)
• RAF Great Sampford (Essex)
• RAF Greenham Common (Berkshire)
• RAF Grimsby (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Halesworth (Suffolk)
• RAF Hardwick (Norfolk)
• RAF Harrington (Northamptonshire)
• RAF Harwell
• RAF Hatfield Woodhouse
• RAF Hawkinge
• RAF Headcorn
• RAF Hemswell
• RAF Hendon
• RAF Hereford
• RAF Hethel (Norfolk)
• RAF High Ercall (Shropshire)
• RAF Holmpton (Yorkshire)
• RAF Honiley (Warwickshire)
• RAF Hooton Park (Cheshire)
• RAF Hopton (Suffolk)
• RAF Hornchurch (Essex)
• RAF Horham (Suffolk)
• RAF Horsham St. Faith (Norfolk)
• RAF Honeybourne
• RAF Hucknall (Nottinghamshire)
• RAF Hullavington
• RAF Ibsley Hampshire
• RAF Keevil (Wiltshire)
• RAF Kemble
• RAF Kenley (London)
• RAF Kidlington (Oxfordshire)
• RAF Kimbolton (Huntingdonshire)
• RAF Kings Cliffe (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Kingstown (Cumbria)
• RAF Kirmington
• RAF Kirton in Lindsey
• RAF Knettishall (Norfolk)
• RAF Langham (Norfolk)
• RAF Langar (Nottinghamshire)
• RAF Lasham (Hampshire)
• RAF Lavenham (Suffolk)
• RAF Leconfield
• RAF Leeming (Yorkshire)
• RAF Lichfield
• RAF Leiston (Suffolk)
• RAF Lindholme (Yorkshire)
• RAF Little Rissington
• RAF Little Snoring (Norfolk)
• RAF Little Staughton (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Little Walden (Essex)
• RAF Locking (near Weston-super-Mare)
• RAF Long Marston
• RAF Longley Lane (Lancashire)
• RAF Ludford Magna (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Ludham (Norfolk)
• RAF Manby
• RAF Manston
• RAF Martlesham Heath (Suffolk)
• RAF Matching (Essex)
• RAF Matlaske (Norfolk)
• RAF Melksham
• RAF Melton Mowbray
• RAF Membury (Berkshire)
• RAF Mendlesham
• RAF Mepal (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Middle Wallop
• RAF Middleton St. George
• RAF Milfield (Northumberland)
• RAF Misson (Nottinghamshire)
• RAF Molesworth (Huntingdonshire)
• RAF Morton in Marsh
• RAF Mount Batten
• RAF Neatishead (Norfolk)
• RAF Newhaven {East Sussex)
• RAF Newmarket (Suffolk)
• RAF Newton (Nottinghamshire)
• RAF North Coates (Lincolnshire)
• RAF North Creake (Norfolk)
• RAF North Luffenham (Rutland)
• RAF North Pickenham (Norfolk)
• RAF North Weald
• RAF North Witham (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Northleach (Gloucestershire)
• RAF Oakington (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Oakley (Buckinghamshire)
• RAF Old Buckenham (Norfolk)
• RAF Oulton (Norfolk)
• RAF Ouston (Northumberland)
• RAF Patrington (Yorkshire)
• RAF Pershore
• RAF Pevensey (East Sussex)
• RAF Podington
• RAF Polebrook
• RAF Portreath (Cornwall)
• RAF Pucklechurch
• RAF Quedgeley
• RAF Rackheath (Norfolk)
• RAF Rattlesden
• RAF Redhill (Surrey)
• RAF Ridgewell (Essex)
• RAF Ringway (Lancashire/Cheshire)
• RAF Rivenhall (Essex)
• RAF Rochford (Essex)
• RAF Rudloe Manor
• RAF Rye (East Sussex)
• RAF Sandtoft (Yorkshire)
• RAF Sandwich (Kent)
• RAF St Eval (Cornwall)
• RAF Scorton (North Yorkshire)
• RAF Sculthorpe (Norfolk)
• RAF Seaton Snook
• RAF Seething (Norfolk)
• RAF Sealand
• RAF Shepherds Grove
• RAF Shipdham (Norfolk)
• RAF Silverstone (Northamptonshire)
• RAF Skendleby (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Snailwell (Cambridgeshire)
• RAF Snetterton Heath (Norfolk)
• RAF Sopley (Hampshire)
• RAF South Cerney
• RAF Stanmore Park (Middlesex)
• RAF Stansted (Essex)
• RAF Stapleford Tawney (Essex)
• RAF Stenigot (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Stoke Orchard (Gloucestershire)
• RAF Stradishall (Suffolk)
• RAF Sturgate (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Swannington (Norfolk)
• RAF Swanton Morley (Norfolk)
• RAF Swinderby
• RAF Tangmere (West Sussex)
• RAF Tarrant Rushton
• RAF Tempsford
• RAF Thorney Island
• RAF Thorpe Abbotts (Norfolk)
• RAF Thurleigh (Bedfordshire)
• RAF Tibenham (Norfolk)
• RAF Tranwell (Northumberland)
• RAF Treleaver (Cornwall)
• RAF Trimingham (Norfolk)
• RAF Twinwood Farm (Bedfordshire)
• RAF Upavon
• RAF Upper Heyford (Oxfordshire)
• RAF Upwood
• RAF Usworth (County Durham)
• RAF Ventnor (Isle of Wight)
• RAF Waltham
• RAF Wartling (East Sussex)
• RAF Waterbeach
• RAF Watnall (Nottinghamshire)
• RAF Wattisham
• RAF Watton (Norfolk)
• RAF Wendling (Norfolk)
• RAF West Drayton
• RAF West Malling (Kent)
• RAF West Myne (Somerset)
• RAF West Raynham (Norfolk)
• RAF Weston Zoyland
• RAF Wethersfield (Essex)
• RAF Weybourne (Norfolk)
• RAF Wickenby (Lincolnshire)
• RAF Wilmslow
• RAF Winfield (Norfolk)
• RAF Woodbridge (Suffolk)
• RAF Woolsington (Northumberland)
• RAF Wormingford (Essex)
• RAF Wroughton (Wiltshire)
• RAF Yatesbury (Wiltshire)
• RAF Zeals (Wiltshire OS:ST780317) also known as Station 450 (USAAF) and HMS Humming Bird (RN), see Zeals

[edit] Scotland

• RAF Aird Uig (Lewis)
• RAF Banff (Aberdeenshire)
• RAF Benbecula (Comhairle_nan_Eilean_Siar)
• RAF Dyce (Aberdeen City)
• RAF Dundonald (Ayrshire)
• RAF East Fortune (East Lothian)
• RAF Edzell (Angus)
• RAF Faraid Head (Highland)
• RAF Fullarton (Ayrshire)
• RAF Gailes (Ayrshire)
• RAF Grangemouth (Falkirk)
• RAF Heathfield (Ayrshire)
• RAF Kilchiaran (Isle of Islay)
• RAF Kirknewton (West Lothian)
• RAF Machrihanish (Argyll & Bute)
• RAF Montrose (Angus)
• RAF Pitreavie Castle (Fife)
• RAF Prestwick (Ayrshire)
• RAF Saxa Vord (Shetland)
• RAF Scarnish (Argyllshire)
• RAF Scatsta (Shetland)
• RAF Stornoway (Lewis)
• RAF Sullom Voe (Shetland)
• RAF Turnberry (Ayrshire)
• RAF Turnhouse (City of Edinburgh)
• RAF West Freugh (Wigtownshire)
• RAF Wick (Caithness)

[edit] Wales

• RAF Brawdy
• RAF Caerwent
• RAF Holyhead
• RAF Llanbedr
• RAF Llandow
• RAF Pembrey
• RAF Prestatyn
• RAF Sealand
• RAF St Athan

[edit] Northern Ireland

• RAF Ballyhalbert
• RAF Ballykelly
• RAF Ballywalter
• RAF Boa Island
• RAF Bishops Court
• RAF Castle Archdale
• RAF Cluntoe
• RAF Eglinton
• RAF Greencastle
• RAF Killadeas
• RAF Kirkistown
• RAF Langford Lodge
• RAF Limavady
• RAF Long Kesh
• RAF Maghaberry
• RAF Maydown
• RAF Mullaghmore
• RAF Murlough
• RAF Newtownards
• RAF Nutts Corner
• RAF Sandy Bay
• RAF St Angelo
• RAF Sydenham
• RAF Toome

[edit] Overseas

[edit] Aden (now Yemen)

• RAF Khormaksar
• RAF Steamer Point
• RAF Hospital Steamer Point
• RAF Hospital Khormaksar Beach

[edit] Bahrain

• RAF Muharraq

[edit] Belize

• RAF Belize

[edit] Bermuda

• RAF Darrell's Island
• RAF ATC/USAAF Fort Bell

[edit] Borneo

• RAF Labuan

[edit] Burma

• RAF Hmawbi
• RAF Meiktilla
• RAF Mingaladon
• RAF Pegu

[edit] Canada

• RAFU Goose Bay

[edit] Cocos (Keeling) Islands

• RAF Cocos Islands

[edit] Cyprus

• RAF Nicosia
• RAF Troodos

[edit] Egypt

• RAF Abu Sueir
• RAF Abu Sultan
• RAF Deversoir
• RAF Heliopolis

[edit] Germany

• RAF Ahlhorn
• RAF Bruggen
• RAF Butzweilerhof
• RAF Celle
• RAF Fassberg
• RAF Gatow
• RAF Geilenkirchen
• RAF Gütersloh
• RAF Hospital Wegberg
• RAF Hustedt
• RAF Jever
• RAF Laarbruch
• RAF Lubeck
• RAF Oldenburg
• RAF Plantlünne
• RAF Rheindahlen
• RAF Schleswigland
• RAF Sundern
• RAF Sylt
• RAF Uetersen
• RAF Wahn
• RAF Wildenrath
• RAF Wunstorf

[edit] Greece

[edit] Hong Kong

• RAF Little Sai Wan
• RAF Kai Tak
• RAF Sek Kong

[edit] India

• RAF Kalyan
• RAF Mauripur (later in Pakistan)

[edit] Isle of Man

• RAF Andreas
• RAF Jurby
• RAF Ronaldsway (HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway)
• Hall Caine Airport

[edit] Iraq

• RAF Basrah
• RAF Habbaniya
• RAF Shaibah

[edit] Jordan

• RAF Amman

[edit] Kenya

• RAF Eastleigh
• RAF Kisumu
• RAF Mombasa
• RAF Thika

[edit] Libya

• RAF Castel Benito
• RAF Idris
• RAF El Adem

[edit] Malaysia

• RAF Butterworth
• RAF Kota Bharu
• RAF Kuala Lumpur

[edit] Maldives

• RAF Gan

[edit] Malta

• RAF Hal Far
• RAF Kalafrana
• RAF Luqa
• RAF Safi
• RAF Ta Kali (Ta' Qali)

[edit] Oman

• RAF Masirah
• RAF Salalah
• RAF Sharjah

[edit] Pakistan

• RAF Mauripur (originally in India)
• RAF Peshawar
• RAF Quetta
• RAF Chaklala

[edit] Palestine

• RAF Aqir (now Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base)
• RAF Ein Shemer (now Ein Shemer Airfield)
• 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

[edit] Sarawak

• RAF Kuching

[edit] Singapore

• RAF Amoy Quee
• RAF Changi
• RAF Chia Keng
• RAF Kallang
• RAF Seletar
• RAF Tengah

[edit] Sri Lanka

• RAF Gangodawila
• RAF Trincomalee

[edit] See also

• RAF station
• List of air stations of the Royal Navy
• List of airports in the United Kingdom
• V-Bomber Dispersal Bases
• Royal Navy Dockyard

[edit] External links

• RAF web page listing current RAF stations
• Current functions of RAF bases
• UK "Secret Bases"

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