List of Royal Air Force stations

For former RAF stations, see List of former RAF stations.

This list of RAF Stations is a list of all current stations, airfields, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force.

Note- current RAF Stations are listed under the currently recognised counties of the United Kingdom, or overseas countries.

Contents

Current MOD and RAF Stations

United Kingdom

Station County Notes
RAF Alconbury Cambridgeshire Occupied by the United States Air Force as an accommodation unit for personnel at RAF Molesworth.
RAF Barford St John Oxfordshire
RAF Barkston Heath Lincolnshire
RAF Barkway Hertfordshire
RAF Benson Oxfordshire
RAF Boulmer Northumberland
RAF Brampton Cambridgeshire Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF Brize Norton Oxfordshire Contains main air terminal for troop deployments.
RAF Buchan Aberdeenshire
RAF Church Fenton North Yorkshire
RAF Coningsby Lincolnshire
RAF Cosford Shropshire RAF Museum - Formerly DCAE Cosford
RAF Cranwell Lincolnshire Home to RAF College Cranwell, HQ Air Cadets and Officers and Aircrew Selection Centre
RAF Croughton Northamptonshire United States Air Force communications station
RAF Digby Lincolnshire Tri - service command establishment (and also US tri-service presence) (Originally named RAF Scopwick)
RAF Donna Nook Lincolnshire Bombing range
RAF Fairford Gloucestershire
RAF Feltwell Norfolk United States Air Force support use
RAF Fylingdales North Yorkshire Radar and BMEWS Base
RAF Halton Buckinghamshire
RAF Henlow Bedfordshire Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF High Wycombe Buckinghamshire
RAF Holbeach Lincolnshire Bombing range
RAF Holmpton East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Honington Suffolk Used predominantly by the RAF Regiment
RAF Kinloss Moray to close as part of Strategic Defence and Security Review
RAF Kirton in Lindsey Lincolnshire Accommodation unit for RAF Scampton personnel and home to No.1 Air Control Centre
RAF Lakenheath Suffolk Occupied by the United States Air Force
RAF Leconfield East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Leeming North Yorkshire
RAF Leuchars Fife
RAF Linton-on-Ouse North Yorkshire
RAF Lossiemouth Moray
RAF Lyneham Wiltshire Scheduled for closure in 2012
RAF Marham Norfolk
RAF Menwith Hill North Yorkshire joint US/UK intelligence and communication site
RAF Mildenhall Suffolk Occupied by the United States Air Force
RAF Molesworth Cambridgeshire Occupied by the United States Air Force
RAF Mona Isle of Anglesey
RAF Neatishead Norfolk Radar station
RAF Northolt London Home of The Royal Squadron and the new home of No. 63 (Field) Squadron The Queen's Colour Squadron of The RAF Regiment
RAF Oakhanger Hampshire
RAF Odiham Hampshire helicopter operations
RAF Pembrey Sands Carmarthenshire Bombing range
RAF Prestwick Ayrshire
RAF Scampton Lincolnshire Currently home to the Red Arrows and the RAF Mobile Meteorological Unit. Scheduled closure in 2011 is now deferred to 2014.
RAF Shawbury Shropshire Defence Helicopter Flying School
RAF Spadeadam Cumbria RAF and NATO Electronic warfare range
RAF St. Mawgan Cornwall
RAF Stanbridge Bedfordshire Now a satellite station of RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF Staxton Wold North Yorkshire
RAF Syerston Nottinghamshire
RAF Tain Ross & Cromarty Bombing range
RAF Topcliffe North Yorkshire
RAF Trimingham Norfolk Remote station of Neatishead
RAF Upwood Cambridgeshire Occupied by the United States Air Force
RAF Valley Isle of Anglesey Incorporates Anglesey Airport
RAF Waddington Lincolnshire
RAF Wainfleet Lincolnshire Bombing range
RAF Welford Berkshire
RAF Weston-on-the-Green Oxfordshire
RAF Wittering Cambridgeshire
RAF Woodvale Merseyside
RAF Wyton Cambridgeshire Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
Defence CBRN Centre, Winterbourne Gunner Wiltshire Managed by RAF Strike Command, formerly the Defence NBC Centre
Northwood Headquarters Hertfordshire Tri-service and NATO Command Headquarters

Overseas

Station Country Notes
RAF Ascension Island Ascension Island Joint RAF/USAF/NASA airfield/ comms/ satellite tracking station
RAF Akrotiri Akrotiri and Dhekelia Within the Sovereign Base Areas
RAF Troodos Cyprus Within the Sovereign Base Areas
RAF Mount Pleasant Falkland Islands
RAF Gibraltar Gibraltar Occupies same site as Gibraltar Airport
RAF Al Udeid Qatar Co-located at Qatar Emiri Air Force base QAF Al Udeid
RAF Mount Alice Falkland Islands Radar station

See also

References

Notes
Bibliography
  • Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1980. ISBN 0-85130-083-9.
  • Halley, James J. The Squadrons of the Royal Air Force & Commonwealth 1918-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
  • Jefford, C.G. RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988 (second edition 2001). ISBN 1-85310-053-6.
  • Rawlings, John. Fighter Squadrons of the RAF and their Aircraft. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1969 (second edition 1976). ISBN 0-354-01028-X.

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