List of former Royal Air Force stations
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. Stations initially took their station name from the nearest railway station or halt to the airfield, e.g., RAF Abingdon from Abingdon railway station. It has also been stated that RAF stations took their name from the parish in which the station headquarters was located (e.g., Binbrook has never had a railway station.)[1]
British Isles
Station | Pundit Code[2]/USAAF Station Code | Country | County | Operational period | Notes | |
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RAF Abbots Bromley | England | Staffordshire | 1940–1949 | |||
RAF Abbots Ripton | England | Huntingdonshire | part of RAF Alconbury | |||
RAF Abbotsinch | Scotland | Renfrewshire | 1933–1943 | Passed to Royal Navy / Fleet Air Arm in 1943, now Glasgow International Airport | ||
RAF Aberporth | Wales | Ceredigion | 1941–1982 | Now Aberporth Airport | ||
RAF Abingdon | AB | England | Oxfordshire[lower-alpha 1] | 1932–1992 | Now in use by the British Army as Dalton Barracks | |
RAF Acaster Malbis | AM | England | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1942–1957 | ||
RAF Acklington | AI | England | Northumberland | 1916–1920 1938–1975 |
Now Her Majesty's Prison Northumberland (Formerly Acklington and Castington) | |
RAF Akeman Street | England | Oxfordshire | 1940–1947 | |||
RAF Alconbury | AY | England | Huntingdonshire | 1939–1942 | USAFE use continuing. Former RAF site being developed as Alconbury Weald. | |
RAF Aldergrove | JV | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | 1925–2009 | Joint Helicopter Command Aldergrove – now without any permanent RAF lodger units. Incorporates Belfast International Airport. | |
RAF Aldermaston | AM | 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 Alness | YS | Scotland | Ross and Cromarty | 1920–1986 | RAF Invergordon until 1943. Till disbandment of the RAF Marine Branch No 1100 MCU | |
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 | AV | England | Hampshire | 1917–1976 | Now Marlborough Lines home to the HQ of the British Army. | |
RAF Andreas | VS | Isle of Man | 1941–1947 | |||
RAF Angle | AE | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1941–1950 | ||
RAF Annan | AG | Scotland | Dumfriesshire | 1942–45 | Now the site of Chapelcross nuclear power station | |
RAF Ansty | England | Warwickshire | 1936–1953 | |||
RAF Anwick | England | Lincolnshire | 1916–1918 | |||
RAF Appledram | AO (day) | England | Sussex | 1943–1944 | (ALG) | |
RAF Ascot | England | Berkshire | 1916–1919 | |||
RAF Ashbourne | AS | England | Derbyshire | 1942–1954 | ||
RAF Ashford | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG, near Egerton | ||
RAF Aston Down | AD | England | Gloucestershire | 1938–1976 | ||
RAF Atcham | AP | England | Shropshire | 1941–1946 | ||
RAF Atherstone | England | Warwickshire | ||||
RAF Attlebridge | AT | England | Norfolk | 1941–1956 | ||
RAF Ayr | AR | Scotland | Ayrshire | 1936–2013 | renamed RAF Prestwick | |
Ayr | Scotland | Ayrshire | 1917–1919 | Ayr Racecourse | ||
RAF Babbacombe | England | Devon | ||||
RAF Babdown Farm | BF | England | Gloucestershire | (Relief Landing Ground – RLG) | ||
RAF Bacton | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |||
RAF Baginton | NG | England | Warwickshire | 1939–43 | Originally and now Coventry Airport | |
RAF Balado Bridge | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | ||||
RAF Balderton | BN | England | Nottinghamshire | 1941–1954 | ||
RAF Baldonnel | Republic of Ireland | County Dublin | (now Casement Aerodrome) | |||
RAF Ballyhalbert | YB | Northern Ireland | County Down | 1941–1947 | ||
RAF Ballykelly | IY | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | 1945–1971 | ||
RAF Bampton Castle | England | Oxfordshire | ||||
RAF Banff | AF | Scotland | Banffshire | 1943–46 | ||
RAF Bardney | BA | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1963 | ||
RAF Barford St John | BJ | England | Oxfordshire | Now operated by the USAF as a communications centre and a satellite of RAF Croughton | ||
RAF Barkston Heath | BS | England | Lincolnshire | 1938 – 1948 ? – Present | was JEFTS – Joint Elementary Flying Training School. Now No. 3 Flying Training School, active airfield as sub-unit to RAF Cranwell | |
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 | BS | England | Cambridgeshire | 1938–1969 | now Bassingbourn Barracks | |
RAF Bawdsey | England | Suffolk | 1936–1990 | once home to the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) – radar research. Now still home to the RAF Sailing Association (Safety Division). | ||
RAF Bawtry | England | West Riding of Yorkshire | 1941–1986 | H.Q. Bomber Command No. 1 Group | ||
RAF Beaulieu | BL | England | Hampshire | 1915–1919 1942–1947 |
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RAF Beccles | BE | England | Suffolk | 1943–1945 | ||
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 | Birthplace and original headquarters / training facility of the Royal Air Force Regiment | |||
RAF Bembridge | England | Isle of Wight | 1915–1920 | Seaplane base. Also known as RNAS Bembridge Harbour | ||
RAF Benbecula | BB | Scotland | Inverness-shire | 1941–47 | Now RRH Benbecula, an unmanned Remote Radar Head controlled by RAF Boulmer | |
RAF Bentley Priory | England | Middlesex | 1926–2008 | Former home to HQ Fighter Command, where Dowding oversaw the Battle of Britain. Remained in use until 2008. Now Bentley Priory Museum. | ||
RAF Bentwaters | BY | England | Suffolk | 1943–1993 | Fighter Command airfield, 1944–51. Transferred to USAF under USAFE, 1951, as a fighter airfield. With end of the Cold War, USAF presence gradually phased down. Station was returned to MOD in 1993 following departure of last USAF personnel. Now Bentwaters Parks, home to Bentwaters Cold War Museum. | |
RAF Berrow | England | Worcestershire | 1941–1945 | No. 5 SLG also known as Pendock Moor | ||
RAF Bibury | BI | England | Gloucestershire | |||
RAF Bicester | BC | England | Oxfordshire | 1917–1976 | now Bicester Airfield and home to the Defence Clothing and Textiles Agency (DCTC) | |
RAF Biggin Hill | England | Kent | 1917–1992 | now Biggin Hill Airport (Formerly the Officer & Aircrew Selection Centre before moving to Cranwell in the early 90s) | ||
RAF Binbrook | BK | England | Lincolnshire | 1940–1942 1943–1988 |
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RAF Birch | BR | England | Essex | 1942–1945 | ||
RAF Bircham Newton | England | Norfolk | 1918–1966 | Technical site now the Construction Industry Training Board School | ||
RAF Bircotes | BH | England | Yorkshire | |||
RAF Bishopbriggs | Scotland | Lanarkshire | 1940–1966 | Now HM Prison Low Moss | ||
RAF Bishops Court | IC | Northern Ireland | County Down | |||
RAF Bisterne | BS | England | Hampshire | 1943–1945 | USAAF ALG | |
RAF Bitteswell | BT | England | Leicestershire | 1940–1947 | ||
RAF Blaenanerch | Wales | Ceredigion | ||||
RAF Blackbushe | England | Hampshire | 1944–1960 | |||
RAF Blackpool | England | Lancashire | 1940–1945 | HQ was located at the Lansdowne Hotel on the North Shore | ||
RAF Blakehill Farm | XF | England | Wiltshire | 1944–1952 | Also known as RAF Cricklade | |
RAF Blakelaw | England | Northumberland | 1940–1943 | HQ No. 13 Group RAF also known as RAF Newcastle | ||
RAF Blankney Hall | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Blyton | AL | England | Lincolnshire | 1942–1954 | During the 1990s Blyton was known as Blyton Raceway and home to motorsports such as motorbikes and stock cars. Now known as Blyton Park Driving Centre and is used for motorsport and track days. | |
RAF Bobbington | England | Staffordshire | Later renamed RAF Halfpenny Green (now Wolverhampton Airport) | |||
RAF Boddington | England | Gloucestershire | ||||
RAF Bodney | BO | England | Norfolk | 1940–1945 | USAAF from 1943 | |
RAF Bodorgan | Wales | Anglesey | 1940–1945 | No. 15 SLG, originally called Aberffraw until 15 May 1941 | ||
RAF Bognor | England | Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Bolt Head | OH | England | Devon | |||
RAF Booker | England | Buckinghamshire | 1939–1951 | near (High Wycombe), now Wycombe Air Park | ||
RAF Boreham | JM | England | Essex | 1944–45 | ||
RAF Boscombe Down | BD | England | Wiltshire | 1917–2001 | 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 | AQ | England | Leicestershire | 1941–1945 | ||
RAF Bottisham | IM | England | Cambridgeshire | 1940–1946 | ||
RAF Bourn | AU | England | Cambridgeshire | 1941–1948 | ||
RAF Bovingdon | BV | England | Hertfordshire | 1942–1972 | ||
RAF Bowmore | Scotland | Isle of Islay | 1940–1943 | |||
RAF Boxted | BX | England | Essex | 1943–1947 | ||
RAF Bracebridge Heath | England | Lincolnshire | Adjacent to RAF Waddington | |||
RAF Brackla | Scotland | Nairnshire | 1941–1947 | |||
RAF Bradwell Bay | England | Essex | ||||
RAF Bramcote | RT | England | Warwickshire | 1940–1946 | Transferred to the Royal Navy in 1947 and became HMS Gamecock and in 1959 was transferred to the Army as Gamecock Barracks | |
RAF Brampton | England | Huntingdonshire | 1942–1955 USAF 1955–2013 RAF |
Unit closed in 2013 and most assets transferred to RAF Wyton | ||
RAF Bratton | England | Shropshire | ||||
RAF Brawdy | BW | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1944–1992 | Now Cawdor Barracks (British Army) home of 14th Signal Regiment (EW) | |
RAF Breighton | AC | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Brenzett | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG, also known as Ivychurch | ||
RAF Bridgnorth | England | Shropshire | 1940–1946 | |||
RAF Brizlee Wood | England | Northumberland | ||||
RAF Broadwell | JR | England | Oxfordshire | 1943–1947 | ||
RAF Bruntingthorpe | BP | England | Leicestershire | 1942–1962 | now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground | |
RAF Brunton | BN | England | Northumberland | 1942-5 | Built as satellite to RAF Milfield. Post-war use as GA field and parachute club base ceased by 2004. Disused apart from a small air defence radar outstation of RAF Boulmer.[3] | |
RAF Buckminster | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Bungay | JO | England | Suffolk | locally known as Flixton | ||
RAF Burgh Castle | England | Norfolk | First World War Landing Ground | |||
RAF Burnaston RAF Derby |
England | Derbyshire | 1939–1953 | Previously and later Derby Airport. Now a Toyota car plant. | ||
RAF Burtonwood | England | Cheshire | 1940–1994 | |||
RAF Burn | AZ | England | Yorkshire | |||
RAF Bury St Edmunds | BU | England | Suffolk | |||
RAF Butley | England | Suffolk | 1942–1943 | Former name for RAF Bentwaters | ||
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 | 1940–1945 1959–1963 |
Now returned to agricultural use | ||
RAF Calshot | KT | England | Hampshire | 1913–1961 | ||
RAF Calveley | KY | England | Cheshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Cambridge | England | Cambridgeshire | 1938–1954 | RAF use of Marshalls airfield at Teversham, now Cambridge Airport | ||
RAF Cammeringham | England | Lincolnshire | 1942–1945 | (previously RAF Ingham) | ||
RAF Cardington | England | Bedfordshire | 1915–2000 | Airship station and gas production Maintenance Unit. Historic Airship hangars remain. | ||
RAF Carew Cheriton | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1939–1945 | |||
RAF Cark | KA | England | Lancashire | 1941–1945 | ||
RAF Carlisle | England | Cumberland | 1939–1996 | (formerly RAF Kingstown) | ||
RAF Carnaby | KQ | England | Yorkshire | 1944–1963 | ||
RAF Castle Archdale | QA | Northern Ireland | County Fermanagh | 1941–1946 | Briefly known as RAF Loch Erne between 1941 – 1943. | |
RAF Castle Bromwich | England | Warwickshire | 1915–1958 | was the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome until 1958 | ||
RAF Castle Camps | CC | England | Cambridgeshire | 1940–1946 | ||
RAF Castle Combe | England | Wiltshire | now Castle Combe Circuit | |||
RAF Castle Donington | CD | England | Leicestershire | now East Midlands Airport | ||
RAF Castle Kennedy | QK | Scotland | Dumfries and Galloway | 1941–1945 | Since 2004, Castle Kennedy has been made available for use General Aviation and commercial use within the applicable regulations. The airfield is unlicensed, and used at the pilots own risk and discretion. The airfield is strictly PPR. | |
RAF Castletown | AX | Scotland | Caithness | 1940–1945 | ||
RAF Catfirth | Scotland | Shetland Islands | 1917–1919 | |||
RAF Catfoss | CA | England | Yorkshire | 1932–1963 | ||
RAF Catterick | AK | England | Yorkshire | 1914–1994 | Now used by the British Army "Marne Barracks" | |
RAF Cattewater | England | Devon | (later RAF Mount Batten) | |||
RAF Chailey | England | Sussex | 1943–1945 | ALG | ||
RAF Chalgrove | England | Oxfordshire | 1943–1947 | USAAF from 1944, now Chalgrove Airfield | ||
RAF Charlton Horethorne | England | Somerset | 1941–1942 | later RNAS Charlton Horethorne (HMS Heron II) | ||
RAF Charmy Down | CH | England | Somerset | 1940–1946 | ||
RAF Charterhall | KH | Scotland | Berwickshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Chattis Hill | England | Hampshire | 1917–1919 | |||
RAF Cheadle | England | Staffordshire | 1939–1995 | latterly as GCHQ Cheadle | ||
RAF Chedburgh | CU | England | Suffolk | 1942–1952 | Near Bury St Edmunds | |
RAF Cheddington | CZ | England | Buckinghamshire | 1942–1952 | USAAF from 1944 | |
RAF Chedworth | YW | England | Gloucestershire | |||
RAF Chelveston | CV | England | Northamptonshire | 1941–1962 | USAAF from 1944 | |
RAF Chenies | England | Hertfordshire | ||||
RAF Cherhill | England | Wiltshire | ||||
RAF Chesil Bank | England | Dorset | Bombing Ranges Unit with an Emergency Landing Ground | |||
RAF Chessington | England | Surrey | 1938–1985 | Formerly a Balloon station, latterly a research Hospital | ||
RAF Chicksands | England | Bedfordshire | −1997 | Formerly a US Air Force SIGINT base until 1996 when it was handed back to the UK. Since then it has been the Defence Intelligence & Security Centre (DISC), home to the Army Intelligence Corps and Phase 2 & 3 training for all services Intelligence specialists. | ||
RAF Chigwell | England | Essex | ||||
RAF Chilbolton | CI | England | Hampshire | 1940–1945 | ||
RAF Chilmark | England | Wiltshire | 1937–1995 | Weapons maintenance unit | ||
RAF Chipping Norton | England | Oxfordshire | ||||
RAF Chipping Ongar | JC | England | Essex | 1943–1946 | USAAF from 1944 | |
RAF Chipping Warden | CW | England | Oxfordshire | 1941–1946 | ||
RAF Chivenor | IV | England | Devon | 1940–1994 | Now Royal Marines Base Chivenor | |
RAF Christchurch | CH | England | Hampshire | 1940–1945 | known as Christchurch Airfield in peacetime between 1926 and 1966. | |
RAF Church Broughton | CB | England | Derbyshire | |||
RAF Church Fenton | CF | England | North Yorkshire | 1937–2013 | Used for training from the 1960s. Now Leeds East Airport. | |
RAF Church Lawford | CL | England | Warwickshire | 1941–1955 | ||
RAF Church Stanton | England | Somerset | (renamed RAF Culmhead) | |||
RAF Cleave | England | Cornwall | 1939–1945 | (GCHQ CSO Morwenstow) | ||
RAF Cluntoe | UK | Northern Ireland | County Tyrone | 1942–1955 | near Ardboe | |
RAF Clyffe Pypard | England | Wiltshire | ||||
RAF Coal Aston | England | Yorkshire | 1918–1920 | Opened as a Royal Flying Corps airfield in 1916 | ||
RAF Coleby Grange | CG | England | Lincolnshire | 1940–1946 | ||
RAF Colerne | CQ | England | Wiltshire | 1940–1976 | ||
RAF Collinstown | Ireland | County Dublin | 1918–1922 | Now in the Republic of Ireland | ||
RAF Collyweston | England | Northamptonshire | 1918–1941 | Runway merged with the runway of RAF Wittering | ||
RAF Coltishall | CS | England | Norfolk | 1938–2006 | Domestic site became HM Prison Bure | |
RAF Compton Basset | England | Wiltshire | 1940–1947 | |||
RAF Condover | DV | England | Shropshire | Relief Landing Ground | ||
RAF Connel | KO | Scotland | Argyllshire | |||
RAF Coolham | England | Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Copmanthorpe | England | Yorkshire | 1918–1919 | Opened as a Royal Flying Corps airfield in 1916 | ||
RAF Corsewall | Scotland | Wigtownshire | 1942–1947 | Marine Craft Training School | ||
RAF Cottam | CM | England | Yorkshire | |||
RAF Cottesmore | CT | England | Rutland | 1938–2011 | Now Kendrew Barracks | |
RAF Cottenham | England | Cambridgeshire | 1918–1919 | Former Royal Flying Corps airfield opened in 1916 and used as a night landing ground | ||
RAF Covehithe | England | Suffolk | 1918–1919 | Former Royal Naval Air Service airfield opened in 1915 | ||
RAF Cowden | England | Yorkshire | Bombing range | |||
RAF Crail | Scotland | Fife | 1918–1919 | Became a Royal Naval Air Station from 1940 | ||
RAF Cramlington | England | Northumberland | 1918–1919 | Opened as a Royal Flying Corps airfield in 1915 | ||
RAF Cranage | RG | England | Cheshire | 1940–1945 | ||
RAF Cranfield | CX | England | Bedfordshire | 1937–1952 | Now Cranfield University and Cranfield Airport | |
RAF Croft | CR | 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 | KX | England | Cumbria | 1941–1944 | (now named Carlisle Lake District Airport) | |
RAF Croughton | AW | England | Northamptonshire | 1938–1947 | RAF Brackley until 1941. Now active USAF communications centre, since 1950. | |
RAF Croydon | England | Surrey | 1916 – 1920 1939 – 1946 |
later Croydon Airport now a retail/industrial estate | ||
RAF Culham | England | Oxfordshire | ||||
RAF Culmhead | UC | England | Somerset | 1941–1946 | ||
RAF Dalcross | DZ | Scotland | Inverness-shire | 1941–1947 | now Inverness Airport | |
RAF Dale | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1942–1943 | became RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest) | ||
RAF Dallachy | DI | Scotland | Moray | |||
RAF Dalton | DA | England | Yorkshire | 1941–1945 | ||
RAF Darley Moor | DM | England | Derbyshire | 1942–1955 | Now Darley Moor Airfield | |
RAF Davidstow Moor | DD | England | Cornwall | 1942–1945 | ||
RAF Daws Hill | England | Buckinghamshire | 1944–2007 | (USAAF/USN) | ||
RAF Deanland | England | Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Debach | DC | England | Suffolk | 1944–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Debden | DB | England | Essex | 1937–1975 | 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 (Army). | |
RAF Deenethorpe | DP | England | Northamptonshire | 1943–1946 | ||
RAF Defford | DF | England | Worcestershire | 1941–1957 | RAF Defford museum is now housed within the National Trust property of Croome. | |
RAF Denham | England | Buckinghamshire | ||||
RAF Deopham Green | DG | England | Norfolk | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Desborough | DS | England | Northamptonshire | 1944–1948 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Desford | England | Leicestershire | 1916–1953 | Owned by Caterpillar Inc. since 1953, now an industrial site | ||
RAF Detling | England | Kent | 1916 – 1919 1938 – 1959 |
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RAF Digby | DJ | England | Lincolnshire | 1918–1953 | Known as RAF Scopwick (1918–1920), Joint Service Signals Organisation Digby from 1998 | |
RAF Dishforth | DH | England | North Yorkshire | 1936–1992 | Also used by the British Army (Army Air Corps Dishforth) | |
RAF Docking | DK | England | Norfolk | |||
RAF Doncaster | England | Yorkshire | 1916–1954 | formerly RFC Doncaster (1914) Royal Flying Corps | ||
RAF Donibristle | Scotland | Fife | 1917–1939 | transferred to the Royal Navy in 1939 as HMS Merlin RNAS Donibristle | ||
RAF Donna Nook | ZN | England | Lincolnshire | 1927–1945 | Now an offshore bombing range | |
RAF Dounreay | DN | Scotland | Caithness | 1944–1954 (Royal Navy) | Now Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment | |
RAF Dover | England | Kent | 1918–1919 | Airship and seaplane base | ||
RAF Down Ampney | XA | England | Gloucestershire | 1944–1946 | ||
RAF Downham Market | DO | England | Norfolk | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Drem | DE | Scotland | East Lothian | 1917–1946 | ||
RAF Driffield | DR | England | East Yorkshire | 1918–1920 1936–1977 |
Formerly RAF Eastburn. Now British Army, "Alamein Barracks" | |
RAF Dumfries | DU | Scotland | Dumfries | 1940–1957 | aka RAF Tinwald Downs, now Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum | |
RAF Dundonald | Scotland | Ayrshire | ||||
RAF Dunholme Lodge | DL | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1964 | ||
RAF Dunino | Scotland | Fife | 1941–1943 | became RNAS Dunino (HMS Jackdaw II) | ||
RAF Dunkeswell | DW | England | Devon | 1943–1949 | USN from 1944 | |
RAF Dunsfold | England | Surrey | 1942–1945 | later BAE Systems Dunsfold, now Dunsfold Aerodrome, and Top Gear studio and race track | ||
RAF Duxford | DX | 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 | DY | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | 1939–1945 | Previously and now Aberdeen Airport | |
RAF Dymchurch | England | Kent | 1915–1920 | Balloon station, also aircraft. Site considered for WWII ALG | ||
RAF Earls Colne | EC | England | Essex | 1943–1947 | now Earls Colne Airfield | |
RAF Eastbourne | England | Sussex | 1914–1920 | |||
RAF East Fortune | EF | Scotland | East Lothian | 1916–1961 | ||
RAF East Kirkby | EK | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1970 | ||
RAF East Moor | EM | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1946 | RCAF from 1944 | |
RAF East Wretham | UT | England | Norfolk | 1940–1946 | USAAF from 1944 | |
RAF Eastchurch | England | Kent | 1912–1947 | Now HMP Standford Hill | ||
RAF Eastleigh | England | Hampshire | 1910-1920, 1932-1961 | reopened 1961, now Southampton International Airport | ||
RAF Edlesborough | England | Buckinghamshire | – 2012 | Communications site satellite of RAF Stanbridge | ||
RAF Edgehill | EH | England | Oxfordshire | now Shenington Gliding Club | ||
RAF Edzell | EZ | Scotland | Angus | |||
RAF Eglinton | QM | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | now City of Derry Airport, Derry | ||
RAF Elsham Wolds | ES | England | Lincolnshire | 1941–1947 | ||
RAF Elvington | EV | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1958 (USAF 1952–58) | RAF flying training schools at Church Fenton and Linton-on-Ouse used the runway to practise circuits and landings. Closed March 1992, sold January 1999. Technical site preserved as Yorkshire Air Museum. | |
RAF Ely | Wales | South Glamorgan | (No 14 Balloon Centre Cardiff) | |||
RAF Hospital Ely | England | Cambridgeshire | 1939–1992 | |||
RAF Elmdon | England | Warwickshire | 1939–1946 | Previously and now Birmingham Airport | ||
RAF Enstone | EN | England | Oxfordshire | now Enstone Airfield | ||
RAF Errol | ER | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | |||
RAF Eshott | England | Northumberland | 1942–1945 | |||
RAF Evanton | ET | Scotland | Ross and Cromarty | 1937–1944 | Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Fieldfare | |
RAF Exeter | EX | England | Devon | 1937–1946 | Previously and now Exeter International Airport | |
RAF Eye | EY | England | Suffolk | 1944–1945 | USAAF | |
RAF Fairoaks | England | Surrey | 1937–1967 | Now Fairoaks Airport | ||
RAF Fairlop | England | Essex | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF Fairwood Common | FC | Wales | South Glamorgan | 1941–1946 | now Swansea Airport | |
RAF Faldingworth | FH | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1972 | ||
RAF Farnborough | England | Hampshire | 1911–1996 | Former Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough, Now Farnborough Airport | ||
RAF Fauld | England | Staffordshire | see RAF Fauld Explosion | |||
RAF Fazakerley | England | Lancashire | ||||
RAF Felixstowe | England | Suffolk | 1913–1962 | |||
RAF Feltwell | FL | England | Norfolk | 1915–1963 | ||
RAF Fersfield | WF | England | Norfolk | 1944–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Filey Town | England | Yorkshire | ||||
RAF Filton | England | Gloucestershire | 1916–1957 | Now Bristol Filton Airport | ||
RAF Findo Gask | FG | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | 1941–1948 | No. 25 Satellite Landing Ground. | |
RAF Finmere | FI | England | Buckinghamshire | 1941–1945 | ||
RAF Finningley | FB | England | Yorkshire | 1915–1996 | now Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield | |
RAF Firbeck | England | Yorkshire | 1940–1945 | |||
RAF Fiskerton | FN | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF Flowerdown | England | Hampshire | 1919–1929 | Later HMS Flowerdown until 1956 and GCHQ until 1979. One of the Y-stations. Now Sir John Moore Barracks, Army Training Regiment | ||
RAF Folkestone | England | Kent | 1915–1918 | Airship station, previously RNAS Capel-le-Ferne. Site used for a wireless station during WWII | ||
RAF Folkingham | FO/FK (USAAF) | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1947 1959–1963 |
(USAAF 1944–1945) | |
RAF Ford | England | Sussex | 1918 – 1920 1937 – 1940 |
Became HMS Peregrine in 1940, now Ford Open Prison | ||
RAF Fordoun | FR | Scotland | Kincardineshire | 1942–1950 | ||
RAF Foreland | England | Isle of Wight | 1918–1919 | Seaplane base | ||
RAF Foulsham | FU | England | Norfolk | 1942–1945 | ||
RAF Fowlmere | FW | 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 | FM | England | Suffolk | 1943–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Fraserburgh | FB | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | 1941–1945 | ||
RAF Freckleton | England | Lancashire | 1953– 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 Freiston | England | Lincolnshire | (Formerly RNAS Freiston – became an RAF station in 1918) | |||
RAF Friston | England | Sussex | 1936 1940 – 1945 |
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RAF Frost Hill Farm[4] | England | Hampshire | 1940–1945 | ALG | ||
RAF Fulbeck | FK/FB (USAAF) | England | Lincolnshire | 1941–1970 | (USAAF 1943–1944) | |
RAF Full Sutton | FS | England | Yorkshire | 1944–1963 | now HM Prison Full Sutton | |
RAF Funtington | England | Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Gamston | GB | England | Nottinghamshire | 1942–1957 | ||
RAF Gatwick | England | Surrey | 1937–1946 | now London Gatwick Airport | ||
RAF Gaydon | England | Warwickshire | 1942–1974 | Part of it is now home to the Heritage Motor Centre | ||
RAF Glatton | GT | England | Cambridgeshire | 1943–1946 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Gosfield | England | Essex | 1943–1945 | |||
RAF Gosport | England | Hampshire | 1915–1945 | Became HMS Siskin in 1945 | ||
RAF Goxhill | GX | England | Lincolnshire | 1941–1953 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Grafton Underwood | GU | England | Northamptonshire | 1943–1959 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Grain | England | Kent | 1916–1924 | Airship and seaplane base, also known as RAF Port Victoria | ||
RAF Grangemouth | Scotland | Falkirk | 1939–1945 | |||
RAF Gransden Lodge | GD | England | Bedfordshire | 1942–1955 | ||
RAF Grantham | England | Lincolnshire | (renamed RAF Spitalgate) – now a Territorial Army establishment | |||
RAF Graveley | GR | England | Huntingdonshire | 1942–1968 | ||
RAF Gravesend | England | Kent | 1937–1956 | |||
RAF Great Ashfield | GA ? | England | Suffolk | 1943–1960 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Great Dunmow | GD | England | Essex | 1943–1958 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Great Massingham | GM | England | Norfolk | 1940–1958 | ||
RAF Great Sampford | England | Essex | 1942–1948 | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Great Witcombe | England | Gloucestershire | ||||
RAF Great Yarmouth | England | Norfolk | First World War landing ground | |||
RAF Greatham | England | County Durham | Also known as RAF West Hartlepool | |||
RAF Greatworth | England | Northamptonshire | 1943–1992 | |||
RAF Greencastle | Northern Ireland | County Down | 1942–1945 | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Greenham Common | England | Berkshire | 1942–1946 1951–1991 |
(USAAF 1943–1964) | ||
RAF Greenland Top | England | Lincolnshire | (Also known as RAF Stallingborough) | |||
RAF Greenock | Scotland | Renfrewshire | ||||
RAF Grimsby | GY | England | Lincolnshire | 1941–1946 | (aka RAF Waltham) | |
RAF Grimsetter | Scotland | Orkney | ||||
RAF Grimsthorpe Park | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Grove | England | Berkshire | 1942–1946 | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Guston Down | England | Kent | 1914–1919 | |||
RAF Hack Green | England | Cheshire | now Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker | |||
RAF Halesworth | HA | England | Suffolk | 1942–1946 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Halfpenny Green | England | Staffordshire | 1941–1953 | Formerly RAF Bobbington (now Wolverhampton Airport) | ||
RAF Hall Caine | Isle of Man | Now Hall Caine Airport, closed | ||||
RAF Hospital Halton | England | Buckinghamshire | 1927–1995 | |||
RAF Hamble | England | Hampshire | 1931–1978 | |||
RAF Hammerwood | England | Sussex | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Hampstead Norris | HN | England | Berkshire | |||
RAF Hamworthy | England | Dorsetshire | ||||
RAF Handforth | England | Cheshire | ||||
RAF Hanworth | England | Surrey | ||||
RAF Hardwick | HC | England | Norfolk | 1942–1962 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Harlaxton | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Harling Road | England | Norfolk | 1918–1920 | First World War "Landing Ground" opened in 1916 and used by the Royal Flying Corps and the United States Army Air Corps | ||
RAF Harpswell | England | Lincolnshire | (later renamed as RAF Hemswell) | |||
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 | 1943–1963 | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Harrowbeer | QB | England | Devon | 1941–1950 | ||
RAF Harwell | HW | England | Oxfordshire | 1937–1945 | ||
RAF Hatfield | England | Hertfordshire | 1939–1956 | RAF/ATA use of de Havilland's Hatfield Aerodrome | ||
RAF Hatston | Scotland | Orkney | better known as RNAS Hatston – HMS Sparrowhawk | |||
RAF Haverfordwest | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1943–1945 | |||
RAF Hawarden | Wales | Flintshire | 1939–1957 | 48 MU Aircraft Storage Unit, now Hawarden Airport | ||
RAF Hawkinge | England | Kent | 1914–1963 | |||
RAF Haydock | England | Lancashire | Also known as RAF Blackbrook | |||
RAF Headcorn | HC | England | Kent | 1943–1945 | (USAAF ALG) | |
RAF Headley Court | England | Surrey | Now the Defence Medical Services (DMS) Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC)[5] | |||
RAF Heathfield | Scotland | Ayrshire | 1940–44 | Also known as RAF Ayr. Passed to Fleet Air Arm as HMS Wagtail in 1944 | ||
RAF Hednesford | England | Staffordshire | 1938–1956 | |||
RAF Heigham Holmes | England | Norfolk | fictional airfield location | |||
RAF Hell's Mouth | Wales | Gwynedd | ||||
RAF Helensburgh | Scotland | Dumbartonshire | Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment | |||
RAF Hemswell | HL | England | Lincolnshire | 1937–1967 | ||
RAF Hendon | England | Middlesex | 1910–1957 | 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 | HL | England | Norfolk | 1942–1947 (USAAF) | now owned by Lotus Cars | |
RAF Heywood | England | Lancashire | Maintenance Unit | |||
RAF Hibaldstow | England | Lincolnshire | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF High Ercall | England | Shropshire | 1941–1962 | |||
RAF Highgate | England | Middlesex | 1942–1948 | Home to RAF Intelligence training during WW2. In former Caen Wood Towers (now Athlone House) | ||
RAF High Halden | HH | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | (USAAF 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 | HI | England | Northamptonshire | 1940–1945 | now Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield | |
RAF Hixon | HX | England | Staffordshire | 1942–1957 | ||
RAF Hockley Heath | England | Warwickshire | ||||
RAF Holbeach | England | Lincolnshire | Air Weapons Range | |||
RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor | HM | England | Yorkshire | 1941–1953 | ||
RAF Holmsley South | HM | England | Hampshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Holt | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |||
RAF Holyhead | Wales | Isle of Anglesey | ||||
RAF Honeybourne | HQ | England | Worcestershire | 1941–1946 | ||
RAF Honiley | England | Warwickshire | 1941–1958 | |||
RAF Hooton Park | England | Cheshire | 1917–1957 | |||
RAF Hopton | England | Suffolk | ||||
RAF Horham | JH | England | Suffolk | 1942–1963 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Hornby Hall | England | Westmorland | 1941–1945 | No. 9 SLG | ||
RAF Hornchurch | England | Essex | 1928–1962 | Formerly RAF Sutton's Farm | ||
RAF Horne | England | Surrey | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Horsham St Faith | HF | England | Norfolk | 1940–1963 (USAAF 1942–1945) | airfield site now Norwich International Airport | |
RAF Hucknall | England | Nottinghamshire | 1916–1957 | |||
RAF Hullavington | England | Wiltshire | 1937–2003 | Now used by the British Army (Buckley Barracks) | ||
RAF Hunmanby Moor | England | Yorkshire | 1939–1945 | Also known as RAF Filey Camp, later Butlin's Filey | ||
RAF Hunsdon | England | Hertfordshire | 1941–1947 | |||
RAF Hurn | KU | England | Hampshire | 1941–1944 | Now Bournemouth International Airport | |
RAF Husbands Bosworth | HZ | England | Leicestershire | 1943–1956 | ||
RAF Hutton Cranswick | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1946 | |||
RAF Hythe | England | Hampshire | 1915–1919 | |||
RAF Ibsley | IB | 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 | 1940–2008 | Passed to the Army as Imjin Barracks | ||
RAF Inverness | Scotland | Inverness-shire | Also known as RAF Longman | |||
RAF Isle of Grain | England | Kent | (pre-RAF) RNAS Airship station, then RAF Isle of Grain | |||
RAF Joyce Green | England | Kent | 1914–1919 | Coincidentally Vickers testing aerodrome 1910–1919 | ||
RAF Jurby | Isle of Man | 1939–1972 | ||||
RAF Jurby Head | Isle of Man | 1939–1993 | Air Weapons Range | |||
RAF Keevil | England | Wiltshire | 1942–1965 | |||
RAF Kelstern | KS | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF Kemble | England | Gloucestershire | 1938–1984 | |||
RAF Kenley | England | Surrey | 1917–1959 | |||
RAF Kidlington | England | Oxfordshire | 1938–1951 | now Oxford Airport | ||
RAF Kidsdale | Scotland | Dumfrieshire | Joint RAF/Army gunnery range – also known as Burrow Head | |||
RAF Killadeas | Northern Ireland | County Fermanagh | ||||
RAF Kimbolton | KI | England | Huntingdonshire | 1941–1946 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Kings Cliffe | England | Northamptonshire | 1941–1959 | (USAAF) | ||
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 | KN | England | Kent | 1943 | (WWII ALG) near Ashford | |
RAF Kinloss | KW | Scotland | Moray | 1939–2012 | Now "Kinloss Barracks" | |
RAF Kirkbride | England | Cumbria | ||||
RAF Kirkham | England | Lancashire | 1940–1957 | Part of the site is now HM Prison Kirkham | ||
RAF Kirkistown | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||||
RAF Kirknewton | Scotland | West Lothian | ||||
RAF Kirmington | KG | England | Lincolnshire | 1942–1953 | Now Humberside Airport | |
RAF Kirton in Lindsey | KL | England | Lincolnshire | 1940–1966, 2004–2013 | ||
RAF Knettishall | KN | England | Suffolk | 1943–1957 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Langar | LA | England | Nottinghamshire | |||
RAF Langford Lodge | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | No. 20 Satellite Landing Ground | |||
RAF Langham | England | Norfolk | 1940–1961 | |||
RAF Larkhill | England | Wiltshire | 1918–1942 | Also known as RAF Knighton Down | ||
RAF Lasham | England | Hampshire | 1942–1948 | now Lasham Airfield | ||
RAF Lashenden | England | Kent | 1943–1945 | (ALG), now Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield | ||
RAF Lavenham | LV | England | Suffolk | 1943–1948 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Leadenham | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Leconfield | LC | England | East Yorkshire | 1936–1977 | Now DST Leconfield, Tri-service military driving school | |
RAF Lee-on-Solent | England | Hampshire | 1917–1939 | Transferred to Navy as RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus) in 1939 | ||
RAF Leicester East | England | Leicestershire | now Leicester Airport | |||
RAF Leiston | England | Suffolk | 1943–1953 | Also known as RAF Yoxford (USAAF) | ||
RAF Leuchars | Scotland | Fife | 1920–2014 | Now Leuchars Station, British Army | ||
RAF Lichfield | LF | England | Staffordshire | 1940–1958 | ||
RAF Limavady | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | 1940–1945 | |||
RAF Lindholme | LB | England | Yorkshire | 1940–1985 | (previously called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse), now HM Prison Lindholme | |
RAF Lissett | LT | England | Yorkshire | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF Little Horwood | LH | England | Buckinghamshire | |||
RAF Little Rissington | England | Gloucestershire | ||||
RAF Little Snoring | LS | England | Norfolk | 1943–1958 | ||
RAF Little Staughton | LX | England | Cambridgeshire | 1942–1945 | ||
RAF Little Walden | LL | England | Essex | 1944–1946 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Llanbedr | Wales | Gwynedd | ||||
RAF Llandaff | Wales | Cardiff | 1946–1980 | Formerly RAF Caerau | ||
RAF Llandow | Wales | South Glamorgan | 1940–1957 | now Llandow Circuit | ||
RAF Llandwrog | Wales | Gwynedd | ||||
RAF Locking | England | Somerset | ||||
RAF Long Kesh | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | 1941–1948 | now HM Prison Maze | ||
RAF Long Marston | JS | England | Warwickshire | |||
RAF Longbenton | England | Northumberland | ||||
RAF Longley Lane | England | Lancashire | ||||
RAF Loughborough | England | Leicestershire | ||||
RAF Ludford Magna | LM | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1963 | ||
RAF Ludham | England | Norfolk | 1941–1946 | Also RNAS Ludham/HMS Flycatcher, now private landing strip | ||
RAF Lulsgate Bottom | England | Somerset | 1940–1946 | now Bristol Airport | ||
RAF Luton | England | Bedfordshire | 1938–1946 | now London Luton Airport | ||
RAF Lydd (WWII) | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | WWII ALG – not the current Lydd Airport | ||
RAF Lymington | LY | 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 | 1940–2012 | Now MoD Lyneham | ||
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 Training Unit moving to another nearby site with the designated name of RAF Freckleton. | ||
RAF Machrihanish | Scotland | Argyllshire | 1918, 1940–1997 | Now Campbeltown Airport. See also RNAS Machrihanish (HMS Landrail) | ||
RAF Macmerry | Scotland | East Lothian | 1934–1953 | Also (unofficially) known as RAF Tranent and RAF Penston | ||
RAF Madley | England | Herefordshire | 1941–1946 | |||
RAF Maghaberry | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | 1941–1946 | Now HM Prison Maghaberry | ||
RAF Manby | England | Lincolnshire | 1938–1974 | |||
RAF Manorbier | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1933–1946 | |||
RAF Manston | England | Kent | 1917–1999 | now Kent International Airport and Defence Fire Training and Development Centre | ||
RAF Manywells Height | England | Yorkshire | 1916–1919 | No trace remains – returned to farmland. | ||
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 | MB | England | Leicestershire | 1943–1947 | ||
RAF Market Stainton | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Marston Moor | MA | England | Yorkshire | 1941–1945 | originally named RAF Tockwith and sometimes incorrectly RAF Marsden Moor | |
RAF Martlesham Heath | MH | England | Suffolk | 1917–1963 | Pre 1939 was home to Royal Aircraft Establishment, in 1939 RAE moved to Farnborough and airfield became a Fighter Station as part of 11 Group. In 1943 RAF Moved out and USAAF moved in. Post war the Airfield had numerous roles until 1959 when it became home to Headquarters 11 Group Fighter Command, and that same year the Original Battle of Britain Flight as it was then known moved from North Weald where it had been formed to Martlesham Heath. In 1961 however it was decided that the close proximity of Martlesham's circuit to the fast Jets of the bases of nearby Woodbridge and Bentwaters was becoming a problem and Martlesham was declared surplus to requirements and the Royal Air Force moved out. | |
RAF Marwell Hall | England | Hampshire | 1941–1945 | Now the site of Marwell Zoo | ||
RAF Matching | MT | England | Essex | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF Matlaske | England | Norfolk | ||||
RAF Mattishall | England | Norfolk | First World War "Landing Ground" | |||
RAF Maydown | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||||
RAF Medmenham | England | Buckinghamshire | 1941–1977 | |||
RAF Meikle Ferry | Scotland | Ross-shire | Marine craft unit | |||
RAF Meir | England | Staffordshire | ||||
RAF Melbourne | ME | England | Yorkshire | 1940–1945 | ||
RAF Melksham | England | Wiltshire | 1940–1965 | Training schools | ||
RAF Melton Mowbray | England | Leicestershire | 1943–1964 | |||
RAF Membury | ME | England | Berkshire | 1942–1947 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Mendlesham | MD | England | Suffolk | 1944–1954 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Mepal | MP | England | Cambridgeshire | 1943–1963 | now Mepal Airfield | |
RAF Merston | England | Sussex | 1941–1944 | USAAF 1942–43 (Satellite of RAF Tangmere). Used by French RAF pilots during D-Day[6] | ||
RAF Merryfield | HI, MF | England | Somerset | 1944–1946 | USAAF 1944–45, now RNAS Merryfield HMS Heron II from 1971. Formerly known as RAF Isle Abbots | |
RAF Metfield | England | Suffolk | 1943–1945 | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Metheringham | MN | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1946 | ||
RAF Methven | Scotland | Perth and Kinross | ||||
RAF Methwold | ML | England | Norfolk | 1939–1958 | ||
RAF Middle Wallop | England | Hampshire | 1940 – 1945 1948 – 1958 |
now used by the British Army, AAC Middle Wallop | ||
RAF Middleton St. George | MG | England | County Durham | 1941–1965 | Formerly RAF Goosepool. Now Durham Tees Valley Airport | |
RAF Mill Green | England | Hertfordshire | 1943–1948 | |||
RAF Millfield | England | Northumberland | 1944–1946 | |||
RAF Minchinhampton | England | Gloucestershire | 1918–19 | |||
RAF Millom | England | Cumbria | 1941–1945 | Now HM Prison Haverigg | ||
RAF Milltown | Scotland | Moray | ||||
RAF Misson | England | Nottinghamshire | ||||
RAF Montford Bridge | England | Shropshire | 1941–1945 | Satellite station of RAF Rednal | ||
RAF Montrose | Scotland | Angus | 1912–1950 | |||
RAF Morecambe | England | Lancashire | The Midland Hotel requisitioned as an RAF Hospital | |||
RAF Moreton-in-Marsh | MO | England | Gloucestershire | 1941–1955 | Now the site of the Fire Service College | |
RAF Moreton Valence | England | Gloucestershire | ||||
RAF Morpeth | England | Northumberland | 1942–1948 | It was also known locally as Tranwell | ||
RAF Mount Batten | England | Devon | 1918–1986 | formerly RAF Cattewater | ||
RAF Mount Farm | MF | England | Oxfordshire | 1940–1946 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Mousehold Heath | England | Norfolk | 1914 under RFC, became first Norwich Airport in 1933 | |||
RAF Mullaghmore | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | 1942–1945 | |||
RAF Murlough | Northern Ireland | County Down | ||||
RAF Narborough | England | Norfolk | Merged into present day RAF Marham | |||
RAF Needs Oar Point | England | Hampshire | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Nether Wallop | England | Hampshire | 1945–1946 | HQ Southern Sector | ||
RAF Netheravon | England | Wiltshire | 1919–1957 | AAC Netheravon (Army Air Corps) 1963–2012 | ||
RAF Newchurch | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | ALG | ||
RAF Newhaven | England | Sussex | 1917–1919 | Newhaven Seaplane Base | ||
RAF Newmarket | NM | England | Suffolk | 1939–1945 | ||
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) Also known as RAF Honeychild | ||
RAF Newton | NA | England | Nottinghamshire | 1937–1995 | ||
RAF Newtownards | Northern Ireland | County Down | 1934–1945 | |||
RAF Hospital Nocton Hall | England | Lincolnshire | 1947–1983 (USAF 1983–1995) | Site of PMRAFNS Hospital | ||
RAF North Coates | England | Lincolnshire | 1935–1990 | |||
RAF North Creake | NO | England | Norfolk | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF North Killingholme | NK | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF North Luffenham | NL | England | Rutland | 1940–1997 | Now St George's Barracks | |
RAF North Pickenham | NP | England | Norfolk | 1944–1965 (USAAF 1944–45) | Now a turkey farm and karting circuit | |
RAF North Weald | England | Essex | 1916–1964 | 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 | NW | 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 Novar | Scotland | Ross-shire | 1922–1937 | Renamed RAF Evanton | ||
RAF Nuneaton | NU | England | Leicestershire | also known as RAF Lindley | ||
RAF Nuneham Park | England | Oxfordshire | ||||
RAF Nuthampstead | NT | England | Hertfordshire | 1943–1954 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Nutts Corner | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | 1941–1946 | |||
RAF Oban | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | ||||
RAF Oakham | England | Leicestershire | ||||
RAF Oakhanger | England | Hampshire | 1966–2003 | |||
RAF Oakington | OA | England | Cambridgeshire | 1940–1970 | Being developed into Northstowe new town. | |
RAF Oakley | OY | England | Buckinghamshire | 1942–1945 | ||
RAF Oban | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | 1940–1945 | |||
RAF Okehampton | England | Devon | Also known as "Folly Gate" | |||
RAF Old Buckenham | OE | England | Norfolk | 1943–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Old Sarum | England | Wiltshire | 1917–1971 | now Old Sarum Airfield | ||
RAF Ossington | ON | England | Nottinghamshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Oulton | OU | England | Norfolk | 1940–1947 | ||
RAF Ouston | England | Northumberland | 1941–1974 | now Albemarle Barracks (British Army) near Heddon on the Wall | ||
RAF Padgate | England | Lancashire | ||||
RAF Pembrey | Wales | Carmarthenshire | 1940–1957 | |||
RAF Pembroke Dock | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1930–1957 | |||
RAF Pengam Moors | Wales | South Glamorgan | 1937–1953 | (aka RAF Cardiff) | ||
RAF Penshurst | England | Kent | 1916 – 1919 1940 – 1946 |
Became Penshurst Airfield, in operation 1919–36, reopened during WWII | ||
RAF Penrhos | Wales | Caernarvonshire | 1937–1947 | |||
RAF Peplow | CE | 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 | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF Pershore | PR | England | Worcestershire | 1941–1978 | also known as RAF Throckmorton, became Royal Radar Establishment RRE Pershore | |
RAF Peterhead | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF Peterborough | England | Northamptonshire | 1932–1964 | |||
RAF Perth | Scotland | Perthshire | 1936–1945 | Now Perth (Scone) Airport | ||
RAF Perton | England | Staffordshire | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF Pevensey | England | Sussex | ||||
RAF Pitreavie Castle | Scotland | Fife | 1938–1996 | Rescue co-ordination centre closed in 1996. Now apartments | ||
RAF Pocklington | OC | England | Yorkshire | 1941–1946 | ||
RAF Podington | England | Bedfordshire | 1942–1946(USAAF) | Now Santa Pod Raceway drag strip | ||
RAF Polebrook | PK | England | Northamptonshire | 1941–1963 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Polegate | England | Sussex | 1915–1919 | Airship base | ||
RAF Port Ellen | Scotland | Isle of Islay | 1940–1947 | Also known as RAF Glenegedale and RAF Islay, now Islay Airport | ||
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 | 1943–1945 | Used as a satellite of RAF Hawarden. | ||
RAF Prawle Point | England | Devon | 1917–1919 | Formerly RNAS Prawle Point | ||
RAF Prestatyn | Wales | Denbighshire | ||||
RAF Prestwick | Scotland | Ayrshire | – 2013 | Formerly the Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (Military) | ||
RAF Pucklechurch | England | Gloucestershire | 1939–1959 | Now HM Prison Ashfield | ||
RAF Pulborough | England | Sussex | 1940 – 1945? | Emergency Landing Ground | ||
RAF Pulham | England | Norfolk | used for the development of British airships between the wars | |||
RAF Quedgeley | England | Gloucestershire | 1939–1995 | |||
RAF Rackheath | RK | England | Norfolk | 1943–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Radlett | England | Hertfordshire | 1940–1945 | Aldenham Lodge Hotel requistioned as the headquarters of No. 80 (Signals) Wing, not the Handley Page Airfield | ||
RAF Ramsbury | RY | England | Wiltshire | 1942–1945 | (USAAF) | |
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 | ATA use of Ratcliffe Aerodrome | |||
RAF Rattlesden | RS | England | Suffolk | 1942–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Rauceby | England | Lincolnshire | No 4 RAF Hospital between 1940 and 1947 – became Rauceby Mental Hospital | |||
RAF Raydon | RA | England | Suffolk | 1942–1958 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Reading | England | Berkshire | ||||
RAF Rearsby | England | Leicestershire | A former flying club airfield was the base for Taylorcraft Aeroplanes (England) Ltd changed its name to The Auster Aircraft Company Ltd. | |||
RAF Redhill | England | Surrey | 1937–1954 | now Redhill Aerodrome | ||
RAF Rednal | England | Shropshire | 1942–1945 | now Rednal Airfield | ||
RAF Regents Park | England | City of Westminster | No. 1 Air Crew Reception Centre | |||
RAF Renfrew | Scotland | Renfrewshire | Later Renfrew Airport, now closed | |||
RAF Rhoose | Wales | South Glamorgan | 1942–1952 | now Cardiff Airport | ||
RAF Riccall | RC | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Ridgewell | RD | England | Essex | 1942–1957 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Ringway | England | Cheshire | Formerly and now Manchester Airport | |||
RAF Rivenhall | RL | England | Essex | 1943–1945 | ||
RAF Roborough | England | Devon | 1938–1945 | Formerly Plymouth Municipal Aerodrome | ||
RAF Rochester | England | Kent | 1938–1953 | 1938 location of No 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School.[7] | ||
RAF Rochford | England | Essex | 1916-1944 | started in WW1 as RFC Rochford, title changed to 'RAF' in April 1918 | ||
RAF Ronaldsway | Isle of Man | −1943 | (HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway) | |||
RAF Rudloe Manor | England | Somerset | −1988 | Also known as RAF Corsham, now MoD Corsham | ||
RAF Rufforth | RU | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1954 | ||
RAF Rustington | England | Sussex | 1917–1919 | |||
RAF Samlesbury | England | Lancashire | now Samlesbury Aerodrome | |||
RAF Saltby | SY | England | Leicestershire | |||
RAF Sandtoft | England | Yorkshire | 1943–1955 | |||
RAF Sandy Bay | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | flying boat base on Lough Neagh near Ram's Island | |||
RAF Sawbridgeworth | ZH | England | Hertfordshire | 1916-1918, 1940–1946 | Originally established in WW1 as a Night Landing Ground for Home Defence units of the RFC it was operational from April 1916 to November 1918. The location was reused as an airfield in October 1940 and operational until mid-1946, whence it returned to agriculture. | |
RAF Scarnish | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | ||||
RAF Scatsta | Scotland | Shetland | 1940–1945 | Now Scatsta Airport | ||
RAF Scorton | England | Yorkshire | 1939–1945 | |||
RAF Sculthorpe | SP | England | Norfolk | 1943–1997 | Airfield retained as part of British Army's Stanford Training Area | |
RAF Sealand | Wales | Flintshire | 1916–2006 | Now MoD Sealand, originally called RAF Shotwick | ||
RAF Sedgeford | England | Norfolk | ||||
RAF Seething | England | Norfolk | 1943–1945 | |||
RAF Seighford | YD | England | Staffordshire | |||
RAF Selsey | England | Sussex | 1943–1945 | ALG, previously Selsey Airfield | ||
RAF Sharnbrook | England | Bedfordshire | Munitions Storage Depot | |||
RAF Shawbury | England | Shropshire | 1917–20, 1938–1996 | Still in use by Defence Helicopter Flying School | ||
RAF Sheerness (Aerodrome) | 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 Sherburn-in-Elmet | England | Yorkshire | 1917–1945 | Now Sherburn-in-Elmet Airfield | ||
RAF Shipdham | SJ | England | Norfolk | 1942–1945 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Shobdon | England | Herefordshire | 1940–1946 | Now Shobdon Aerodrome | ||
RAF Shoreham (WWI) | England | Sussex | (WWI) 1914 – 1921 | |||
RAF Shoreham (WWII) | England | Sussex | 1940–1946 | Wartime requisition of Shoreham Airport | ||
RAF Shrewton | England | Wiltshire | ||||
RAF Sidmouth | England | Devon | (1 Apr 1943 – 3 May 1945) | The Air Crew Officers School | ||
RAF Silloth | England | Cumbria | 1939–1960 | |||
RAF Silverstone | SV | England | Northamptonshire | 1943–1947 | straddles Buckinghamshire border. Now Silverstone International Motor Racing Circuit | |
RAF Skaebrae | Scotland | Orkney | 1940–1957 | |||
RAF Skellingthorpe | FG | England | Lincolnshire | 1941–1952 | ||
RAF Skipton-on-Swale | SK | England | Yorkshire | 1942–1945 | ||
RAF Skitten | Scotland | Caithness | ||||
RAF Skewjack | England | Cornwall | ||||
RAF Sleap | England | Shropshire | 1943–1964 | now Sleap Airfield | ||
RAF Snailwell | England | Cambridgeshire | 1941–1946 | |||
RAF Snaith | SX | England | Yorkshire | 1941–1946 | ||
RAF Snetterton Heath | SN | England | Norfolk | 1943–1948 (USAAF) | airfield now Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit | |
RAF Snettisham | England | Norfolk | USAAF Gunnery School/Range | |||
RAF Snitterfield | England | Warwickshire | 1943–1946 | |||
RAF Soberton | England | Hampshire | 1940 – late 1950s | Emergency Landing Ground | ||
RAF Somerton | England | Isle of Wight | 1916–1919 | Became civil airfield for Saunders-Roe post-war, closed 1951 | ||
RAF South Cerney | England | Gloucestershire | 1937–1968 | Now Duke of Gloucester Barracks | ||
RAF South Witham | England | Lincolnshire | ||||
RAF Southam | England | Warwickshire | 1940–1944 | |||
RAF Southend | England | Essex | 1944–1945 | now London (Southend) International Airport | ||
RAF Southrop | England | Gloucestershire | 1940–1947 | |||
RAF Spanhoe | UV | England | Northamptonshire | 1944–1946 | Also known as Wakerley or Harringworth | |
RAF Speke | England | Lancashire | now Liverpool John Lennon Airport | |||
RAF Spilsby | SL | England | Lincolnshire | |||
RAF Spitalgate | England | Lincolnshire | 1916–1975 | (sometimes incorrectly spelt RAF Spittlegate) (formerly RAF Grantham), now Prince William of Gloucester Barracks | ||
RAF Squires Gate | England | Lancashire | Now Blackpool International Airport | |||
RAF St Angelo | Northern Ireland | County Fermanagh | 1941–1947 | No. 18 SLG, now Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport | ||
RAF St Athan | Wales | Vale of Glamorgan | 1938–1999 | Now known as MoD St Athan, hosted the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA) | ||
RAF St Davids | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1943–1958 | |||
RAF St Eval | England | Cornwall | 1939–1959 | |||
RAF St Mawgan | England | Cornwall | 1940–2008 | Now Cornwall Airport Newquay and the home of AgustaWestland | ||
RAF Stafford | England | Staffordshire | 1939–2004 | Now known as MoD Stafford and Beacon Barracks, formerly hosted No. 16 Maintenance Unit RAF (16MU), one of several logistics centres and No 2 MT Sqn. | ||
RAF Stanbridge | England | Bedfordshire | May 1939 – 2013 | Formerly RAF Leighton Buzzard | ||
RAF Stanley Park | England | Lancashire | Now Blackpool Zoo | |||
RAF Stanmore Park | England | Middlesex | ||||
RAF Stannington | England | Northumberland | ||||
RAF Stansted Mountfitchet | KT | England | Essex | 1943–1958 (USAAF) | now London Stansted Airport | |
RAF Stanton Harcourt | ST | England | Oxfordshire | |||
RAF Stapleford Tawney | England | Essex | 1939–1945 | now Stapleford Aerodrome | ||
RAF Staplehurst | SH | England | Kent | 1943–1944 | Prototype ALG/USAAF | |
RAF Staverton | England | Gloucestershire | 1936–1951 | |||
RAF Steeple Morden | KR | England | Cambridgeshire | 1940–1946 | ||
RAF Stoke Hammond | England | Buckinghamshire | – 1974 | |||
RAF Stoke Orchard | England | Gloucestershire | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF Stoney Cross | England | Hampshire | 1942–1948 | |||
RAF Stormy Down | Wales | Glamorganshire | 1940–1945 | |||
Stow Maries | England | Essex | 1917–1940 | Originally opened as an RFC station in 1914 (all titles changed to 'RAF' after 1 April 1918), not used in WW2, now a Heritage Centre and private airfield | ||
RAF Stornoway | Scotland | Outer Hebrides | 1940–1945, 1982–1998 | Now Stornoway Airport | ||
RAF Stradishall | NX | England | Suffolk | 1938–1970 | now HMP Highpoint prison. | |
RAF Stranraer | Scotland | Scottish Lowlands | Flying boat base on Loch Ryan | |||
RAF Stratford | NF | England | Warwickshire | 1942–1945 | Formerly RAF Atherstone | |
RAF Strubby | NY | England | Lincolnshire | 1943–1972 | ||
RAF Sturgate | England | Lincolnshire | 1944–1946 1953–1964 (USAAF) |
now Sturgate Airfield | ||
RAF Sudbury | SU | England | Suffolk | 1944–1945 | ||
RAF Sullom Voe | Scotland | Shetland | 1938–1952 | |||
RAF Sumburgh | Scotland | Shetland | 1936–1946 | Now Sumburgh Airport | ||
RAF Sutton Bridge | England | Lincolnshire | 1926–1958 | Formerly an 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 Sutton on Hull | England | Yorkshire | 1938–1961 | |||
RAF Swannington | NG | England | Norfolk | 1944–1947 | ||
RAF Swanton Morley | SM | England | Norfolk | 1940–1995 | Now British Army Robertson Barracks | |
RAF(U) Swanwick | England | Hampshire | Air Command Unit embedded within the London Area Control Centre (NATS) | |||
RAF Swinderby | SN | England | Lincolnshire | 1940–1995 | ||
RAF Swingfield | England | Kent | 1916 -18 1942 – 45 |
WWII ALG | ||
RAF Sydenham | Northern Ireland | County Down | 1939–1970 | 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 | YN | England | Nottinghamshire | 1940–1970 | ||
RAF Sywell | England | Northamptonshire | Now Sywell Aerodrome | |||
RAF Tain | Scotland | Ross-shire | 1941–1946 | Disused airfield on Bombing range | ||
RAF Talbenny | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1942–1946 | |||
RAF Tallaght | Ireland | Co Dublin | 1918 | |||
RAF Tangmere | England | Sussex | 1917 – 1919 1925 – 1979 |
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RAF Tarrant Rushton | England | Dorsetshire | 1943–1947 | |||
RAF Tatenhill | VL | England | Staffordshire | 1941–1947 | (initially called RAF Crossplains) – see also Tatenhill Airfield | |
RAF Tealing | Scotland | Angus | 1942–1945 | |||
RAF Teddington | England | Greater London | 1942–1963 | See Camp Griffiss | ||
RAF Telscombe Cliffs | England | Sussex | 1916–1919 | |||
RAF Templeton | Wales | Pembrokeshire | 1942–1945 | |||
RAF Tempsford | England | Bedfordshire | 1941–1947 | |||
RAF Ternhill | England | Shropshire | 1916–1997 | Used as a fighter airfield during the Battle of Britain. British Army (Clive Barracks 1976–2016); airfield site still maintained as an RLG for Defence Helicopter Flying School. | ||
RAF Thatcham | England | Berkshire | −2001 | |||
RAF Thame | England | Buckinghamshire | Now Haddenham Airfield | |||
RAF Theddlethorpe | England | Lincolnshire | (Former bombing range) | |||
RAF Thetford | England | Norfolk | ||||
RAF Tholthorpe | TH | England | Yorkshire | 1940–1948 | ||
RAF Thornaby | England | Yorkshire | 1929–1958 | |||
RAF Thorney Island | England | Hampshire | 1938–1976 | Now used by Army (Baker Barracks), currently home to a Royal Artillery Regiment | ||
RAF Thorpe Abbotts | TA | England | Norfolk | 1943–1956 | (USAAF) | |
RAF Throwley | England | Kent | 1916–1919 | Allocated as a WWII Emergency Landing Ground, but not used. | ||
RAF Thruxton | TX | England | Hampshire | 1942–1946 (USAAF from 1944) |
now Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit | |
RAF Thurleigh | England | Bedfordshire | 1936–1946 (USAAF) | Converted to RAE Bedford and is now Bedford Autodrome | ||
RAF Tibenham | England | Norfolk | 1942–1959 | (USAAF) | ||
RAF Tilshead | England | Wiltshire | 1925–1941 | |||
RAF Tilstock | OK | England | Shropshire | 1942–1946 | ||
RAF Tipnor | England | Hampshire | 1917–1919 | Balloon station | ||
RAF Tiree | Scotland | Inner Hebrides | 1942–1947 | Now Tiree Airport | ||
RAF Toome | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | 1943–1954 | |||
RAF Torquay | England | Devon | ||||
RAF Towyn | Wales | Merionethshire | 1940–1945 | |||
RAF Trebelzue | England | Cornwall | Subsumed by RAF St Mawgan during WWII | |||
RAF Truleigh Hill | England | Sussex | ||||
RAF Tuddenham | TD | England | Suffolk | 1943–1963 | ||
RAF Turnberry | Scotland | Ayrshire | 1914–1919, 1944–1945 | |||
RAF Turnhouse | Scotland | Midlothian | 1916–1957 | Now Edinburgh Airport | ||
RAF Turweston | TU | England | Buckinghamshire | 1942–1945 | Now Turweston Aerodrome | |
RAF Twinwood Farm | England | Bedfordshire | 1941–1945 | (USAAF from 1944) | ||
RAF Tydd St Mary | England | Lincolnshire | (Former RFC Aerodrome Tydd St Mary – Transferred to RAF in 1918) | |||
RAF Upavon | UA | England | Wiltshire | 1912–1993 | Now occupied by the British Army "Trenchard Lines" | |
RAF Upottery | England | Devon | 1944–1948 | Although the runways remain the land and remaining buildings are in private ownership. | ||
RAF Upper Heyford | UH | England | Oxfordshire | 1917–1920, 1927–1994 (USAF from 1951) | RFC, then RAF training facility; transferred to USAF in 1950 as a SAC bomber airfield, followed by operation by USAFE as a jet reconnaissance station and later a fighter-bomber airfield. Last operated F-111E & EF-111A aircraft until 1993 following the end of the Cold War; transferred back to MOD in 1994 following transfer of 20th Fighter Wing back to the United States and departure of last USAF personnel. | |
RAF Upwood | UD | England | Cambridgeshire | 1917–1919, 1937–2012 | USAF from 1981 | |
RAF Usworth | England | County Durham | 1916–1918, 1930–1958 | 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 Uxbridge | England | London | 1918–2010 | RAF Uxbridge was a Royal Air Force station near Hillingdon. It closed on 31 March 2010 as part of the Ministry of Defence's Project MoDEL. | ||
RAF Wainfleet | England | Lincolnshire | Bombing range. | |||
RAF Walmer | England | Kent | 1918–1919 | |||
RAF Walney Island | England | Lancashire | ||||
RAF Wanborough | England | Wiltshire | 1941–1945 | Relief Landing Ground | ||
RAF Warboys | WB | England | Cambridgeshire | 1941–1963 | ||
RAF Warmwell | XW | England | Dorsetshire | 1937–1945 | Airfield site now quarried, technical site now Crossways village | |
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 located 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 Warwick | England | Warwickshire | 1941–1945 | Relief Landing Ground | ||
RAF Watchet | England | Somerset | 1937–1940 | |||
RAF Watchfield | England | Oxfordshire | 1940–1950 | |||
RAF Waterbeach | WJ | England | Cambridgeshire | 1941–1963 | From 1966 to 2013 called Waterbeach Barracks – British Army, Royal Engineers. Closed in March 2013. | |
RAF Wath Head | England | Cumberland | 1941–1945 | |||
RAF Watnall | England | Nottinghamshire | ||||
RAF Wattisham | WT | England | Suffolk | 1939–1993 | Now Army Air Corps Wattisham | |
RAF Watton | WN | England | Norfolk | 1939–1976 | ||
RAF Weeton | England | Lancashire | 1940–1970 | Now Weeton Barracks | ||
RAF Hospital Weeton | England | Lancashire | ||||
RAF Warrington | England | Lancashire | ||||
RAF Welford | WF | England | Berkshire | 1943–1946 | USAAF from 1944 | |
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford | WM | England | Warwickshire | 1941–1963 | Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield since 1965. | |
RAF Wellingore | England | Lincolnshire | 1937–1946 | |||
RAF Wendling | England | Norfolk | 1943–1945 | USAAF from 1944 | ||
RAF West Ayton | England | Yorkshire | 1918–1919 | |||
RAF West Drayton | England | Middlesex | 1924–1994 | |||
RAF West Freugh | Scotland | Wigtownshire | 1937–1946 | Became RAE West Freugh when taken over by the Royal Aircraft Establishment in 1956, now MoD West Freugh with bombing and weapon test Ranges, also training area for maritime/landing operations. | ||
RAF West Kirby | England | Merseyside | 1940–1957 | training camp on the Wirral Peninsula | ||
RAF West Malling | VG | England | Kent | 1917 – 1918 1940 – 1969 |
Became Maidstone Airport in 1930. | |
RAF West Raynham | WR | England | Norfolk | 1939–1994 | ||
RAF Westcott | WX | England | Buckinghamshire | 1942–1945 | Became the Rocket Propulsion Establishment (RPE Westcott) | |
RAF Westenhanger | England | Kent | 1944 | Folkestone Racecourse | ||
RAF Westgate | England | Kent | 1918–1920 | |||
RAF Westhampnett | WQ | England | Sussex | 1940–1946 | Satellite of RAF Tangmere, Emergency Landing Ground, now Chichester/Goodwood Airport | |
RAF Weston-on-the-Green | England | Oxfordshire | ||||
RAF Weston-super-Mare | England | Somerset | 1939–1955 | Opened as civilian airport. Now a Helicopter Museum. | ||
RAF Weston Zoyland | England | Somerset | 1926–1969 | |||
RAF West Ruislip | England | Middlesex | 1917–1955 | Later USAF/USN, closed 2006 | ||
RAF Wethersfield | England | Essex | 1941–1946, 1951–1970 | USAAF from 1944. Now MDP Wethersfield – MoD Police training base | ||
RAF Weybourne | England | Norfolk | 1939–1942 | |||
RAF Wheaton Aston | WH | England | Staffordshire | 1941–1947 | Post war was used as a camp for Polish immigrants. Now used for pig farming. | |
RAF Whitchurch | England | Somerset | ||||
RAF White Waltham | England | Berkshire | 1938–1982 | Now White Waltham Airfield | ||
RAF Whitley Bay | England | Northumberland | ||||
RAF Wick | Scotland | Caithness | 1939–1978 | Now Wick Airport | ||
RAF Wickenby | UI | England | Lincolnshire | 1942–1956 | ||
RAF Wig Bay | Scotland | Wigtownshire | Flying boat base on Loch Ryan | |||
RAF Wigsley | UG | England | Lincolnshire | 1942–1958 | site straddled the border between Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire (satellite of RAF Swinderby) | |
RAF Wigtown | Scotland | Wigtownshire | 1941–1948 | |||
RAF Willingale | JC | England | Essex | 1946–1959 | See also RAF Chipping Ongar | |
RAF Wilmslow | England | Cheshire | ||||
RAF Winfield | Scotland | Berwickshire | ||||
RAF Windrush | UR | England | Gloucestershire | |||
RAF Wing | UX | England | Buckinghamshire | 1942–1958 | ||
RAF Winkton | XT | England | Hampshire | 1943–1944 | ALG | |
RAF Winkleigh | England | Devon | 1943–1958 | |||
RAF Winthorpe | WE | England | Nottinghamshire | 1940–1958 | Now Newark Air Museum and Newark Showground | |
RAF Witchford | EL | England | Cambridgeshire | 1943–1946 | ||
RAF Wombleton | UN | England | Yorkshire | 1943–1949 | ||
RAF Woodbridge | OZ | England | Suffolk | 1943–1992 | Originally constructed as emergency divert field for RAF Bomber Command and USAAF 8 AF aircraft during WW II; postwar usage by Bomber Command until 1948. Transferred to USAF under USAFE as a fighter airfield, 1952. Collocated helicopter rescue and recovery squadron. USAF presence phased down with end of the Cold War; station returned to MOD, 1993. Now called "MOD Woodbridge", incorporating "Woodbridge Airfield" and "Rock Barracks", occupied by the British Army's 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault Brigade). | |
RAF Woodchurch | XO | England | Kent | 1943 | ALG | |
RAF Woodcote | England | Oxfordshire | 1941–1959 | |||
RAF Woodhall Spa | WS | England | Lincolnshire | 1942–1964 | ||
RAF Woodley | England | Berkshire | ||||
RAF Woolfox Lodge | WL | England | Rutland | 1940–1964 | ||
RAF Woolsington | England | Northumberland | Previously called RAF Station Newcastle Now the site of Newcastle International Airport | |||
RAF Worcester | England | Worcestershire | ||||
RAF Worksop | WP | England | Nottinghamshire | 1943–1960 | ||
RAF Wormingford | England | Essex | 1943–1947 | USAAF from 1944 | ||
RAF Worthy Down | England | Hampshire | 1918–1938 | Transferred to Royal Navy in 1939 as HMS Kestrel/HMS Ariel II. Now Worthy Down Barracks | ||
RAF Wortley | England | Yorkshire | ||||
RAF Wratting Common | WW | England | Cambridgeshire | 1943–1946 | ||
RAF Wrexham | Wales | Denbighshire | 1941–1945 | Also known as RAF Borras | ||
RAF Wroughton | England | Wiltshire | 1940–1972 | To Royal Navy in 1972, now a depository of the Science Museum | ||
RAF Hospital Wroughton | England | Wiltshire | 1941–1996 | Demolished 2004 | ||
RAF Wye | England | Kent | 1916–1919 | |||
RAF Wymeswold | WD | England | Leicestershire | 1942–1957 | ||
RAF Wythall | England | Worcestershire | 1939–1959 | |||
RAF Yatesbury | England | Wiltshire | 1917–1919, 1938–1969 | |||
RAF Yeadon | England | Yorkshire | 1939–1947 | now Leeds Bradford International Airport | ||
RAF York | England | Yorkshire | 1939–1946 | Also known as RAF Clifton and RAF Rawcliffe | ||
RAF Zeals | England | Wiltshire | 1942–1946 |
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.[8]
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 | Outer Hebrides | (NB0438) | R10 ROTOR Radar Station[9] on the Isle of Lewis. |
RAF Anstruther[10][11] | Scotland | Fife | (NO568808) | ('WIU') CEW R10 ROTOR Radar Station near Anstruther, Fife. |
RAF Ash | England | Kent | Near Woodnesborough | |
RAF Ballymartin | Northern Ireland | County Down | Chain Home Low (CHL) | |
RAF Bamburgh | England | Northumberland | CHL 41A/CEW/CHEL Site K157[12] | |
RAF Bard Hill | England | Norfolk | (TG075428) | Coast defence (CD)/Chain Home Low radar station near Holt |
RAF Barnton Quarry | Scotland | Lothian | (NT203748) | Rotor SOC and RSG near Edinburgh |
RAF Bawburgh | England | Norfolk | (TG165080) | former RAF Eastern Sector Control HQ, ROTOR Station and SOC near Norwich |
RAF Bawdsey | England | Suffolk | (TM336380) | CH, CHEL, ('PKD') R3 GCI ROTOR Radar Station[13] |
RAF Beachy Head | England | Sussex | Chain Home Low (CHL)/CD M10, then (('HEB') CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station)[14] | |
RAF Beer Head | England | Devon | CHL 13A/CHEL K165[15] | |
RAF Bempton | England | Yorkshire | near Bridlington, formerly RAF Flamborough Head – later developed as a ROTOR station | |
RAF Ben Hough | Scotland | Isle of Tiree | (NL94874635) | Chain Home Low radar station on summit of Beinn Hough |
RAF Binbrook | England | Lincolnshire | (UBIZ) – NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter LOS microwave terminal | |
RAF Blackhead | Northern Ireland | County Antrim | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Blackpool Tower | England | Lancashire | (SD306357) | Blackpool – AMES No. 64 |
RAF Blackgang | England | Isle of Wight | (SZ505766) | GCI station near Niton |
RAF Bolt Tail | England | Devon | ||
RAF Boniface Down | England | Isle of Wight | ||
RAF Botley Hill Farm | England | Surrey | NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | |
RAF Boulmer | England | Northumberland | (GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station & Control and Reporting Centre in the UK Air Surveillance and Control System) | |
RAF Brandy Bay | England | Dorsetshire | (SY 8766479827) | Radar and GEE site near Tyneham |
RAF Branscombe | England | Devon | (SY1988) | Chain Home Station CH13[16] |
RAF Brenish[17] | Scotland | Western Isles | (NA9910024250) | Chain Home Radar Station. AMES No. 97[18] |
RAF Bride[19] | Isle of Man | (SC463031) | ||
RAF Brizlee Wood | England | Northumberland | (UBOZ) – NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | |
RAF Broad Bay | Scotland | Western Isles | (NB5314034470) | Chain Home Radar Station |
RAF Buchan | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | (former ROTOR R3 GCI Radar Station 'GBU') | |
RAF Canewdon | England | Essex | (TQ9094) | Chain Home Radar Station CH22 |
RAF Carsaig | Scotland | Isle of Mull | CHL | |
RAF Cape Greco | Cyprus | NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | ||
RAF Castell Mawr | Wales | Anglesey | (SN5369) | Chain Home Station AMES No. 67 |
RAF Chenies | England | Buckinghamshire | ('HAM' R8 GCI ROTOR Station) | |
RAF Crosslaw | Scotland | Berwickshire | (CHEL R2 ROTOR Radar Station)[20] | |
RAF Cleadon | England | County Durham | Chain Home Low and OBOE Station | |
RAF Clett | Scotland | Shetland Islands | GCI Station | |
RAF Cockburnspath | Scotland | Borders | CHL | |
RAF Cocklaw | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | Chain Home Low Radar Station AMES No. 47B, near Peterhead | |
RAF Cold Hesledon | England | Co. Durham | ROTOR CEW Station | |
RAF Coldblow Lane | England | Kent | (TQ824584) | (UMAZ) – NATO Ace High Tropospheric scatter site, near Detling |
RAF Collafirth Hill | Scotland | Shetland | LOS (line of sight) microwave site for NATO ACE High. | |
RAF Crannoch Hill | Scotland | Banffshire | CD/CHL | |
RAF Craster | England | Northumberland | CD/CHL | |
RAF Creignish | Isle of Man | CHL[19] | ||
RAF Cresswell | England | Northumberland | (NZ2974892445) | |
RAF Cricklade | England | Gloucestershire | (SU10459505) | GCI ("Happidrome") Radar Station[21] |
RAF Cromarty | Scotland | Ross and Cromarty | Chain Home Low Radar Station – AMES No. 48A | |
RAF Crustan | Scotland | Orkney Islands | CHL | |
RAF Dalby[19] | Isle of Man | (SC2178) | ||
RAF Danby Beacon | England | North Yorkshire | (NZ732097) | near Lealholm |
RAF Darsham | England | Suffolk | (TM411720) | High Street, Saxmundham IP17 3QD |
RAF Deerness | Scotland | Orkney Islands | CHL | |
RAF Donna Nook | England | Lincolnshire | Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL) radar station, now offshore bombing range. | |
RAF Doonies Hill | Scotland | Aberdeen | Chain Home Low Station near Gregness | |
RAF Douglas Wood | Scotland | Angus | (NO4862041515) | Chain Home Radar Station near Monikie |
RAF Dover | England | Kent | (TR335429) | Chain Home Station CH04[22] |
RAF Downderry | England | Cornwall | CH15 Radar Station | |
RAF Downhill | Northern Ireland | County Londonderry | ||
RAF Drone Hill | Scotland | Borders | (NT8447066535) | Chain Home radar station near Coldingham |
RAF Drytree | England | Cornwall | (SW723218) | Goonhilly Downs |
RAF Dunderhole Point | England | Cornwall | Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station near Tintagel | |
RAF Dunkirk | England | Kent | (TR076595) | Chain Home station[23] near Faversham |
RAF Dunnet Head | Scotland | Caithness | Coast Defence U-Boat (CDU) Radar Station near Thurso | |
RAF Dunwich | England | Suffolk | Chain Home Low Station CHL28A[24] | |
RAF Easington | England | Yorkshire | CHEL (Chain Home Extra Low) near Easington | |
RAF Eorodale | Scotland | Isle of Lewis | (NB53196268) | Chain Home Low Radar Station |
RAF Fair Isle | Scotland | Shetland | CDU station | |
RAF Fairlight | England | Sussex | Chain Home Low Station CHL03A,[25] later '9' R2 CHEL ROTOR Station | |
RAF Faraid Head | Scotland | ('RAI' R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station) | ||
RAF Folly | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SM858195) | CFP Combined filter plot near Nolton |
RAF Foreness Point[26] | England | Kent | ROTOR | |
RAF Formby | England | Lancashire | ||
RAF Fullarton | Scotland | Ayrshire | (R8 GCI ('FUL') Rotor Radar Station). Later RAF Gailes | |
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 | Chain Home Low station near Angmering | |
RAF Hillhead | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | (NJ9430061700) | near Memsie |
RAF Holmpton | England | Yorkshire | (TA365227) | Radar – Support Command – UK Air CCIS – Now open to visitors |
RAF Hope Cove | England | Devon | R6 Rotor GCI Control Bunker | |
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 | Chain Home Low station near Portloe | |
RAF Kelvedon Hatch | England | Essex | Later a regional Civil Defence HQ, then a Cold War Government Command Post. Now the Kelvedon Hatch Secret Nuclear Bunker | |
RAF Kendrom | Scotland | Isle of Skye | Chain Home Low station near Kilmaluag | |
RAF Kete | Wales | Pembrokeshire | Also RNAS Kete near Dale | |
RAF Kilchiaran | Scotland | Isle of Islay | (NR207616) | ('ECK') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station[27] |
RAF Kilkeel | Northern Ireland | County Down | AMES No. 78 | |
RAF Kilkenneth[28] | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | (NL9408045570) | Chain Home radar station near Tiree |
RAF Killard Point | Northern Ireland | Isle of Islay | GCI Station, subsite of RAF Bishops Court | |
RAF Kingswear | England | Devon | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Kinley Hill | England | County Durham | Chain Home Low station 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 | England | Lincolnshire | (('LAT'): R6 GCI ROTOR Radar Station) | |
RAF Loth[29][30] | Scotland | Sutherland | (NC9590009600) | Chain Home radar station near Helmsdale |
RAF Mark's Castle | England | Cornwall | CHL17A, 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 | Sussex | Chain Home Low station near Shoreham | |
RAF Mossy Hill | Scotland | Shetland | NATO Ace High Tropo-scatter site | |
RAF Navidale | Scotland | Sutherland | (ND 03750 15800) | CHL and CHEL Radar Station near Helmsdale |
RAF Needles | England | Isle of Wight | CHL/CD | |
RAF Nefyn[31][32] | Wales | Gwynedd | (SH2704037575) | AMES No. 66 |
RAF Netherbutton[33] | Scotland | Orkney | (HY4621104396) | Chain Home radar station[34] near Holm |
RAF Newchurch | England | Kent | (TR0531) | CHL/CD |
RAF North Cairn | Scotland | Dumfries | (NW97107074) | Near Stranraer – AMES No. 60 |
RAF North Foreland | England | Kent | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Northam | England | Devon | (SS4529) | Chain Home Low radar station |
RAF Noss Hil | Scotland | Shetland Islands | (HU3613015575) | Chain Home, AMES No. 54 |
RAF Orby | England | Lincolnshire | GCI station | |
RAF Ottercops Moss | England | Northumberland | (NY944896) | near Otterburn, Northumberland |
RAF Oxenhope Moor | England | Yorkshire | (SE 0141437082) | Radar and GEE site near Halifax |
RAF Oxwich | Wales | South Glamorgan | (CD/CHL) radar station near Swansea | |
RAF Patrington | England | Yorkshire | see RAF Holmpton | |
RAF Pen Oliver | England | Cornwall | Chain Home Low station near The Lizard | |
RAF Pen y Bryn | Wales | Caernarfonshire | Chain Home Low station | |
RAF Pevensey | England | Sussex | (TQ644073) | Chain Home radar station[35] |
RAF Point of Stoer | Scotland | Sutherland | Chain Home Low Radar Station | |
RAF Poling | England | Sussex | (TQ043052) | Chain Home Station CH08,[36] CHEL |
RAF Port Mor[37] | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | (NL9442) | Advanced Chain Home radar station on Tiree |
RAF Portland | England | Dorsetshire | (CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station ('NIB')) | |
RAF Prestatyn | Wales | Denbighshire | (SJ079819) | (('SYP') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station)[38] |
RAF Rame Head | England | Cornwall | Chain Home Low station CHL15A[39] | |
RAF Ravenscar | England | North Yorkshire | Chain Home Low Radar Station, later CEW | |
RAF Rhuddlan | Wales | Denbighshire | (SJ012764) | AMES No. 65 |
RAF Ringstead | England | Dorsetshire | (SY751817) | NATO Ace High Tropospheric scatter site near Ringstead Bay |
RAF Roddans Port | Northern Ireland | County Down | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Rodel Park | Scotland | Western Isles | Chain Home Low station near Rodel, Harris | |
RAF Rosehearty | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | CHL and 10 cm Radar Station, also Bombing Range | |
RAF Rye | England | Kent | (TQ968232) | Chain Home radar station – misleadingly located in Brookland, Kent (place named-for, Rye, just across border in Sussex) |
RAF Saligo Bay | Scotland | Argyll and Bute | (NR2116066740) | Islay |
RAF Sandwich | England | Kent | ('YTM') R3 GCI ROTOR[40] near Ash | |
RAF Sango[41] | Scotland | Sutherland | (NC4170067500) | near Durness |
RAF Saxa Vord | Scotland | Shetland Islands | near Unst – (R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station) | |
RAF Scarinish | Scotland | Isle of Tiree | (NM032456) | ('FLY') GCI R8 ROTOR Radar Station[42] |
RAF Scarlett[19] | Isle of Man | (SC2566) | ||
RAF Schoolhill | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | (NO9086098180) | Chain Home station[43] near Portlethen |
RAF Seaton Snook | England | Co. Durham | (NZ 519280) | ('DYR') GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station[44] |
RAF Sennen | England | Cornwall | (SW376246) | Chain Home Low and GEE Station |
RAF Skaw | Scotland | Shetland Islands | (HP6634016805) | Chain Home and LORAN station near Unst |
RAF Southbourne | England | Dorsetshire | (SZ1591) | Chain Home station |
RAF Shipton | England | Yorkshire | ('KFY') R4 ROTOR Sector Operations Centre & SRHQ 21 / RGHQ 2.1)[45] | |
RAF Shotton | England | County Durham | Chain Home Low station | |
RAF Skendleby | England | Lincolnshire | Chain Home Overseas Low (COL 161), later Chain Home Extra Low Station CHL34A, then 'UPI' ROTOR R3 GCI[46] | |
RAF Snaefell | Isle of Man | (SC397869) | ('MOI') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station[47] | |
RAF Sopley | England | Hampshire | (('AVO') 'R3' GCI ROTOR Station) | |
RAF South Ronaldsay | Scotland | Orkney | CHL / CHEL Radar Station ) AMES No. 50A | |
RAF South Stack | Wales | Anglesey | ||
RAF St Anne's | England | Lancashire | ROTOR site[48] near Blackpool | |
RAF St Bees Head | England | Cumbria | Chain Home Low No. 87A[49] | |
RAF St Cyrus | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | CHL/CD Radar Station -AMES No. 45A | |
RAF St Lawrence | England | Isle of Wight | (SZ530760) | Chain Home station[50] |
RAF St Margaret's Bay | England | Kent | ROTOR site | |
RAF St Twynnells | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SR94189741) | ('TWY') GCI R6 ROTOR Radar Station |
RAF Staxton Wold | England | Yorkshire | (TA023778) | Chain Home station |
RAF Stenigot | England | Lincolnshire | (TF256827) | 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) | Chain Home station |
RAF Strumble Head | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SM 887 394) | Chain Home Low radar station |
RAF Swansea Bay | Wales | Glamorgan | Operations/plotting Room | |
RAF Swingate Down | England | Kent | CH station near Dover. Also called RAF St Margarets | |
RAF Tannach | Scotland | Caithness | (ND3200046900) | Chain Home radar station near Wick |
RAF The Law | Scotland | Angus | Chain Home Low station near near Carnoustie | |
RAF Trelanvean | England | Cornwall | (SW762193) | Goonhilly Downs |
RAF Treleaver | England | Cornwall | (SW766174) | (ROTOR: GCI Station)[51] |
RAF Trerew | England | Cornwall | (SW812585) | Newquay – (Chain Home CH18 & ROTOR Radar Station) |
RAF Trevose Head | England | Cornwall | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Trewan Sands | England | Cornwall | (SH322754) | ('TES') R8 GCI ROTOR Radar Station[52] |
RAF Trimingham | England | Norfolk | (TG289382) | Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL)/CD, then 'QLE' CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station[53] |
RAF Truleigh Hill | England | Sussex | (TQ 226 107) | Chain Home Low Station CHL07B[54] later ROTOR R2 bunker near Bramber |
RAF Ulbster | Scotland | Caithness | near Wick | |
RAF Uxbridge | England | Greater London | NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site | |
RAF Ventnor[55] | England | Isle of Wight | (SZ568785) | Chain Home CH10, CHL M86, ROTOR Station 'OJC'[56] |
RAF Walton on Naze | England | Essex | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Warden Point | England | Kent | Chain Home Low station on the Isle of Sheppey | |
RAF Wartling | England | Sussex | (TQ653074) | (('ZUN') R3 GCI ROTOR Radar Station) near Bexhill-on-Sea |
RAF Watsness | Scotland | Shetland | Chain Home Low station near Walls. AMES No. 55A | |
RAF Warren | Wales | Pembrokeshire | (SR9245975) | Chain Home station |
RAF West Beckham | England | Norfolk | Chain Home Radar station | |
RAF West Prawle | England | Devon | (SX771374) | CH 14/CHL 14A[57] |
RAF Westburn | Scotland | Aberdeenshire | CD/CHL. AMES No M23 | |
RAF Westcliff | England | Dorsetshire | near Portland | |
RAF West Myne | England | Somerset | (SS928486) | ('ZEM') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station[58] |
RAF Whale Head | Scotland | Orkney Islands | (HY7590546125) | Chain Home AMES No. 51 on Sanday |
RAF Whitehawk | England | Sussex | Chain Home Low and 10 cm Radar Station near Brighton | |
RAF Whitstable | England | Kent | Chain Home Low | |
RAF Wick | Scotland | Highland | (R8 GCI Rotor Radar Station) | |
RAF Worth Matravers | England | Dorsetshire | (SY967777) | Chain Home and GEE site 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 Sheikh Othman | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Steamer Point | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Hospital Steamer Point | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Hospital Khormaksar Beach | Aden Protectorate | |
RAF Kandahar | Afghanistan | Main operating airfield in Afghanistan for the RAF |
RAF Blida | Algeria | 1942–46 |
RAF Bone | Algeria | (1942–45) now Rabah Bitat Airport |
RAF Maison Blanche | Algeria | (1942–43) now Houari Boumediene Airport |
RAF Setif | Algeria | possibly Ain Arnat Airport |
RAF Klagenfurt | Austria | Now Klagenfurt Airport |
RAF Lagens | Azores | |
RAF Muharraq RAF Bahrain |
Bahrain | (1943–71) now Bahrain International Airport |
RAF Ursel | Belgium | |
RAF Belize | Belize | Headquarters at Airport Camp, Ladyville |
RAF Darrell's Island | Bermuda | Royal Air Force, Bermuda, 1939–1945 |
Kindley Air Force Base | Bermuda | Joint RAF Transport Command/USAAF base |
RAF Kuching | British North Borneo | Now Kuching International Airport |
RAF Labuan | British North Borneo | Now Labuan Airport |
RAF Tawau | British North Borneo | Now Tawau Airport |
RAF Akyab | Burma | (1941–46) |
RAF Dabaing | Burma | |
RAF Hmawbi | Burma | Hmawbi Air Base, Myanmar Air Force |
RAF Meiktila | Burma | Meiktilla Air Base, Myanmar Air Force Central Command |
RAF Mergui | Burma | |
RAF Mingaladon | Burma | Mingaladon Air Base HQ, Myanmar Air Force |
RAF Pegu | Burma | Taungoo Air Base, Myanmar Air Force |
RAF Charlottetown | Canada | (1941–1944) to RCAF Station Charlottetown |
RAF Dorval | Canada | (1941–1946) to RCAF Station Lachine. Now Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport |
RAFU Goose Bay | Canada | (1949–2005) now CFB Goose Bay |
RAF China Bay | Ceylon | (1930–1957) – now SLAF China Bay[59] |
Colombo Racecourse Airstrip | Ceylon | Re-converted back to racecourse following World War II |
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 Mawatagama | Ceylon | |
RAF Minneriya | Ceylon | (1942–1945) now SLAF Hingurakgoda[60] |
RAF Negombo | Ceylon | (1946–1957) – now the Bandaranaike International Airport & SLAF Katunayake |
RAF Ratmalana RAF Colombo |
Ceylon | (1941–1946) – now SLAF Ratmalana |
RAF Sigiriya | Ceylon | (1942–1945) – now SLAF Sigiriya |
RAF Trincomalee | Ceylon | See China Bay |
RAF Vavuniya | Ceylon | (1942–1945) – now SLAF Vavuniya |
RAF Cocos Islands | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | (1942–46) |
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 | 1916–47, home to the Central Depot of RAF Middle East until 1939, also known as LG-34 |
RAF Abu Sueir | Egypt | (1917–1956), also known as LG-205, now Abu Suwayr Air Base |
RAF Abu Sultan | Egypt | (1942–1955) |
RAF Almaza | Egypt | Also known as LG-245, now Almaza Air Base |
RAF Cairo West | Egypt | (1942–46) also known as LG-224 and Kilo 26 |
RAF Deversoir | Egypt | (1942–53) also known as LG-209 and Kilo 61 |
RAF El Amiriya | Egypt | 1919–1947, also recorded as El Rimal (1917–18) |
RAF El Ballah | Egypt | 1942–45, also known as LG-203 or RAF Ballah |
RAF El Daba | Egypt | 1942–45, also known as LG-105 |
RAF El Hamra | Egypt | |
RAF Fayid | Egypt | (1940–53) also known as LG-211 |
RAF Gianaclis | Egypt | also known as LG-226 |
RAF Heliopolis | Egypt | (1919–46) also known as LG-218 |
RAF Helwan | Egypt | (1918–44) also known as LG-221 |
RAF Idku | Egypt | (1941–45) also known as LG-229 |
RAF Ismailia | Egypt | Also known as LG-204, now Al Ismailiyah Air Base |
RAF Kabrit | Egypt | (Canal Zone) 1941–1954, also known as LG-213. Now Kibrit Air Base |
RAF Kasfareet | Egypt | Also known as LG-212 |
RAF Matruh West | Egypt | Also known as LG-07 and 'Z' LG. |
RAF Mersa Matruh | Egypt | Also known as LG-87 |
RAF Shallufa | Egypt | (1918-9, 1940–8) Also known as LG-215 |
RAF Shandur | Egypt | (1941–43) Also known as LG-214 |
RAF Suez | Egypt | (1919–21, 1941–3) Also known as LGs-216 & 217 |
RAF Asmara | British Military Administration (Eritrea) | (1940–50). Now Asmara International Airport |
RAF Stanley | Falkland Islands | |
RAF Kelly's Garden | Falkland Islands | |
RAF Navy Point | Falkland Islands | |
RAF Eide | Faroe Islands | Radar station |
RAF Nolsoy | Faroe Islands | Radar station |
RAF Suduroy | Faroe Islands | Radar station |
RAF Sanboy | Faroe Islands | Radar station |
RAF Torshavn | Faroe Islands | Joint RAF/RN radar Control Centre [61] |
RAF Vaagar | Faroe Islands | now Vágar Airport |
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.[62] | |
RAF Ajaccio | France | (1943–46). Now Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte Airport, Corsica. Formerly Campo dell’Oro airbase used by Vichy, then Free French Air Forces. |
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 Christmas Island | Gilbert and Ellice Islands | (1956–57) now Cassidy International Airport, Kiritimati |
RAF Ahlhorn | Germany | (1945–58), initially designated "B.111 Ahlhorn" |
RAF Bruggen | Germany | Now a British Army Garrison, called "Elmpt Station, Javelin Barracks" |
RAF Bückeburg | Germany | now Bückeburg Air Base |
RAF Butzweilerhof | Germany | |
RAF Celle | Germany | (1945–1957) now Celle Air Base |
RAF Detmold | Germany | |
RAF Fassberg | Germany | (1945–57) now Faßberg Air Base initially designated "B.152 Fassberg" |
RAF Fuhlsbüttel | Germany | now Hamburg Airport |
RAF Gatow | Germany | (1945–94) |
RAF Geilenkirchen | Germany | (1953–68) now NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen |
RAF Goch | Germany | |
RAF Gütersloh | Germany | Originally Y.99, now a British Army Garrison, called "Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh" |
RAF Hambühren | Germany | (1953–57) |
RAF Hehn | Germany | ACE High site (abb – Moenchengladbach Tail (1) – Hehn) AHEZ – Hehn) |
RAF Hustedt | Germany | subsite of RAF Celle |
RAF Husum | Germany | A remote radar station on the coast near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein – initially designated "B.172 Husum" |
RAF Jever | Germany | (1952–61) now Jever Air Base |
RAF Laarbruch | Germany | Initially designated "B.100 Goch". now in civilian use, under the name Weeze (or Niederrhein) Airport (NRN/EDLV) |
RAF Lübeck also known as RAF Blankensee | Germany | (1945–49) Initially designated "B.158 Lübeck". Now Lübeck Airport |
RAF Lüneburg | Germany | |
RAF Nordhorn | Germany | Bombing Range |
RAF Oldenburg | Germany | |
RAF Plantlünne | Germany | |
RAF Putlos | Germany | |
RAF Rheindahlen | Germany | now occupied by the British Army, as HQ United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) (HQ UKSC(G)) |
RAF Hospital Rinteln | Germany | Under RAF command till opening of the new RAF Hospital Wegberg in 1953.[63] |
RAF Hospital Rostop | Germany | Originally known as No 1 Mobile Field Hospital deployed following closure of BMH Oldenburg.[63] |
RAF Scharfoldendorf | Germany | |
RAF Schleswigland | Germany | (1945–58) Initially designated "B.164 Schleswigland" |
RAF Sundern | Germany | Handed over to British Army Westfalen Garrison, called "Mansergh Barracks" |
RAF Sylt | Germany | (1945-8,1949–61) now Sylt Airport. Initially designated "B.170 Westerland" |
RAF Uetersen | Germany | (1945–55) now Uetersen Airfield and German Airforce NCO Training School |
RAF Wahn | Germany | now Cologne Bonn Airport |
RAF Hospital Wegberg | Germany | now occupied by the British Army, as HQ British Forces Germany Health Service (BFGHS) |
RAF Hospital Westerland(Sylt)[63] | Germany | |
RAF Wildenrath | Germany | (1952–93) |
RAF Winterberg | Germany | GEE site – Master Winterberg AMES 7932 |
RAF Wunstorf | Germany | now Wunstorf Air Base |
RAF Bathurst | British Gambia | 1941–45 |
RAF Half Die | British Gambia | 1941–45 |
RAF Jeswang | British Gambia | 1941–43 |
RAF Yundum | British Gambia | Now Banjul International Airport |
RAF New Camp | Gibraltar | Now Devil's Tower Camp |
RAF North Front | Gibraltar | Former name of RAF Gibraltar (1942–66) |
RAF Accra | Gold Coast | (1941–46) Now Kotoka International Airport and Accra Air Force Station |
RAF Takoradi | Gold Coast | Now Takoradi Airport main hub for Ghana Air Force |
RAF Ho Mun Tin | Hong Kong | Equipment Depot, 1946-7 |
RAF Kai Tak | Hong Kong | (1927–1978) by RAF; transferred to Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Air Force 1978–1993 and Government Flying Service 1993–1998; now being redeveloped as cruise ship terminal and other uses |
RAF Little Sai Wan | Hong Kong | 1947-1980s by RAF and allies for intelligence gathering from China; demolished and now residential development. Also known as Siu Sai Wan |
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 Tai Mo Shan | Hong Kong | (Project Cabbage Leaf) – ex RAF and current Hong Kong Observatory weather radar station |
RAF Kaldadarnes | Iceland | (1940–43) |
RAF Olfus | Iceland | TRU radar station – later transferred to US becoming 'Camp Hughes'[61] |
RAF Reykjavik | Iceland | |
RAF Vik | Iceland | COL radar station [61] |
RAF Agra | British Indian Empire | (1919–20, 1944–46) 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 | (1916–26 1939–47), now Ambala Air Force Station |
RAF Agartala | British Indian Empire | now Agartala Air Force Station |
RAF Arkonam | British Indian Empire | (1942–45) |
RAF Asansol | British Indian Empire | (1941–44) |
RAF Baigachi | British Indian Empire | 1942–46 |
RAF Barrackpore | British Indian Empire | now Barrackpore Air Force Station |
RAF Bhopal | British Indian Empire | (1943–46) now Raja Bhoj Airport |
RAF Car Nicobar | British Indian Empire | now Car Nicobar Air Force Base |
RAF Chakeri | British Indian Empire | now Chakeri Air Force Station |
RAF Chaklala | British Indian Empire | (1935–47) now Benazir Bhutto International Airport and PAF Base Nur Khan |
RAF Chakulia | British Indian Empire | (1942–46) |
RAF Chittagong | British Indian Empire | now Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh |
RAF Comilla | British Indian Empire | (1942–46) |
RAF Cox's Bazaar | British Indian Empire | now Cox's Bazar Airport, Bangladesh |
RAF Cholovaram | British Indian Empire | (1942–45) |
RAF Din Jan | British Indian Empire | (1941–42) |
RAF Dhubalia | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Digri | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Drigh Road RAF Karachi |
British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal |
RAF Dum Dum | British Indian Empire | (1940–47) now Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport |
RAF Fatehjang | British Indian Empire | (1944–46) |
RAF Gujrat | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Hakimpet | British Indian Empire | Now Hakimpet Air Force Station |
RAF Imphal | British Indian Empire | now Imphal Airport |
RAF Jharsuguda | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Jessore | British Indian Empire | Now Jessore Airport |
RAF Jiwani | British Indian Empire | Now Jiwani Airport |
RAF Jodhpur | British Indian Empire | Now Jodhpur Air Force Station |
RAF Kalyan | British Indian Empire | See Kalyan Airstrip |
RAF Kanchrapara | British Indian Empire | See Kanchrapara Airfield |
RAF Kohat | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Kolar | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Korangi Creek | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Korangi |
RAF Lahore | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Maharajpur | British Indian Empire | now Maharajpur Air Force Station |
RAF Mauripur | British Indian Empire | −1956 (used after partition by RAF) – now Pakistan Air Force Base Masroor |
RAF Nagpur | British Indian Empire | Now Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport and AFS Nagpur |
RAF Ondal | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Palam RAF Delhi |
British Indian Empire | (1943–47) now Indira Gandhi International Airport |
RAF Peshawar | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Peshawar |
RAF Poona | British Indian Empire | now Lohegaon Air Force Station |
RAF Quetta | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Samungli |
RAF Ranchi | British Indian Empire | now Birsa Munda Airport |
RAF Redhills Lake | British Indian Empire | Flying boat and seaplane base |
RAF Risalpur | British Indian Empire | Now PAF Base Risalpur/Pakistan Air Force Academy |
RAF Salbani | British Indian Empire | |
RAF Santacruz | British Indian Empire | now Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport |
RAF Sargodha | British Indian Empire | Now Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf |
RAF Secunderabad | British Indian Empire | now Hakimpet Air Force Station |
RAF Srinagar | British Indian Empire | now Srinagar Air Force Station |
RAF St Thomas Mount | British Indian Empire | now Chennai International Airport |
RAF Tambaram | British Indian Empire | now Tambaram Air Force Station |
RAF Trichinopoly | British Indian Empire | Also known as RAF Golden Rock/Kajamalai, now Tiruchirapalli International Airport |
RAF Vizagapatam | British Indian Empire | now Visakhapatnam Airport |
RAF Yelahanka RAF Bangalore |
British Indian Empire | now Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, Karnataka |
RAF Tehran | Iran | Now Mehrabad International Airport |
RAF Basrah | Iraq | 1916–46, 2006–9 now Basra International Airport |
RAF Dhibban | Iraq | 1936–1938 renamed to RAF Habbaniya in 1938) |
RAF Habbaniya | Iraq | (1938–1959), 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 Augusta | Italy | 1945. Sicily |
RAF Bari | Italy | 1943–46. Now Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport |
RAF Brindisi | Italy | (1943–46) now Brindisi – Salento Airport |
RAF Cagliari | Italy | (Sardinia) |
RAF Catania | Italy | now Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (Sardinia) |
RAFSU Decimomannu | Italy | (Sardinia) |
RAF Elmas | Italy | (1943–46), now Cagliari Elmas Airport, Sardinia |
RAF Pomigliano | Italy | |
RAF Iwakuni | Allied Occupied Japan | (1946–51) |
RAF Zerqa | Jordan | became Dawson's Field (Dawson's Field hijackings) |
RAF Mafraq | Jordan | |
RAF Eastleigh RAF Nairobi |
Kenya | (1929–51) now Moi Air Base |
RAF Kisumu | Kenya | |
RAF Nakuru | Kenya | |
RAF Port Reitz RAF Mombasa |
Kenya | Now Moi International Airport |
RAF Thika | Kenya | |
RAF Beirut | Lebanon | 1941–45 |
RAF Benina | Allied Occupation of Libya | (1942–44) now Benina International Airport |
RAF Castel Benito | Allied Occupation of Libya | later RAF Idris(1952) now Tripoli International Airport |
RAF Derna | Allied Occupation of Libya | |
RAF El Adem RAF Tobruk |
Allied Occupation of Libya | Also LG-144, now Gamal Abdul El Nasser Air Base |
RAF Gambut | Allied Occupation of Libya | also known as RAF Kambut and LG-139 |
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 Penang | British Malaya | |
RAF Gan | Maldives | now Gan International Airport |
RAF Hithadhoo | Maldives | (domestic site for RAF Gan) |
RAF Hal Far | Malta | (1923–67) now an Armed Forces of Malta base – B Coy, 1st Regt |
RAF Kalafrana | Malta | also known as RAF Calafrana |
RAF Krendi | Malta | also known as RAF Qrendi |
RAF Luqa | Malta | (1940–79), 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 Mauritius | British Mauritius | |
RAF Oujda | Morocco | Now Angads Airport |
RAF Rabat Sale | Morocco | Now Rabat–Salé Airport |
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 |
RAF Medan | Netherlands East Indies | Now Soewondo Air Force Base |
RAFU Goose Bay | Newfoundland | (1941–1949) now CFB Goose Bay |
RAF Apapa | British Nigeria | (1941–1945). Nigeria gained independence in 1960 |
RAF Ikeja | British Nigeria | now Murtala Muhammed International Airport |
RAF Kano | British Nigeria | now Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport |
RAF Maiduguri | British Nigeria | Now Maiduguri International Airport |
RAF Masirah | Oman | 1942–72. Closed 31 March 1977 |
RAF Ras Al Hadd | Oman | |
RAF Salalah | Oman | (1943–77) Now Salalah International Airport |
RAF Aqir | Mandatory Palestine | (1941–47), now Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base |
RAF Beit Daras | Mandatory Palestine | also known as Kiryat Gat (Kiriat-Gat) & El Faluja. |
RAF Ein Shemer | Mandatory Palestine | (1942–48) now Ein Shemer Airfield |
RAF Gaza | Mandatory Palestine | |
RAF Haifa | Mandatory Palestine | now Haifa Airport |
RAF Hadera | Mandatory Palestine | |
RAF Lydda | Mandatory Palestine | now Ben Gurion International Airport |
RAF Magiddo | Mandatory Palestine | now Megiddo Airport |
RAF Machanaim | Mandatory Palestine | now Rosh Pina Airport |
RAF Muqeible | Mandatory Palestine | See Muqeible Airfield |
RAF Petah Tiqva | Mandatory Palestine | now Kfar Sirkin Airfield |
RAF Qastina | Mandatory Palestine | Now Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base |
RAF Ramat David | Mandatory Palestine | now Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base |
RAF Ramleh | Mandatory Palestine | |
RAF St Jean | Mandatory Palestine | |
RAF Al Udeid | Qatar | Co-located at Qatar Emiri Air Force base Al Udeid Air Base |
RAF Seychelles | Seychelles | |
RAF Hastings | Sierra Leone | |
RAF Jui | Sierra Leone | |
RAF Waterloo | Sierra Leone | |
RAF Amoy Quee | Singapore | Now Singapore Armed Forces Amoy Quee Camp (Seletar) |
RAF Changi | Singapore | (1946–1971) 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 | (1930–71), 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 | (1939–71) Now Tengah Air Base |
RAF Heany | Southern Rhodesia | |
RAF Kumalo | Southern Rhodesia | |
RAF Thornhill | Southern Rhodesia | Now Gweru-Thornhill Air Base, Zimbabwe |
RAF El Gedida | Sudan | Also known as RAF Wadi Halfa, now Wadi Halfa Airport |
RAF Gordon's Tree RAF Khartoum |
Sudan | now Khartoum International Airport |
RAF Port Sudan | Sudan | |
RAF Summit | Sudan | |
RAF Wadi Saidna | Sudan | |
RAF Dar-es-Salaam | Tanganyika | 1918, 1932–51 |
RAF Bangkok | Thailand | 1945–46, now Don Mueang International Airport |
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. |
Souk-el-Arba | Tunisia | 1942 |
Souk-el-Khemis | Tunisia | (1943) Made up of several dispersals, code-named after London railway stations (Paddington, Victoria, Marylebone, Waterloo, Euston and Kings Cross known) |
RAF Sharjah | United Arab Emirates | (1932–71) |
RAF Saigon | Vietnam | Now Tan Son Nhut Air Base |
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 |
Camp Taliaferro – Fort Worth, Texas | United States | World War I training airfield 1917–1918 |
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 – Borden, Ontario | 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
- List of North African airfields during World War II
- Advanced Landing Ground, a type of semi-permanent bases in Kent, France, Belgium, Netherlands and occupied Germany.
- List of Royal Air Force Satellite Landing Grounds
Notes
- ↑ Berkshire 1932–1974
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