List of RAF stations

This list of RAF Stations is a comprehensive list of all stations, military airbases, airfields, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force - past and present.

Note- current RAF Stations will be listed under the currently recognised counties of the United Kingdom, or overseas countries, whereas former RAF Stations will be listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation.

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Contents 1 Current Royal Air Force Stations 1.1 United Kingdom 1.2 Overseas 2 Former Royal Air Force Stations 2.1 England 2.1.1 Bedfordshire 2.1.2 Berkshire 2.1.3 Buckinghamshire 2.1.4 Cambridgeshire 2.1.5 Cheshire 2.1.6 Cornwall 2.1.7 Cumberland 2.1.8 Cumbria 2.1.9 Derbyshire 2.1.10 Devon 2.1.11 Dorset 2.1.12 County Durham 2.1.13 Essex 2.1.14 Gloucestershire 2.1.15 Hampshire 2.1.16 Herefordshire 2.1.17 Hertfordshire 2.1.18 Huntingdonshire 2.1.19 Kent 2.1.20 Lancashire 2.1.21 Leicestershire 2.1.22 Lincolnshire 2.1.23 London 2.1.24 Middlesex 2.1.25 Norfolk 2.1.26 Northamptonshire 2.1.27 Northumberland 2.1.28 Nottinghamshire 2.1.29 Oxfordshire 2.1.30 Rutland 2.1.31 Shropshire 2.1.32 Somerset 2.1.33 Staffordshire 2.1.34 Suffolk 2.1.35 Surrey 2.1.36 East Sussex 2.1.37 West Sussex 2.1.38 Warwickshire 2.1.39 Wiltshire 2.1.40 Worcestershire 2.1.41 Yorkshire 2.2 Scotland 2.2.1 Aberdeenshire 2.2.2 Angus 2.2.3 Argyll and Bute 2.2.4 Ayrshire 2.2.5 Berwickshire 2.2.6 East Lothian 2.2.7 Fife 2.2.8 Orkney 2.2.9 Outer Hebrides 2.2.10 Perth and Kinross 2.2.11 Shetland 2.3 Wales 2.3.1 Anglesey 2.3.2 Caernarfonshire 2.3.3 Cardiganshire 2.3.4 Carmarthenshire 2.3.5 Denbighshire 2.3.6 Flintshire 2.3.7 Glamorgan 2.3.8 Merionethshire 2.3.9 Monmouthshire 2.3.10 Pembrokeshire 2.4 Northern Ireland 2.4.1 County Antrim 2.4.2 County Down 2.4.3 County Fermanagh 2.4.4 County Londonderry 2.4.5 County Tyrone 2.5 Isle of Man 2.6 Republic of Ireland 2.7 Overseas 2.7.1 Aden 2.7.2 Afganisthain 2.7.3 Algeria 2.7.4 Azores (Portugal) 2.7.5 Bahrain 2.7.6 Belgium 2.7.7 Belize 2.7.8 Bermuda 2.7.9 Borneo 2.7.10 Burma 2.7.11 Canada 2.7.12 Ceylon 2.7.13 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 2.7.14 Cyprus 2.7.15 Egypt 2.7.16 Faroe Islands 2.7.17 France 2.7.18 Germany 2.7.19 Gold Coast (Africa) 2.7.20 Greece 2.7.21 Hong Kong 2.7.22 Iceland 2.7.23 British Indian Empire 2.7.23.1 situated in modern day Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) 2.7.23.2 situated in modern day India 2.7.23.3 situated in modern day Pakistan 2.7.24 Iraq 2.7.25 Italy 2.7.26 Japan 2.7.27 Jordan 2.7.28 Kenya 2.7.29 Libya 2.7.30 British Malaya (now Malaysia) 2.7.31 Maldives 2.7.32 Malta 2.7.33 Netherlands 2.7.34 Nigeria 2.7.35 Oman 2.7.36 Pakistan 2.7.37 Palestine (Israel) 2.7.38 Singapore 2.7.39 Sudan 2.7.40 Transjordan 2.7.41 United Arab Emirates 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Current Royal Air Force Stations

United Kingdom

Station	Location	Notes
RAF Henlow	Bedfordshire	Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF Stanbridge	Bedfordshire	Now a satellite station of RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF Welford	Berkshire
RAF Woodley	Berkshire
RAF Halton	Buckinghamshire
RAF High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire
RAF Brampton	Cambridgeshire	Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF Wittering	Cambridgeshire
RAF Wyton	Cambridgeshire	Now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
RAF St. Mawgan	Cornwall
RRH Portreath	Cornwall
RAF Spadeadam	Cumbria
Royal Marines Base Chivenor	Devon	Formerly RAF Chivenor, the RAF now maintains only a Search and Rescue flight (22 Squadron)
RAF Fairford	Gloucestershire
Defence CBRN Centre, Winterbourne Gunner	Hampshire	Managed by RAF Strike Command
RAF Oakhanger	Hampshire
RAF Odiham	Hampshire
RAF Barkway	Hertfordshire
Northwood Headquarters	Hertfordshire
RAF Barkston Heath	Lincolnshire
RAF Cranwell	Lincolnshire	Home to the RAF College Cranwell
DCAE Cosford	Staffordshire
RAF Digby	Lincolnshire	Tri - service command establishment (and also US tri-service presence) (Originally named RAF Scopwick)
RAF Coningsby	Lincolnshire
RAF Donna Nook	Lincolnshire
RAF Holbeach	Lincolnshire	Bombing range
RAF Scampton	Lincolnshire	Home to the Red Arrows
RAF Waddington	Lincolnshire
RAF Wainfleet	Lincolnshire	Bombing range
RAF Northolt	London	Home of The Royal Squadron
RAF Uxbridge	London
RAF West Drayton	London
RAF Woodvale	Merseyside
RAF Feltwell	Norfolk	United States Air Force support use
RAF Marham	Norfolk
RAF Neatishead	Norfolk	Radar station
RAF Trimingham	Norfolk	Remote station of Neatishead
RAF Croughton	Northamptonshire	United States Air Force radar station
RAF Boulmer	Northumberland
RAF Syerston	Nottinghamshire
RAF Barford St John	Oxfordshire
RAF Benson	Oxfordshire
RAF Brize Norton	Oxfordshire
RAF Weston-on-the-Green	Oxfordshire
RAF Cottesmore	Rutland RAF Petersham Petersham
RAF Cosford	Shropshire	RAF Museum
RAF Shawbury	Shropshire
RAF Ternhill	Shropshire
MoD Stafford	Staffordshire	Formerly known as RAF Stafford
RAF Honington	Suffolk	Used predominantly by the RAF Regiment
RAF Lakenheath	Suffolk	Occupied by the United States Air Force
RAF Mildenhall	Suffolk	Occupied by the United States Air Force
Wattisham Airfield	Suffolk	Formerly RAF Wattisham, the RAF now maintains only a Search and Rescue flight (B Flight, 22 Squadron) on this Army Air Corps base.
DMRC Headley Court	Surrey	The Defence Medical Services (DMS) "Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre" (DMRC) (formerly RAF Headley Court)[1]
MoD Boscombe Down	Wiltshire	Formerly RAF Boscombe Down now a MoD site
RAF Lyneham	Wiltshire
RAF Holmpton	East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Leconfield	East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Church Fenton	North Yorkshire
RAF Dishforth	North Yorkshire	Also used by the British Army (AAC Dishforth)
RAF Fylingdales	North Yorkshire
RAF Leeming	North Yorkshire
RAF Menwith Hill	North Yorkshire	United States Air Force
RAF Staxton Wold	North Yorkshire
RAF Topcliffe	North Yorkshire
RAF Linton-on-Ouse	North Yorkshire
RRH Benbecula	Scotland
RAF Buchan	Scotland
RAF Kinloss	Scotland
RAF Leuchars	Scotland
RAF Lossiemouth	Scotland
RAF Prestwick	Scotland
RAF Tain	Scotland
RAF Mona	Wales (Anglesey)
RAF Valley	Wales (Anglesey)	Incorporates Anglesey Airport
MoD St Athan	Wales (Vale of Glamorgan)	Formerly known as RAF St Athan
RAF Pembrey Sands	Wales (Carmarthenshire)	Bombing range
RAF Sealand	Wales (Flintshire)
RAF Aldergrove	Northern Ireland	Also used by the British Army AAC Aldergrove. Incorporates Belfast International Airport.
MoD West Freugh	Scotland (Wigtownshire)	Formerly known as RAF West Freugh. Bombing and Test Ranges, also training area for maritime/landing operations.

Overseas

Station	Location	Notes
RAF Ascension Island	Ascension Island
RAF Akrotiri	Cyprus	Within the Sovereign Base Areas
RAF Troodos	Cyprus	Within the Sovereign Base Areas
RAF Mount Pleasant	Falkland Islands
RAF Nordhorn	Germany
RAF Gibraltar	Gibraltar	Occupies same site as Gibraltar Airport
RAF Al Udeid	Qatar

Former Royal Air Force Stations

England

Bedfordshire

• RAF Bedford (RAE Bedford) - now Bedford Autodrome
• RAF Cardington
• RAF Chicksands
• RAF Cranfield
• RAF Gransden Lodge
• RAF Podington - Now Santa Pod Raceway drag strip
• RAF Stanbridge - now part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow
• RAF Tempsford
• RAF Thurleigh
• RAF Twinwood Farm

Berkshire

• RAF Aldermaston - now Atomic Weapons Establishment
• RAF Greenham Common
• RAF Grove
• RAF Hampstead Norris
• RAF Membury
• RAF White Waltham - now White Waltham Airfield

Buckinghamshire

• RAF Booker (High Wycombe) - now Wycombe Air Park
• RAF Daws Hill
• RAF Denham
• RAF Edelsborough satellite of RAF Stanbridge
• RAF Finmere
• RAF Oakley
• RAF Thame
• RAF Westcott
• RAF Wing
• RAF Halton

Cambridgeshire

• RAF Alconbury
• RAF Bassingbourn
• RAF Bottisham
• RAF Bourn
• RAF Duxford - now Imperial War Museum Duxford
• RAF Hospital Ely
• RAF Fowlmere
• RAF Glatton
• RAF Kings Cliffe
• RAF Little Staughton
• RAF Mepal - now Mepal Airfield
• RAF Oakington
• RAF Snailwell
• RAF Steeple Morden
• RAF Upwood
• RAF Warboys
• RAF Waterbeach
• RAF Witchford
• RAF Wratting Common

Cheshire

• RAF Burtonwood
• RAF Calveley
• RAF Cranage
• RAF Hack Green - now Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
• RAF Handforth
• RAF Hooton Park
• RAF Poulton
• RAF Ringway - now Manchester Airport
• RAF Wilmslow

Cornwall

• RAF Cleave (GCHQ CSO Morwenstow)
• RAF Davidstow Moor
• RAF Perranporth
• RAF Portreath
• RAF Sennen/RAF Skewjack
• RAF St Eval
• RAF St Mawgan / RAF Trebelzue
• RAF Treleaver

Cumberland

Cumberland was incorporated into Cumbria in 1974

• RAF Crosby-on-Eden 1941-1947
• RAF Kirkbride
• RAF Millom

Cumbria

• RAF Carlisle (formerly RAF Kingstown) - 1932 - 1996
• RAF Crosby on Eden (now named Carlisle Airport)
• RAF Silloth

Derbyshire

• RAF Ashbourne

Devon

• RAF Babbacombe
• RAF Cattewater (later RAF Mount Batten)
• RAF Bolt Head
• RAF Chivenor
• RAF Dunkeswell
• RAF Exeter - now Exeter International Airport
• RAF Harrowbeer
• RAF Mount Batten
• RAF Upottery
• RAF Winkleigh

Dorset

• RAF Brandy Bay
• RAF Hamworthy
• RAF Tarrant Rushton
• RAF Warmwell

County Durham

• RAF Croft - now Croft Circuit
• RAF Greatham
• RAF Middleton St. George
• RAF Usworth

Essex

• RAF Andrews Field - also known as RAF Great Saling
• RAF Birch
• RAF Boxted
• RAF Bradwell Bay
• RAF Chigwell
• RAF Chipping Ongar
• RAF Debden
• RAF Earls Colne - now Earls Colne Airfield
• RAF Fairlop
• RAF Gosfield
• RAF Great Dunmow
• RAF Great Sampford
• RAF Hornchurch
• RAF Little Walden
• RAF Matching
• RAF North Weald - now North Weald Airfield
• RAF Ridgewell
• RAF Rivenhall
• RAF Rochford - now London Southend Airport
• RAF Stansted Mountfitchet - now London Stansted Airport
• RAF Stapleford Tawney
• RAF Wethersfield
• RAF Wormingford

Gloucestershire

• RAF Aston Down
• RAF Babdown Farm (Relief Landing Ground - RLG)
• RAF Boddington
• RAF Chedworth
• RAF Down Ampney
• RAF Filton
• RAF Honeybourne
• RAF Innsworth
• RAF Kemble
• RAF Little Rissington
• RAF Long Marston
• RAF Moreton-in-Marsh
• RAF Northleach
• RAF Pucklechurch
• RAF Quedgeley
• RAF South Cerney
• RAF Southrop
• RAF Staverton
• RAF Stoke Orchard
• RAF Windrush

Hampshire

• RAF Andover
• RAF Bisterne
• RAF Beaulieu
• RAF Blackbushe
• RAF Calshot
• RAF Christchurch
• RAF Eastleigh - renamed RAF Southampton
• RAF Farnborough
• RAF Flowerdown
• RAF Gosport
• RAF Hamble
• RAF Hartford Bridge
• RAF Holmsley South
• RAF Hurn - now Bournemouth International Airport
• RAF Hythe
• RAF Ibsley
• RAF Lasham - now Lasham Airfield
• RAF Lee-on-Solent
• RAF Middle Wallop - now used by the British Army, AAC Middle Wallop
• RAF Oakhanger
• RAF Siskin - HMS Siskin - now HMS Sultan
• RAF Sopley
• RAF Southampton - formerly called RAF Eastleigh
• RAF Stoney Cross
• RAF Thruxton - now Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit
• RAF Ventnor (Isle of Wight) - radar station
• RAF Worthy Down

Herefordshire

• RAF Hereford, aka RAF Credenhill - now occupied by the British Army
• RAF Madley

Hertfordshire

• RAF Bovingdon
• RAF Chenies
• RAF Hatfield
• RAF Hunsdon

Huntingdonshire

• RAF Graveley
• RAF Kimbolton
• RAF Molesworth

Kent

• RAF Ash
• RAF Biggin Hill (covered London area) - now Biggin Hill Airport
• RAF Brenzett
• RAF Detling
• RAF Eastchurch
• RAF Gravesend
• RAF Hawkinge
• RAF Headcorn
• RAF Lashenden, now Lashenden (Headcorn) Airfield
• RAF Lympne
• RAF Manston - now Kent International Airport
• RAF Newchurch
• RAF New Romney (Honeychild) - Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) - see also Brenzett & Newchurch
• RAF Sandwich - radar station [1] - latterly RAF Ash
• RAF Staplehurst
• RAF West Malling

Lancashire

• RAF Barton Hall
• RAF Kirkham
• RAF Longley Lane
• RAF Padgate
• RAF Salmesbury
• RAF Speke - now Liverpool John Lennon Airport
• RAF Walney Island
• RAF Warton - now Warton Aerodrome
• RAF Weeton
• RAF Warrington

Leicestershire

• RAF Bitteswell
• RAF Bottesford
• RAF Bruntingthorpe - now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground
• RAF Castle Donington - now East Midlands Airport
• RAF Desford
• RAF Husbands Bosworth
• RAF Leicester East - now Leicester Airport
• RAF Loughborough
• RAF Market Harborough
• RAF Oakham
• RAF Melton Mowbray
• RAF Nuneaton
• RAF Ratcliffe
• RAF Rearsby
• RAF Saltby
• RAF Wymeswold

Lincolnshire

• RAF Bardney
• RAF Binbrook
• RAF Blyton
• RAF Cammeringham (previously RAF Ingham)
• RAF Coleby Grange
• RAF Dunholme Lodge
• RAF East Kirkby
• RAF Elsham Wolds
• RAF Faldingworth
• RAF Fiskerton
• RAF Folkingham
• RAF Fulbeck
• RAF Goxhill
• RAF Grantham (renamed RAF Spitalgate)
• RAF Grimsby (aka RAF Waltham)
• RAF Harlaxton
• RAF Hemswell
• RAF Hibaldstow
• RAF Ingham (later named RAF Cammeringham)
• RAF Kelstern
• RAF Kirmington
• RAF Kirton in Lindsey
• RAF Ludford Magna
• RAF Manby
• RAF Metheringham
• RAF Nocton Hall
• RAF North Coates
• RAF North Killingholme
• RAF North Witham
• RAF Skellingthorpe
• RAF Skendleby
• RAF Spilsby
• RAF Spitalgate sometimes spelt RAF Spittlegate
• RAF Stenigot
• RAF Strubby
• RAF Sturgate now Sturgate Airfield
• RAF Sutton Bridge
• RAF Swinderby It became RAF Norton Disney
• RAF Swinderby This was the flying station
• RAF Wickenby
• RAF Woodhall Spa

London

• RAF Regents Park

Middlesex

• RAF Bentley Priory
• RAF Hendon
• RAF Heston
• RAF Stanmore Park

Norfolk

• RAF Attlebridge
• RAF Bacton - First World War "Landing Ground"
• RAF Barton Bendish - Second World War Landing Ground
• RAF Bircham Newton - technical site now the Construction Industry Training Board School
• RAF Bodney
• RAF Burgh Castle - First World War Landing Ground
• RAF Bylaugh Hall - Second World War Landing Ground
• RAF Coltishall - now "MoD Coltishall", awaiting formal disposal
• RAF Deopham Green
• RAF Docking
• RAF Downham Market
• RAF East Wretham
• RAF Feltwell
• RAF Fersfield
• RAF Foulsham
• RAF Great Massingham
• RAF Great Yarmouth - First World War
• RAF Hardwick
• RAF Harling Road - First World War
• RAF Hethel - now owned by Lotus Cars
• RAF Hingham - First World War "Landing Ground"
• RAF Holt - First World War "Landing Ground"
• RAF Horsham St Faith - airfield site now Norwich International Airport
• RAF Langham
• RAF Little Snoring - RAF to 1945
• RAF Ludham - now private landing strip
• RAF Matlaske
• RAF Mattishall - First World War
• RAF Methwold
• RAF Mousehold Heath - 1914 under RFC, became first Norwich Airport in 1933
• RAF Narborough
• RAF North Creake - 1945
• RAF North Pickenham
• RAF Old Buckenham
• RAF Oulton
• RAF Pulham - used for the development of British airships between the wars.
• RAF Rackheath
• RAF Sculthorpe
• RAF Sedgeford
• RAF Seething
• RAF Shipdham
• RAF Snetterton Heath - airfield now Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit
• RAF Swannington
• RAF Swanton Morley
• RAF Thetford
• RAF Thorpe Abbotts
• RAF Tibenham
• RAF Watton
• RAF Wendling
• RAF West Raynham
• RAF Weybourne

Northamptonshire

• RAF Chelveston
• RAF Deenethorpe
• RAF Desborough
• RAF Grafton Underwood
• RAF Harrington
• RAF Hinton-in-the-Hedges - now Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield
• RAF Polebrook
• RAF Silverstone - now Silverstone International Motor Racing Circuit
• RAF Sywell

Northumberland

• RAF Acklington
• RAF Boulmer Pronounced Boo mah and not Bul mer which is a cider.
• RAF Brunton
• RAF Eshott
• RAF Milfield
• RAF Morpeth It was also known locally as Tranwell
• RAF Ouston
• RAF Woolsington Previously called RAF Station Newcastle

Nottinghamshire

• RAF Gamston
• RAF Hucknall
• RAF Langar
• RAF Misson
• RAF Newton
• RAF Watnall
• RAF Wigsley
• RAF Winthorpe
• RAF Worksop

Oxfordshire

• RAF Abingdon It used to be in Berkshire
• RAF Akeman Street
• RAF Bampton Castle
• RAF Bicester - now Bicester Airfield
• RAF Broadwell
• RAF Chalgrove - now Chalgrove Airfield
• RAF Chipping Norton
• RAF Culham
• RAF Edgehill - now Shenington Gliding Club
• RAF Enstone - now Enstone Airfield
• RAF Harwell
• RAF Henley-on-Thames
• RAF Kidlington - now Oxford Airport
• RAF Mount Farm
• RAF Nuneham Park
• RAF Shellingford
• RAF Upper Heyford

Rutland

• RAF North Luffenham
• RAF Woolfox Lodge

Shropshire

• RAF Atcham
• RAF Bratton
• RAF Bridgnorth
• RAF Condover
• RAF High Ercall
• RAF Sleap - now Sleap Airfield
• RAF Tilstock

Somerset

• RAF Church Stanton (renamed RAF Culmhead)
• RAF Locking
• RAF Lulsgate Bottom
• RAF Merryfield
• RAF Rudloe Manor
• RAF West Myne
• RAF Weston Zoyland
• RAF Whitchurch

Staffordshire

• RAF Abbots Bromley
• RAF Fauld - see RAF Fauld Explosion
• RAF Hednesford
• RAF Hixon
• RAF Lichfield
• RAF Seighford
• RAF Stafford
• RAF Tatenhill (initially called RAF Crossplains) - see also Tatenhill Airfield

Suffolk

• RAF Barnham
• RAF Bawdsey - once home to the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) - radar research
• RAF Beccles
• RAF Bentwaters - now Bentwaters Parks, home to Bentwaters Cold War Museum
• RAF Bungay
• RAF Bury St Edmunds
• RAF Debach
• RAF Eye
• RAF Felixstowe
• RAF Framlingham
• RAF Great Ashfield
• RAF Halesworth
• RAF Hopton
• RAF Horham
• RAF Knettishall
• RAF Lavenham
• RAF Leiston
• RAF Martlesham Heath
• RAF Mendlesham
• RAF Metfeld
• RAF Newmarket
• RAF Rattlesden
• RAF Raydon
• RAF Shepherds Grove
• RAF Stradishall
• RAF Sudbury
• RAF Tuddenham
• RAF Wattisham - a major airfield during the Cold War which is now operated by the Army Air Corps.
• RAF Woodbridge - now called "MOD Woodbridge", incorporating "Woodbridge Airfield" and "Rock Barracks", occupied by the British Army's 23 Engineer Regiment (Air Assault Brigade)

Surrey

• RAF Croydon - later Croydon Airport now a retail/industrial estate
• RAF Dunsfold - now Dunsfold Aerodrome, and Top Gear studio and race track
• RAF Gatwick - now London Gatwick Airport (formerley Surrey, now West Sussex)
• RAF Hanworth
• RAF Horne
• RAF Kenley
• RAF Redhill - now Redhill Aerodrome

East Sussex

• RAF Beachy Head
• RAF Friston
• RAF Newhaven
• RAF Pevensey
• RAF Rye - radar station
• RAF Wartling

West Sussex

• RAF Ford
• RAF Tangmere
• RAF Thorney Island
• RAF Truleigh Hill
• RAF Westhampnett - now Chichester/Goodwood Airport

Warwickshire

• RAF Ansty
• RAF Baginton - now Coventry Airport
• RAF Bramcote
• RAF Church Lawford
• RAF Elmdon
• RAF Gaydon - The runway was used by British Leyland, then Rover and now Landrover/Jaguar/Aston Martin. Fortunately the Air Traffic Control tower remains and is still used today. Yahoo! Part of it is now home to the Heritage Motor Centre and is well worth a visit, just to see the Austin Champ.
• RAF Honiley
• RAF Wellesbourne Mountford
• RAF Stratford aka RAF Atherstone
• RAF Snitterfield
• RAF Long Marston
• RAF Hockley Heath
• RAF Castle Bromwich - was the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome until 1958

Wiltshire

• RAF Blakehill Farm
• RAF Castle Combe - now Castle Combe Circuit
• RAF Cherhill
• RAF Chilmark
• RAF Clyffe Pypard
• RAF Colerne
• RAF Compton Basset
• RAF Cricklade (radar site)
• RAF Hullavington Now used by the British Army
• RAF Keevil
• RAF Melksham
• RAF Netheravon - now occupied by the British Army, (AAC Netheravon)
• RAF Old Sarum - now Old Sarum Airfield
• RAF Upavon - now called Trenchard Lines, occupied by the British Army
• RAF Watchfield
• RAF Wroughton - now a depository of the National Museum of Science and Industry
• RAF Yatesbury
• RAF Zeals

Worcestershire

• RAF Bickmarsh
• RAF Defford
• RAF Honeybourne 1941 - 1946
• RAF Pershore - also known as Throckmorton
• RAF Worcester

Yorkshire

• RAF Bawtry
• RAF Bempton N.Yorks - briefly named RAF Flamborough Head
• RAF Bircotes
• RAF Breighton E.Yorks
• RAF Burn
• RAF Carnaby
• RAF Catterick Now used by the British Army
• RAF Catfoss
• RAF Cowden East Riding of Yorkshire Bombing range
• RAF Croft
• RAF Dalton
• RAF Danby Beacon N Yorks
• RAF Doncaster - formerly RFC Doncaster (1914) Royal Flying Corps
• RAF Driffield E Yorks
• RAF East Moor
• RAF Elvington
• RAF Finningley - now Robin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
• RAF Firbeck S Yorks
• RAF Full Sutton N Yorks
• RAF Goldsborough N Yorks
• RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor
• RAF Hutton Cranswick
• RAF Leconfield E Yorks
• RAF Lindholme (previously called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse)
• RAF Lissett
• RAF Marsden Moor
• RAF Melbourne
• RAF Norton
• RAF Patrington
• RAF Pocklington
• RAF Sandtoft
• RAF Scorton N Yorks
• RAF Seaton Snook N Yorks
• RAF Skipton-on-Swale
• RAF Snaith
• RAF Tholthorpe N Yorks
• RAF Thornaby N Yorks
• RAF Wombleton
• RAF Yeadon - now Leeds Bradford International Airport

Scotland

• RAF Abbotsinch (Renfrewshire) - now Glasgow International Airport
• RAF Dalcross
• RAF Dallachy
• RAF Dounreay (Caithness)
• RAF Dumfries
• RAF Evanton (Ross and Cromarty)
• RAF Faraid Head (Highland)
• RAF Grangemouth (Falkirk)
• RAF Inverness
• RAF Kilchiaran (Isle of Islay)
• RAF Kirknewton (West Lothian)
• RAF Milltown (Moray)
• RAF Skitten
• RAF Tealing
• RAF Tinwald Downs
• RAF Tiree
• RAF Turnhouse (City of Edinburgh)
• RAF West Freugh (Wigtownshire) Now called MOD West Freugh
• RAF Wick (Caithness)

Aberdeenshire

• RAF Banff
• RAF Dyce
• RAF Fraseburgh

Angus

• RAF Edzell
• RAF Montrose

Argyll and Bute

• RAF Machrihanish
• RAF Oban
• RAF Scarnish

Ayrshire

• RAF Ayr, renamed RAF Prestwick
• RAF Dundonald
• RAF Fullarton
• RAF Gailes
• RAF Heathfield
• RAF Prestwick
• RAF Turnberry

Berwickshire

• RAF Dronehill
• RAF Winfield

East Lothian

• RAF Drem
• RAF East Fortune
• RAF Macmerry

Fife

• RAF Donibristle
• RAF Pitreavie Castle
• RAF Anstruther

Orkney

• RAF Grimsetter
• RAF Hatston

Outer Hebrides

• RAF Aird Uig (Lewis)
• RAF Benbecula (Benbecula)
• RAF Stornoway (Lewis)

Perth and Kinross

• RAF Balado Bridge (Kinross)
• RAF Errol
• RAF Findo Gask

Shetland

• RAF Saxa Vord
• RAF Scatsta
• RAF Sullom Voe
• RAF Sumburgh

Wales

Anglesey

• RAF Holyhead

Caernarfonshire

• RAF Hell's Mouth
• RAF Llandwrog
• RAF Penrhos

Cardiganshire

• RAF Blaenanerch

Carmarthenshire

• RAF Pembrey

Denbighshire

• RAF Prestatyn
• RAF Towyn

Flintshire

• RAF Hawarden
• RAF Sealand
• RAF Wrexham

Glamorgan

• RAF Stormy Down
• RAF Llandow - now Llandow Circuit
• RAF Rhoose - now Cardiff Airport
• RAF Fairwood Common - now Swansea Airport

Merionethshire

• RAF Llanbedr

Monmouthshire

• RAF Caerwent

Pembrokeshire

• RAF Angle
• RAF Brawdy
• RAF Carew Cheriton
• RAF Dale
• RAF Haverfordwest
• RAF Manorbier
• RAF Pembroke Dock
• RAF Talbenny
• RAF Templeton

Northern Ireland

County Antrim

• RAF Langford Lodge
• RAF Long Kesh
• RAF Maghaberry
• RAF Murlough
• RAF Nutts Corner
• RAF Sandy Bay (flying boat base on Lough Neagh near Ram's Island, Northern Ireland)
• RAF Toome

County Down

• RAF Ballyhalbert
• RAF Belfast
• RAF Bishops Court
• RAF Greencastle
• RAF Kirkistown
• RAF Newtownards, Newtownards
• RAF Sydenham

County Fermanagh

• RAF Castle Archdale
• RAF Killadeas
• RAF St Angelo

County Londonderry

• RAF Ballykelly
• RAF Eglinton - now City of Derry Airport, Derry
• RAF Limavady
• RAF Maydown
• RAF Mullaghmore

County Tyrone

• RAF Cluntoe, Ardboe

Isle of Man

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

Republic of Ireland

• RAF Baldonnel (County Dublin) (see Baldonnel Aerodrome)

Overseas

Aden

Now Yemen

• RAF Khormaksar - now Aden International Airport
• RAF Steamer Point
• RAF Hospital Steamer Point
• RAF Hospital Khormaksar Beach

Afganisthain

• RAF Kandahar

Algeria

• RAF Maison Blanche

Azores (Portugal)

• RAF Lagens

Bahrain

• RAF Muharraq

Belgium

• RAF Ursel

Belize

• RAF Belize

Bermuda

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

Borneo

• RAF Labuan
• RAF Tawau
• RAF Kuching (Sarawak)

Burma

Present day Myanmar

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

Canada

• RAFU Goose Bay

Ceylon

Now Sri Lanka The number of RAF bases in Ceylon increased during the Second World War, and most were decommissioned after the war. However the RAF maintained bases in Sri Lanka until 1958.

• RAF China Bay (1930-1957) - now SLAF China Bay^[2]
• RAF Koggala (1940-1947) - now SLAF Koggala
• RAF Negombo (1946-1957) - now the Bandaranaike International Airport & SLAF Katunayake

• RAF Kandy (1941-1946)
• RAF Colombo (1941-1946) - now SLAF Ratmalana
• Colombo Racecourse Airstrip
• RAF Kankesanturai (1941-1945) - now SLAF Palaly
• RAF Minneriya (1942-1945) - now SLAF Hingurakgoda^[3]
• RAF Sigiriya (1942-1945) - now SLAF Sigiriya
• RAF Vavuniya (1942-1945) - now SLAF Vavuniya

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

• RAF Cocos Islands

Cyprus

• RAF Akrotiri
• RAF Nicosia 1930s-1966 still owned by the Ministry of Defence but used by the UN

Egypt

• RAF Abu Sueir
• RAF Abu Sultan
• RAF Almaza
• RAF Amriya
• RAF Cairo West
• RAF Deversoir
• RAF El Ballah (also recorded as RAF Ballah)
• RAF El Hamra
• RAF Fayid
• RAF Gianaclis
• RAF Heliopolis
• RAF Helwan
• RAF Ismailia
• RAF Kabrit (Canal Zone) -1954
• RAF Kasfareet
• RAF Shallufa

Faroe Islands

• RAF Vaagar

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.^[4]

• RAF Istres

Germany

Following the demise of the Cold War, and the subsequent re-unification of Germany, most former RAF bases were transferred back to the German Government, and many were also officially handed over to the Bundeswehr.

• RAF Ahlhorn
• RAF Blankenese
• RAF Bruggen - now a British Army Garrison, called "Elmpt Station, Javelin Barracks"
• RAF Bückeburg
• RAF Butzweilerhof
• RAF Celle
• RAF Fassberg
• RAF Fuhlsbüttel
• RAF Gatow
• RAF Geilenkirchen
• RAF Goch
• RAF Gütersloh - now a British Army Garrison, called "Princess Royal Barracks, Gütersloh", (AAC Gütersloh)
• RAF Hambühren
• RAF Hehn
• RAF Hustedt
• RAF Husum - a remote radar station on the coast near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein
• RAF Jever
• RAF Laarbruch
• RAF Lübeck
• RAF Lüneberg
• RAF Oldenburg
• RAF Plantlünne
• RAF Rheindahlen - now occupied by the British Army, as HQ United Kingdom Support Command (Germany) (HQ UKSC(G))
• RAF Schleswigland
• RAF Sundern
• RAF Sylt
• RAF Uetersen
• RAF Wahn
• RAF Hospital Wegberg - now occupied by the British Army, as HQ British Forces Germany Health Service (BFGHS)
• RAF Wildenrath
• RAF Winterberg
• RAF Wunstorf

Gold Coast (Africa)

The Gold Coast became the independent country of Ghana in 1957

• RAF Takoradi

Greece

Hong Kong

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

Iceland

• RAF Kaldadarnes
• RAF Reykjavík

British Indian Empire

RAF stations of the British Indian Empire were transferred to the respective Indian and Pakistani Governments upon partition and independence from the British Empire. Many are now used by the Indian Air Force, and Pakistan Air Force

situated in modern day Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan)

• RAF Chittagong
• RAF Comilla
• RAF Cox's Bazaar

situated in modern day India

• RAF Agra - now Agra Air Force Station, Uttar Pradesh
• RAF Alipore
• RAF Allahabad - now Bamrauli Air Force Station, Uttar Pradesh
• RAF Amarda Road
• RAF Ambala - now Ambala Air Force Station, Haryana
• RAF Agartala - now Agartala Air Force Station, Tripura
• RAF Arkonam
• RAF Asansol
• RAF Bangalore (aka RAF Yelahanka) - now Yelahanka Air Force Station, Bangalore, Karnataka
• RAF Barrackpore - now Barrackpore Air Force Station, West Bengal
• RAF Bhopal
• RAF Car Nicobar - now Car Nicobar Air Force Station, Nicobar Islands, Indian Union Territory
• RAF Chakeri - now Chakeri Air Force Station, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
• RAF Cholovaram
• RAF Delhi
• RAF Dhubalia
• RAF Digri
• RAF Dum Dum - now Dum Dum Air Force Station, Calcutta, West Bengal
• RAF Hakimpet - now Hakimpet Air Force Station, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
• RAF Imphal
• RAF Jessore
• RAF Jodhpur - now Jodhpur Air Force Station, Rajasthan
• RAF Kalyan
• RAF Kanchrapara
• RAF Kohat
• RAF Kolar
• RAF Lahore
• RAF Maharajpur - now Maharajpur Air Force Station, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
• RAF Palam
• RAF Poona - now Pune-Lohegaon Air Force Station, Maharashtra
• RAF Ranchi
• RAF Secunderbad
• RAF Srinagar - now Srinagar Air Force Station, Jammu & Kashmir
• RAF Tambaram - now Tambaram Air Force Station, Tamil Nadu
• RAF Vizagapatam

situated in modern day Pakistan

• RAF Chaklala - now Islamabad International Airport and Pakistan Air Force Base Chaklala
• RAF Jiwani - now Jiwani Airport
• RAF Karachi - now Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal
• RAF Mauripur (used after partition by RAF) - now Pakistan Air Force Base Masroor
• RAF Peshawar - now Pakistan Air Force Base Peshawar
• RAF Quetta - now Pakistan Air Force Base Samungli
• RAF Risalpur - now Pakistan Air Force Base Risalpur
• RAF Sargodha (??? Sargodha#Origin of name) - now Pakistan Air Force Base Mushaf

Iraq

• RAF Basrah
• RAF Dhibban (renamed RAF Habbaniya in 1938)
• RAF Hinaidi
• RAF Shaibah

Italy

• RAF Cagliari, (Sardinia)
• RAF Decimomannu, (Sardinia)
• RAF El Mas (Sardinia)

Japan

• RAF Iwakuni

Jordan

• RAF Zerqa (Dawson's Field)
• RAF Mafraq

Kenya

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

Libya

• RAF Benina
• RAF Castel Benito later RAF Idris now Tripoli International Airport
• RAF El Adem

British Malaya (now Malaysia)

• RAF Butterworth - to 1957, thereafter RAAF Butterworth
• RAF Kota Bharu - now Sultan Ismail Petra Airport
• RAF Kuala Lumpur
• RAF Kuantan

Maldives

• RAF Gan - now Gan International Airport
• RAF Hithadhoo (domestic site for RAF Gan)

Malta

• RAF Hal Far
• RAF Kalafrana
• RAF Luqa - 1979, now the site of Malta International Airport
• RAF Safi
• RAF Siggiewi - 840SU
• RAF Ta Kali (Ta' Qali)

Netherlands

• RAF Eindhoven (B.78) now Eindhoven Airport
• RAF Woensdrecht (B.79) now Woensdrecht Airbase
• RAF Schijndel (B.85)
• RAF Twente (B.106) now Enschede Airport Twente
• RAF Volkel (B.80) now Volkel Air Base

Nigeria

Nigeria gained independence in 1960

• RAF Kano - now Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport
• RAF Ikeja
• RAF Maiduguri

Oman

• RAF Masirah
• RAF Salalah

Pakistan

• RAF Mauripur used after partition (closed 1956)

Palestine (Israel)

The former British Mandate of Palestine became Israel in 1948/49

• RAF Aqir - now Tel Nof Israeli Air Force Base
• RAF Ein Shemer - now Ein Shemer Airfield
• RAF Gaza
• RAF Haifa - now Haifa Airport
• RAF Lydda - now Ben Gurion International Airport
• RAF Petah Tiqva - now Kfar Sirkin Airfield
• RAF Qastina - now Hatzor Israeli Air Force Base
• RAF Ramat David - now Ramat David Israeli Air Force Base
• RAF Ramleh

Singapore

• RAF Amoy Quee
• RAF Changi - now Changi Air Base and Singapore Changi Airport.
• RAF Chia Keng: a GCHQ radio receiving station and a satellite station (closed down in 1971) affiliated to RAF Changi.
• RAF Kallang - Old Kallang Airport (closed down in 1955).
• RAF Seletar - now Seletar Airport.
• RAF Sembawang - now Sembawang Air Base, also known as HMS Simbang in the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm service.
• RAF Tengah - now Tengah Air Base.

Sudan

• RAF Khartoum
• RAF Summit

Transjordan

The Transjordan was a British mandate territory until 1946 when it became the kingdom of Jordan

• RAF Amman
• RAF Mafraq

United Arab Emirates

• RAF Bahrain
• RAF Sharjah

See also

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• Royal Air Force station
• List of V Bomber dispersal bases
• Battle of Britain Airfields
• List of UK Thor missile bases
• List of air stations of the Royal Navy
• List of airfields of the Army Air Corps
• List of airports in the United Kingdom
• List of United States Air Force installations
• List of Soviet Air Force bases

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• RAF Stations official web page listing current Royal Air Force stations
• Current functions of RAF bases
• UK "Secret Bases"
• gallery of RAF images, from ServicePals.com
• Norfolk-Airfields.co.uk - accessed 17 January 2008
• Subterranea Britannica - Cold War

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