List of former Royal Air Force stations explained

This list of former RAF stations includes most of the stations, airfields and administrative headquarters previously used by the Royal Air Force. They are listed under any former county or country name which was appropriate for the duration of operation.

During 1991, the RAF had several Military Emergency Diversion Aerodrome (MEDA) airfields:RAF Kinloss, Leeming, Valley, Waddington, Wattisham & Lyneham ended their role from 1 March 1991, leaving Brize Norton, Manston, Leuchars and St Mawgan with the role.

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style=min-width:12em	Station	align=center style="text-align:center"	Pundit Code^[1] / USAAF station code	Country	County			class=unsortable	Notes
RAF Abbots Bromley		England	Staffordshire	1940	1949	Returned to agricultural use, small number of buildings remain.
RAF Abbots Ripton		England	Huntingdonshire	1938	1942	Became 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	1984	Now West Wales Airport
RAF Abingdon	AB	England	Oxfordshire	1932	1992	Transferred to the British Army and became Dalton Barracks. Airfield continued to be used for RAF helicopter training and gliding.
RAF Acaster Malbis	AM	England	West Riding of Yorkshire	1942	1957	Returned to agricultural use, with elements as an industrial estate
RAF Acklington	AI	England	Northumberland	1916	1975	Situated just south of a World War I landing ground known as Southfields. Now Her Majesty's Prison Northumberland (formerly Acklington and Castington)
RAF Akeman Street		England	Oxfordshire	1940	1947	Returned to agricultural use
RAF Aldeburgh		England	Suffolk	1918	1919
RAF Aldergrove	JV	Northern Ireland	County Antrim	1918	2009	Became Joint Helicopter Command Flying Station Aldergrove
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	Named RAF Invergordon until 1943. Flying boat station, subsequently RAF Marine Branch No. 1100 MCU until disbandment.
RAF Anderby Creek		England	Lincolnshire	1939	1945	Second World War battle training school of the RAF Regiment; at or near Anderby Creek; no visible remains on satellite images
RAF Andrews Field	GZ	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	Remains in light use as a civilian airfield
RAF Angle	AE	Wales	Pembrokeshire	1941	1950	Returned to agricultural use
RAF Annan	AG	Scotland	Dumfriesshire	1942	1945	Since 1955 the site of Chapelcross nuclear power station, which is being decommissioned
RAF Ansty		England	Warwickshire	1936	1953	Occupied by Rolls-Royce as an engine overhaul and repair facility
RAF Anwick		England	Lincolnshire	1916	1918	Returned to agricultural use
RAF Appledram	AO (day)	England	Sussex	1943	1944	Advanced Landing Ground (ALG)
RAF Ascot		England	Berkshire	1916	1919
RAF Ashbourne	AS	England	Derbyshire	1942	1954	In various uses, including by JCB as a test and demonstration area
RAF Ash		England	Kent	1986	1995	Site sold for civilian use, now a data centre.
RAF Ashford		England	Kent	1943	1944	ALG, near Egerton
RAF Aston Down	AD	England	Gloucestershire	1938	1976	In use as a civilian gliding airfield
RAF Atcham	AP	England	Shropshire	1941	1946
RAF Atherstone		England	Warwickshire	1941	1942	Renamed RAF Stratford.
RAF Attlebridge	AT	England	Norfolk	1941	1956
RAF Atwick		England	East Riding of Yorkshire	July 1915	1919	Hornsea Mere
RAF Ayr I		Scotland	Ayrshire	1917	1919	Originally and now Ayr Racecourse
RAF Ayr II	AR	Scotland	Ayrshire	1941	1957	Also known as RAF Heathfield. Passed to Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm 1944-46 as HMS Wagtail. Reopened 1951 as storage annexe to RAF Prestwick.
RAF Babbacombe		England	Devon	1940	1945	No. 1 Aircrew Receiving Centre, originally and now Babbacombe Theatre.
RAF Babdown Farm	BF	England	Gloucestershire	1940	1948	(Relief Landing Ground – RLG)
RAF Bacton		England	Norfolk	1915	1919	First World War landing ground
RAF Baginton	NG	England	Warwickshire	1939	1943	Originally and now Coventry Airport
RAF Balado Bridge		Scotland	Kinross-shire	1942	1944	Transferred to War Department 1944. Civil airfield 1946–1957.
RAF Balderton	BN	England	Nottinghamshire	1941	1954
RAF Baldonnel			Dublin	1917	1965	now Casement Aerodrome
RAF Ballyhalbert	YB	Northern Ireland	County Down	1941	1947	Briefly transferred to Royal Navy during 1945
RAF Ballykelly	IY	Northern Ireland	County Londonderry	1941	1971	Site transferred to Army as Shackleton Barracks
RAF Ballywalter		Northern Ireland	County Down	1941	1945	No. 16 Satellite Landing Ground
RAF Bampton Castle		England	Oxfordshire	1939	2003	established by Royal Signals Regiment, transferred to RAF Signals Command in 1965
RAF Banff	AF	Scotland	Banffshire	1943	1946
RAF Bardney	BA	England	Lincolnshire	1943	1963	Built as a satellite to RAF Waddington
RAF Barkway		England	Hertfordshire	1942	2011	Communications station
RAF Barnwood		England	Gloucestershire			RAF Record Office
RAF Barton Bendish		England	Norfolk	1939	1942	Second World War Landing Ground, as a satellite station to RAF Marham
RAF Barton Hall		England	Lancashire	1940	1975	During WWII: Operations Centre of No. 9 Group RAF. Post-war: Preston Air Traffic Control Centre.
RAF Bassingbourn	BS	England	Cambridgeshire	1938	1969	now Bassingbourn Barracks
RAF Bawdsey		England	Suffolk	1936	1991	Converted into a boarding school which operated between 1994 and 2016 and later a holiday park. Transmitter block now a radar museum.
RAF Bawtry		England	South Yorkshire	1941	1986	No. 1 Group Bomber Command H.Q. (during WWII), RAF Strike Command H.Q. & eventually RAF Meteorological Service H.Q. (post-war)
RAF Beaulieu	BL/BQ^[2]	England	Hampshire	1915	1947	Now a recreational area within the New Forrest.
RAF Beccles	BE	England	Suffolk	1943	1945
RAF Bekesbourne		England	Kent	1916	19191940	Became Bekesbourne Aerodrome post-WWI, closed in July 1939. Used during May and June 1940 by No 2 and No 13 Squadrons.
RAF Belfast	Belfast	Northern Ireland		1941	1943	Acquired as Sydenham Airport, transferred to RN in 1943 as HMS Gadwall; reverted from RNAS back to RAF 1973 and closed in 1978.
RAF Bellasize		England	East Riding of Yorkshire	1916	1945	Used between 1916 and 1919, reactivated for flying training between 1939, and 1945
RAF Belton Park		England	Lincolnshire	1942	1946	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	1947	Airfield now Benbecula Airport. Nearby radar station now RRH Benbecula, an unmanned Remote Radar Head controlled by RAF Boulmer.
RAF Bentley Priory		England	Middlesex	1926	2008	Converted to residential use. WW2 bunker, modernised in the 1980s, was demolished and filled in, as regarded not worth saving. Former Officers' Mess now the Bentley Priory Museum.^[3]
RAF Bentwaters	BY	England	Suffolk	1944	1993	Former major USAF base. Site sold and became a business park and TV/film location known as Bentwaters Parks with airfield infrastructure and buildings remaining. Bentwaters Cold War Museum opened in 2007.^[4] Former USAF housing demolished and a new housing estate created.
RAF Berrow		England	Worcestershire	1941	1945	No. 5 SLG also known as Pendock Moor
RAF Bibury	BI	England	Gloucestershire	1940	1945	built as a relief landing ground for RAF South Cerney
RAF Bicester	BC	England	Oxfordshire	1917	1976	now Bicester Airfield and home to Bicester Heritage
RAF Biggin Hill		England	Kent	1917	1992	Formerly the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre (OASC) before moving to RAF Cranwell in the early 1990s, now Biggin Hill Airport.
RAF Binbrook	BK	England	Lincolnshire	1940	1992	Site sold, technical buildings and hangars in use as an industrial park, domestic site established as Brookenby village.
RAF Binsoe		England	North Yorkshire	1916	1919	Used as a relief landing ground for RAF Ripon
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	South Yorkshire	1941	1948	Satellite airfield for RAF Finningley.
RAF Bishopbriggs		Scotland	Dunbartonshire	1939	1966	Originally a barrage balloon depot, later used for other non-flying purposes. Site now HM Prison Low Moss
RAF Bishops Court	IC	Northern Ireland	County Down	1943	1990	Originally an airfield but latterly a radar site.
RAF Bisterne	BS	England	Hampshire	1943	1945	USAAF ALG
RAF Bitteswell	BT	England	Leicestershire	1940	1947
RAF Blaenannerch		Wales	Ceredigion	1939	1941	Renamed RAF Aberporth, now West Wales Airport
RAF Black Isle		Scotland	Ross and Cromarty	1941	1945	No. 42 Satellite Landing Ground
RAF Blackbushe		England	Hampshire	1944	1960	Now Blackbushe Airport
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	1940	1946	RAF Digby Sector operations room. Now demolished & site of a golf club.
RAF Blyton	AL	England	Lincolnshire	1942	1954	Now known the site of Blyton Park Driving Centre and is used for motorsport and track days.
RAF Boa Island		Northern Ireland	County Fermanagh	1944	1945	Satellite to RAF Killadeas flying boat station. Also known as Rock Bay.
RAF Bobbington		England	Staffordshire	1941	1956	Renamed RAF Halfpenny Green in 1943, now Wolverhampton Airport
RAF Boddington		England	Gloucestershire	1940	2007	Transferred to Defence Communication Services Agency (now Information Systems & Services) as ISS Boddington
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	1941	1945	Second World War satellite airfield to RAF Exeter
RAF Booker		England	Buckinghamshire	1939	1951	near (High Wycombe), now Wycombe Air Park
RAF Boreham	JM	England	Essex	1944	1945
RAF Boscombe Down	BD	England	Wiltshire	1917	2001	Airfield retained by the Ministry of Defence but operated by private contractor QinetiQ as MOD Boscombe Down. Home to the Aircraft Test and Evaluation Centre and Empire Test Pilots School (ETPS).
RAF Bottesford	AQ	England	Leicestershire	1941	1945
RAF Bottisham	IM	England	Cambridgeshire	1940	1946	Largely now agricultural use and divided North/South by the A14. The North East corner of the airfield is now the Bottisham Airfield Museum.
RAF Boulmer		England	Northumberland	1940		RAF Boulmer remains open, but the present radar control station is at a different location from the wartime airfield (which closed in the late 1960s). During the 1970s the former airfield communal site was redeveloped as an air-sea rescue helicopter base, which closed in 2015.
RAF Bourn	AU	England	Cambridgeshire	1941	1948	Became a recreational airfield, but is now planned to be developed into a village of 3500 homes.
RAF Bovingdon	BV	England	Hertfordshire	1942	1972	Now site of Bovingdon Radar, a major air navigation facility for London Heathrow Airport and the surrounding airspace.
RAF Bowmore		Scotland	Argyllshire	1940	1945	Flying boat base, satellite to RAF Oban
RAF Boxted	BX	England	Essex	1943	1947	A small museum is located on side of airfield.^[5]
RAF Bracebridge Heath		England	Lincolnshire	1916	1920	Adjacent to RAF Waddington. Site used to for the recovery and restoration damaged Lancaster bomber parts for reuse in WWII & construction site of Avro 707 prototype aircraft.
RAF Brackla		Scotland	Nairnshire	1941	1947
RAF Staff College Bracknell		England	Berkshire	1945	1997	Joint Services Command and Staff College established at the site, which later moved to MOD Shrivenham. The site was subsequently sold for redevelopment in 2004.
RAF Bradwell Bay		England	Essex	1941	1945
RAF Bramcote	RT	England	Warwickshire	1940	1946	Transferred to the Royal Navy in 1947 and became and in 1959 was transferred to the Army as Gamecock Barracks
RAF Brampton		England	Huntingdonshire	1942	2012	Transferred to Joint Forces Command and became Brampton Camp RAF Wyton. Site subsequently sold for redevelopment and station buildings demolished.
RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow		England	Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire	2001	2012	Tri-base area (also RAF Stanbridge not formally noted in name)
RAF Bratton		England	Shropshire	1940	1945	Relief landing ground of RAF Shawbury & Home of RAF Training Command, 25 Group Advanced Flying Unit
RAF Brawdy	BW	Wales	Pembrokeshire	1944	1992	Transferred to the British Army in 1995 and became Cawdor Barracks.
RAF Breighton	AC	England	Yorkshire	1942	1946
RAF Brenzett		England	Kent	1943	1944	ALG, also known as Ivychurch
RAF Bridgnorth		England	Shropshire	1940		Former recruit training establishment
RAF Bridlington		England	East Riding of Yorkshire	1929	1980	Air gunnery and wireless operator courses held during the Second World War; No. 1104 MCU operated between 1929 and 1980^[6]
RAF Brizlee Wood		England	Northumberland	1968	1969	NATO forward Scatter Unit. transferred to the Royal Signals Regiment in 1969.
RAF Broadwell	JR	England	Oxfordshire	1943	1947
RAF Brough		England	East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Bruntingthorpe	BP	England	Leicestershire	1942	1962	now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground
RAF Brunton	BN	England	Northumberland	1942	1945	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.^[7]
RAF Buckminster		England	Lincolnshire	1916	1919	First World War Royal Flying Corps base
RAF Bungay	JO	England	Suffolk	1942	1955	Locally known as RAF Flixton. Allocated to USAAF & designated Station 125 during the Second World War. Following the war the station was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1945 to become HMS Europa, before control was returned to the RAF in 1946.
RAF Burgh Castle		England	Norfolk	1915	1919	First World War Landing Ground (Royal Naval Air Service)
RAF Burnaston		England	Derbyshire	1939	1953	Previously and later Derby Airport. Now a Toyota car plant.
RAF Burtonwood		England	Cheshire	1940	1994	Buildings demolished and site sold for redevelopment, including Omega Business Park and junction 8 of the M62 motorway.
RAF Burn	AZ	England	Yorkshire	1942	1945
RAF Bury St Edmunds	BU	England	Suffolk	1942	1948	Also designated to USAAF Station 468 at some point in WWII
RAF Butley		England	Suffolk	1942	1943	Former name for RAF Bentwaters
RAF Buttergask		Scotland	Perthshire	1941	1945	Relief landing ground for RAF Perth
RAF Bylaugh Hall		England	Norfolk	1943	1945	No. 100 (Bomber Support) Group H.Q.
RAF Caerau		Wales	Cardiff	1939	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	1967	1993	Transferred to the Defence Training Estate and became the Caerwent Training Area, predominately used by the British Army.
RAF Caistor		England	Lincolnshire	1940	1963	Now returned to agricultural use
RAF Calshot	KT	England	Hampshire	1913	1961	Was No. 238 Maintenance Unit (238MU). Maintained Air Sea Rescue launches. RAF Mount Batten took over this work upon closure.
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	Sold for residential redevelopment and various private uses. Former airship sheds remain and are designated as listed buildings. Part of the site is retained by the Ministry of Defence and leased to the Met Office.
RAF Carew Cheriton		Wales	Pembrokeshire	1939	1945
RAF Cark	KA	England	Lancashire	1941	1945
RAF Carnaby	KQ	England	Yorkshire	1944	1963
RAF Castle Archdale	QA	Northern Ireland	County Fermanagh	1941	1958	Flying boat station. 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	1941	1948	Second World War Practice Landing Ground for RAF Hullavington. Now Castle Combe Circuit.
RAF Castle Donington	CD	England	Leicestershire	1943	1946	Satellite airfield to RAF Wymeswold. Now East Midlands Airport.
RAF Castle Kennedy	QK	Scotland	Wigtownshire	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	1917	1919
RAF Catfoss	CA	England	Yorkshire	1932	1963
RAF Catterick	AK	England	Yorkshire	1914	1994	Transferred to the British Army and became Marne Barracks.
RAF Cattewater		England	Devon	1918	1923	Formally Royal Naval Air Station Cattewate (1913–18). Re-opened in 1928 as RAF Mount Batten.
RAF Caxton Gibbet		England	Cambridgeshire	1940	1944	RLG
RAF Chailey		England	Sussex	1943	1945	ALG
RAF Chalgrove		England	Oxfordshire	1943	1947	Leased to ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker and known as Chalgrove Airfield. Ownership transferred to Homes England in 2016 with intention of redeveloping for 3,000 homes.
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	1964	Operations transferred to Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) and station became known 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	1942	1950	Primarily used for training. Now primarily agricultural land.
RAF Chelveston	CV	England	Northamptonshire	1941	1962	USAAF from 1944
RAF Cherhill		England	Wiltshire	1954	1958	Formerly and later RAF Yatesbury.
RAF Chesil Bank		England	Dorset			Second World War 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	1936	1997	Transferred to the British Army and became the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre (DISC) and the headquarters of the Intelligence Corps. Now the Joint Intelligence Training Group (JITG).
RAF Chigwell		England	Essex	1933	1958	Barrage balloon site
RAF Chilbolton	CI	England	Hampshire	1940	1945
RAF Chilmark		England	Wiltshire	1937	1995	Retained by the Ministry of Defence and later sold for various civilian uses.
RAF Chipping Norton		England	Oxfordshire	1940	1945	Satellite station primarily used for training
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	1995	Transferred to the Royal Marines and became RMB Chivenor.
RAF Christchurch	CH	England	Hampshire	1940	1945	known as Christchurch Airfield in peacetime between 1926 and 1966.
RAF Church Broughton	CB	England	Derbyshire	1942	1963	Opened as a satellite station of RAF Lichfield
RAF Church Fenton	CF	England	North Yorkshire	1937	2013	Site sold and became Leeds East Airport.
RAF Church Lawford	CL	England	Warwickshire	1941	1955
RAF Church Stanton		England	Somerset	1941	1943	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	1941	1947	Used as accommodation for by RAF Lyneham and later used by the British Army for battle practice until 1961. Now reclaimed as agricultural land.
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	Transferred to the British Army and became Azimghur Barracks. Airfield retain for occasional flying.
RAF Collinstown			Dublin	1918	1922	now Dublin Airport.
RAF Collyweston		England	Northamptonshire	1918	1941	Landing ground, consumed when absorbed by the westerly runway extension at RAF Wittering to the east
RAF Coltishall	CS	England	Norfolk	1938	2006	Site sold for redevelopment including construction of HM Prison Bure and a solar farm. Majority of the station now designated as a conservation area and known as Scottow Enterprise Park. Former married quarters now known as Badersfield.
RAF Compton Basset		England	Wiltshire	1940	1947
RAF Condover	DV	England	Shropshire	1942	1945	Satellite station of RAF Shawbury & Relief Landing Ground for RAF Ternhill. Primarily use for fighter pilots training by both RAF & USAAF.
RAF Connel	KO	Scotland	Argyllshire		1945	Now Oban Airport.
RAF Cookstown			Dublin (now South County Dublin).	1918	1922	now Cookstown Industrial Estate.*Aerodrome buildings were used by Urney's Chocolate factory for a period.|-| 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| 1939| 1934| Satellite station to RAF Driffield|-|RAF Cottesmore| CT| England| Rutland| 1938|2012| Transferred to the British Army and became Kendrew Barracks.|-|RAF Cottenham|| England| Cambridgeshire| 1918|1919| Former Royal Flying Corps airfield opened in 1916 as a night landing ground|-|RAF Covehithe|| England| Suffolk| 1918|1919| Former Royal Naval Air Service airfield opened in 1915|-| RAF Cowden|| England| Yorkshire| 1950| 1998| Bombing range|-| RAF Crail|| Scotland| Fife| 1918| 1919| Reopened by Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm in 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 Credenhill||England|Herefordshire|1940|1994|Transferred to the British Army and became Stirling Lines.|-| RAF Croft| CR| England| Yorkshire| 1941|1956| Now Croft Circuit|-| RAF Croft|| England| Cheshire| 1956| 1959| originally accommodation for Fleet Air Arm base HMS Gosling (1942-1950s), the station was used as a processing & billeting centre for personnel traveling between the UK and US by USAF Burtonwood.|-| RAF Crosby on Eden| KX| England| Cumbria| 1941| 1944| Now Carlisle Lake District Airport|-| RAF Croydon|| England| Surrey| 1916|1946| Later Croydon Airport, now a retail/industrial estate|-| RAF Culham|| England| Oxfordshire| 1940| 1953| as RNAS Culham|-| RAF Culmhead| UC| England| Somerset| 1941|1946||- | RAF Dalcross| DZ| Scotland| Inverness-shire| 1941| 1953| Now Inverness Airport|-| RAF Dale|| Wales| Pembrokeshire| 1942|1943| became RNAS Dale (HMS Goldcrest)|-| RAF Dallachy| DI| Scotland| Banffshire| 1943| 1945||-| 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| Site sold for residential redevelopment, most station buildings demolished, former bunker now listed.|-| 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| 1915| 1940s| Flight training base, now Denham Aerodrome|-| RAF Deopham Green| DG| England| Norfolk| 1944| 1948| Assigned to USAAF & designated Station 142|-| RAF Desborough| DS| England| Northamptonshire| 1944|1948| Assigned to USAAF|-| RAF Desford|| England| Leicestershire| 1916|1953| Owned by Caterpillar Inc. since 1953, now an industrial site.|-| RAF Detling|| England| Kent| 1916|1959||-| 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|Transferred to the British Army's Army Air Corps and became Dishforth Airfield.|-| RAF Docking| DK| England| Norfolk| 1940| 1958| Satellite station of RAF Bircham Newton, returned to agricultural use.|-| RAF Doncaster|| England| Yorkshire| 1916| 1954| formerly RFC Doncaster (1914) Royal Flying Corps|-| RAF Donibristle|| Scotland| Fife| 1917| 1939| Opened by Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 and returned to the Royal Navy (Fleet Air Arm) in 1939 as RNAS Donibristle|-| RAF Donna Nook| ZN| England| Lincolnshire| 1927|1945| Offshore bombing range|-| RAF Dornoch|| Scotland| Sutherland| 1941| 1945| No. 40 Satellite Landing Ground.|-| RAF Dounreay| DN| Scotland| Caithness| 1944| 1954| Airfield built for RAF but not used. Transferred to Royal Navy later in 1944 but never commissioned, and subsequently returned to Air Ministry. Never having become operational, it closed in 1954 and the northern area was absorbed by the 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| 1916| 1946| World War I landing ground known as West Fenton and subsequently RAF Gullane, which closed in 1919. Reopened as RAF Drem in 1939. Passed to Royal Navy as HMS Nighthawk in 1945–46.|-| RAF Driffield| DR| England| East Riding of Yorkshire| 1918| 1977| Formerly RAF Eastburn. Now British Army, Alamein Barracks.|-| RAF Dumfries| DU| Scotland| Dumfriesshire| 1940| 1957| aka RAF Tinwald Downs, now Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum|-| RAF Dundee|| Scotland| Angus| 1914| 1919| Seaplane base inherited from Royal Naval Air Service in 1918, also known as Stannergate. Reopened by Royal Navy in 1940.|-| RAF Dundonald|| Scotland| Ayrshire| 1940| 1945||-| RAF Dunholme Lodge| DL| England| Lincolnshire| 1943|1964||-| RAF Dunino|| Scotland| Fife| 1941| 1942| became RNAS Dunino (HMS Jackdaw II) in 1942|-| 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 Durrington| | England| West Sussex| 1941| |Radar station. The former GCI radar station is being used as Palatine School, a school for those with special educational needs. The site underwent a major redevelopment in 2006 and was extended from the radar station building to accommodate more pupils.|-|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 operated by the Imperial War Museum, Duxford since falling derelict after making 'The Battle of Britain' film in 1968.|-| RAF Dyce| DY| Scotland| Aberdeenshire| 1937| 1957| Opened in 1934 as Aberdeen Airport, which it remains.|-| 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| 1960| Former Royal Naval Air Service station. Closed 1920 but reopened 1940.|-| 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 Stamford Hill|-| RAF Eastleigh|| England| Hampshire| 1910|19201961| Was RNAS Raven when operated by the Royal Navy in WW2, reopened 1961, now Southampton Airport|-| RAF Edlesborough|| England| Buckinghamshire| 1939|2012| Communications site satellite of RAF Stanbridge|-| RAF Edgehill| EH| England| Oxfordshire||| now Shenington Gliding Club|-| RAF Edzell| EZ| Scotland| Angus| 1940| 1997| World War 1 airfield nearby operated 1918–19. New airfield opened 1940. Flying ceased 1957, thereafter to United States Navy for electronic surveillance, now in private use as a materials storage area.|-| RAF Eglinton| QM| Northern Ireland| County Londonderry| 1941| 1943| To Fleet Air Arm in 1943 as HMS Gannet. Now City of Derry Airport, Derry|-| RAF Elgin|| Scotland| Morayshire| 1940| 1947||-| RAF Elsham Wolds| ES| England| Lincolnshire| 1941|1947||-| RAF Elvington| EV| England| Yorkshire| 1942|1958| Airfield retained until 1992 as a relief landing ground for RAF flying training schools at Church Fenton and Linton-on-Ouse, later sold in 1999. Technical site preserved as Yorkshire Air Museum, which opened in 1986.|-| RAF Ely|| Wales| South Glamorgan||| (No 14 Balloon Centre Cardiff)|-| RAF Hospital Ely|| England| Cambridgeshire| 1939|1992|Transferred to NHS as Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely.|-| RAF Elmdon|| England| Warwickshire| 1939|1946| Previously and now Birmingham Airport|-| RAF Enstone| EN| England| Oxfordshire||| now Enstone Airfield|-| RAF Errol| ER| Scotland| Perthshire| 1942| 1948||-| RAF Eshott|| England| Northumberland| 1942| 1945||-| RAF Evanton| ET| Scotland|Ross and Cromarty| 1922| 1944| Known as RAF Novar until 1937. Transferred to Royal Navy as |-| RAF Exeter| EX| England| Devon| 1937|1946| Previously and now Exeter International Airport|-| RAF Eye| EY| England| Suffolk| 1944|1945| USAAF. Now an industrial estate.|- | RAF Fairoaks|| England| Surrey| 1937|1967| Now Fairoaks Airport|-| RAF Fairlop|| England| Essex| 1941|1945||-| RAF Fairwood Common| FC| Wales| West Glamorgan| 1941|1946| Now Swansea Airport|-| RAF Faldingworth| FH| England| Lincolnshire| 1943|1972|Now operated as a Government test facility for munitions.|-| RAF Farnborough|| England| Hampshire| 1911|1996| Former Royal Aircraft Establishment Farnborough, now Farnborough Airport|-| RAF Fauld|| England| Staffordshire||1973| Underground bomb stores, see RAF Fauld Explosion of December 1944|-| RAF Fazakerley|| England| Lancashire||||-| RAF Fearn|| Scotland| Ross and Cromarty| 1941| 1942| Transferred to Royal Navy in 1942 as HMS Owl.|-| RAF Felixstowe|| England| Suffolk| 1913|1962||-| RAF Fersfield| WF| England| Norfolk| 1944|1945| (USAAF)|-| RAF Filey Town|| England| Yorkshire||||-| RAF Filton|| England| Gloucestershire| 1916|1957| Later Bristol Filton Airport, now closed|-| RAF Findo Gask| FG| Scotland| Perthshire| 1941| 1948| Originally no. 25 Satellite Landing Ground, but later developed into full aerodrome.|-| RAF Finmere| FI| England| Buckinghamshire| 1941|1945||-| RAF Finningley| FB| England| Yorkshire| 1915|1996| Later Doncaster Sheffield Airport, closed 2022|-| 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|1963| (USAAF 1944–1945)|-| RAF Ford|| England| Sussex| 1918|19201940|Became in 1940, now Ford Open Prison|-| RAF Fordoun| FR| Scotland| Kincardineshire| 1942| 1950||-| RAF Foreland|| England| Isle of Wight| 1918|1919| Seaplane base|-| RAF Forres|| Scotland| Morayshire| 1940| 1944| Transferred to War Department in 1944.|-| RAF Foulsham| FU| England| Norfolk| 1942|1945||-| RAF Fowlmere| FW| England| Cambridgeshire| 1918|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. Also known as RAF Parham. Returned to agriculture and small industrial estate; control tower now Parham Airfield Museum.^[8] |-| 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|1916|1919| (formerly RNAS Freiston – became an RAF station in 1918)|-| RAF Friston|| England| Sussex| 1936|1945||-| RAF Frost Hill Farm^[9] || 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| private flying and HM Prison Full Sutton|-| RAF Funtington|| England| Sussex| 1943|1944| ALG|- | RAF Gamston| GB| England| Nottinghamshire| 1942|1957| now Retford Gamston Airport|-| RAF Gatwick|| England| Surrey| 1937|1946| Now London Gatwick Airport|-| RAF Gaydon|| England| Warwickshire| 1942|1974| Part of the site is now the Heritage Motor Centre|-| RAF Glatton| GT| England| Cambridgeshire| 1943|1946| (USAAF)|-| RAF Gormanston|| Republic of Ireland| County Meath| 1917| Feb 1920| Now the Irish Army Gormanston Camp|-| RAF Gosfield|| England| Essex| 1943|1945||-| RAF Gosport|| England| Hampshire| 1915|1945| Became 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| Stirlingshire| 1939| 1955| Also known as Central Scotland Airport|-| 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| Now Riverview Park Housing Estate. Prior to WW2 was Gravesend Airport|-| 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| (joint RAF/USAAF use)|-| 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|HF Transmitter Site. Provided long range communications using Short Wave Transmitters. Sold for civilian uses and became Greatworth Park Business Park, utilising station buildings.|-| RAF Greencastle|| Northern Ireland| County Down| 1942| 1945| (USAAF)|-| RAF Greenham Common|| England| Berkshire| 1942|1993|Technical site now a business park, with remainder of the station a public parkland known as Greenham and Crookham Commons.|-| RAF Greenland Top|| England| Lincolnshire||| (Also known as RAF Stallingborough)|-| RAF Greenock|| Scotland| Renfrewshire| 1940| 1945| Flying boat maintenance facility|-| RAF Grimsby| GY| England| Lincolnshire| 1941|1946| (aka RAF Waltham)|-| RAF Grimsetter|| Scotland| Orkney| 1940| 1943| Also known as RAF Kirkwall. Transferred to Royal Navy in 1943 as HMS Robin. Now Kirkwall Airport.|-| RAF Grimsthorpe Park|| England| Lincolnshire||||-| RAF Grove|| England| Berkshire| 1942|1946| (USAAF)|-| RAF Guston Road^[10] || England| Kent| 1914|1919| see also Duke of York's Royal Military School, Dover|- | 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|||| Formerly Hall Caine Airport, now farmland|-| RAF Hospital Halton|| England| Buckinghamshire| 1927|1995|Demolished in 2008, site sold and redeveloped for housing. Not to be confused with RAF Halton.|-| 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 Harrogate|| England| Yorkshire| 1940| 1994| Sold, buildings demolished and site redeveloped for housing.|-| 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))((Orkneys))19391945Previously a civil site, the Royal Navy took it over as HMS Sparrowhawk, now agricultural with some light industry|-| RAF Haverfordwest|| Wales| Pembrokeshire| 1943|1956||-| 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 Heath Row| | England| Greater London|||Now London Heathrow Airport|-| RAF Headley Court|| England| Surrey|1946|1985|Subsequently the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre operated by Defence Medical Services, part of Joint Forces Command. Now closed, DMRC relocating to a new site in Leicestershire.|-|RAF Helperby||England|North Yorkshire|1916|1947|First World War airfield, used as an ammunition dump in the Second World War|-| RAF Hednesford|| England| Staffordshire| 1938|1956||-| RAF Helensburgh|| Scotland| Dunbartonshire| 1939| 1945| Marine Aircraft Experimental Establishment|-| RAF Hell's Mouth|| Wales| Gwynedd||||-| 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, London.|-| RAF Henley-on-Thames|| England| Oxfordshire||||-| RAF Hereford|| England| Herefordshire|1940|1994| Transferred to the British Army and became Stirling Lines.|-| RAF Heston|| England| Middlesex||||-| RAF Hethel| HL| England| Norfolk| 1942|1947| 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 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 WW1 Flight Station of RFC/RAF Sutton's Farm|-| RAF Horne|| England| Surrey| 1943|1944| ALG|-| RAF Horsham St Faith| HF| England| Norfolk| 1940|1963| Now Norwich Airport|-| RAF Hucknall|| England| Nottinghamshire| 1916|1957||-| RAF Hullavington|| England| Wiltshire| 1937|1993| Technical site transferred to the British Army and became Hullavington Barracks, later renamed Buckley Barracks in 2003. Airfield retained by the RAF for gliding operations and known as Hullavington Airfield, with flying ceasing in 2016 and the site sold to technology company Dyson.|-| 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 Airport |-| RAF Husbands Bosworth| HZ| England| Leicestershire| 1943|1956| now agriculture, a gliding club is resident to the north of the public road that crosses the site from east to west|-| RAF Hutton Cranswick| CK| 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| Was the RAF Records Centre, transferred to British Army and became NATO Station Innsworth, Imjin Barracks|-|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| Former inshore air weapons range. Ordnance periodically continues to be washed ashore onto adjacent beaches or brought up in fishing nets.|- | RAF Keevil|| England| Wiltshire| 1942|1965||-| RAF Kelstern| KS| England| Lincolnshire| 1943|1945||-| RAF Kemble|| England| Gloucestershire| 1938|1984||-| RAF Kenley|| England|Croydon| 1917|1974|Airfield retained by the Ministry of Defence and used for gliding. Some parts of former station sold for residential redevelopment.|-| RAF Kidbrooke|| England| London| 1917|1965|The site was mainly used as a stores, maintenance and training facility, and now is used for housing and schools.|-| RAF Kidlington|| England| Oxfordshire| 1938|1951| now Oxford Airport|-| RAF Kidsdale|| Scotland| Wigtownshire| 1937| 1943| Joint RAF/Army gunnery range, 'Queen Bee' unmanned aircraft launch site – also known as Burrow Head. To War Department in 1943.|-| RAF Killadeas|| Northern Ireland| County Fermanagh| 1942| 1947||-| 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|1943| (WWII ALG) near Ashford|-| RAF Kingstown RAF Carlisle|| England|Cumbria| 1938|1996| Sites sold for civilian use including residential development and Kingmoor Business Park.|-| RAF Kinloss| KW| Scotland| Morayshire| 1939| 2012| Transferred to the British Army and became Kinloss Barracks. Maintained as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Lossiemouth.|-| RAF Kinnell|| Scotland| Angus| 1942| 1948||-| RAF Kirkbride|| England| Cumbria| 1939| 1960||-| RAF Kirkham|| England| Lancashire| 1940|1957| Part of the site is now HM Prison Kirkham|-| RAF Kirkistown|| Northern Ireland| County Down| 1941| 1946| On loan to Royal Navy 1945-46 as "HMS Corncrake II"|-| RAF Kirknewton|| Scotland| Midlothian| 1941|| Since 1967 the airfield has been used by No. 661 Volunteer Gliding School|-| RAF Kirkpatrick|| Scotland| Dumfriesshire| 1940| 1945| Relief Landing Ground for RAF Kingstown|-| RAF Kirkton|| Scotland| Sutherland| 1941| 1945| No. 41 Satellite Landing Ground.|-| RAF Kirmington| KG| England| Lincolnshire| 1942|1953| Now Humberside Airport|-| RAF Kirton in Lindsey| KL| England| Lincolnshire| 1940|19662013||-| RAF Knettishall| KN| England| Suffolk| 1943|1959| (USAAF)|- | RAF Langar| LA| England| Nottinghamshire||||-| RAF Langford Lodge|| Northern Ireland| County Antrim| 1942| 1953| Intended as no. 20 Satellite Landing Ground but completed as a full airfield.|-| 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 Leanach|| Scotland| Inverness-shire| 1941| 1945| No. 43 Satellite Landing Ground|-| RAF Leconfield| LC| England| East Riding of Yorkshire| 1936|1977| Transferred to British Army and became the Army School of Mechanical Transport, subsequently the Defence School of Transport.|-| 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| (USAAF)|-| RAF Lennoxlove|| Scotland| East Lothian| 1941| 1945| No. 27 Satellite Landing Ground.|-| RAF Leuchars|| Scotland| Fife| 1920| 2015| Transferred to the British Army and became Leuchars Station. Maintained as a Relief Landing Ground (RLG) for RAF Lossiemouth.|-| 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 Linton-on-Ouse|LO|England|Yorkshire|1936|2020|Station closed with no alternative military use proposed. Site expected to be disposed of by the Ministry of Defence.^[11] |-| RAF Lissett| LT| England| Yorkshire| 1943|1945||-| RAF Little Horwood| LH| England| Buckinghamshire||||-| RAF Little Rissington|LR| England| Gloucestershire| 1938|1994|Still in use by 637 VGS and 621 VGS (Volunteer Gliding Squadron)|-| RAF Little Snoring| LS| England| Norfolk| 1943|1958||-| RAF Little Staughton| LX| England| Cambridgeshire| 1942|1945||-| RAF Little Walden| LL| England| Essex| 1944|1945| (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|1937|1998|Site sold and station buildings demolished, redeveloped for commercial and residential use.|-| RAF Long Kesh|| Northern Ireland| County Antrim| 1941| 1948| subsequently HM Prison Maze, now closed|-| RAF Long Marston| JS| England| Warwickshire||||-| RAF Longbenton|| England| Northumberland||| vehicle storage unit|-|RAF Longman||Scotland|Inverness-shire|1940|1946|Also known as RAF Inverness. Opened as Inverness Airport in 1933, but replaced by present Inverness Airport (former RAF Dalcross) in 1947.|-| RAF Longley Lane|| England| Lancashire||||-| RAF Loughborough|| England| Leicestershire||||-| RAF Low Eldrig|| Scotland| Wigtownshire| 1941| 1944| No. 11 Satellite Landing Ground. Only used during summer months of 1941 and 1942.|-| RAF Ludford Magna| LM| England| Lincolnshire| 1943|1963||-| RAF Ludham|| England| Norfolk| 1941|1946| Also RNAS Ludham/, now unlicensed 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|1946| Also served as Lympne Airport between the wars and post WWII, and as HMS Buzzard / HMS Daedalus II 1938–40|-| RAF Lyneham|| England| Wiltshire| 1940|2012| Transferred to British Army and became MOD Lyneham, home to the new Defence School of Electronic and Mechanical Engineering, part of the Defence College of Technical Training (DCTT) .|-| 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| 1996| Briefly used as an airfield during 1918. Reopened by Royal Navy in 1941 as HMS Landrail. Transferred to RAF in 1963. Since 1996, part of the site has been leased to Highlands and Islands Airports Ltd. and is known as Campbeltown Airport. The remainder of the site was retained by the MOD until 2012 when it was sold to the Machrihanish Airbase Community Company under community right-to-buy legislation.|-| RAF Macmerry|| Scotland| East Lothian| 1941| 1946| Also (unofficially) known as RAF Tranent and RAF Penston, and briefly transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Nighthawk II during 1945. Operated as civil airfield 1929–53.|-| RAF Madley|| England| Herefordshire| 1941|1946| Now a BT Group earth station - Madley Communications Centre|-| 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| Became Kent International Airport (closed 2014) and Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (closed 2020). Now MOD Manston, base for PWRR 3rd Battalion A Company.|-| 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. Now mostly redeveloped into housing, retail park and light industrial development but an aviation museum is located in the former control tower.^[12] |-| 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| 1942| 1945| Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Gannet II.|-| RAF Medmenham|| England| Buckinghamshire| 1941|1977||-| RAF Meikle Ferry|| Scotland| Ross and Cromarty| 1942| 1946| 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|Now military dog training site|-| 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^[13] |-| RAF Merryfield| HI, MF| England| Somerset| 1944|1946| USAAF 1944–45, now RNAS Merryfield 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| Perthshire| 1941| c.1945| No. 24 Satellite Landing Ground.|-| RAF Methwold| ML| England| Norfolk| 1939|1958||-| RAF Middle Wallop|| England| Hampshire| 1940|1958| now used by the British Army, AAC Middle Wallop|-| RAF Middleton St. George| MG| England| County Durham| 1941|1965| Formerly RAF Goosepool, now Teesside International Airport|-| RAF Milfield|| England| Northumberland| 1942| 1946| Previously used as landing ground known as Woodbridge during 1917.|-| RAF Mill Green|| England| Hertfordshire| 1943|1948| RAF Airfield Construction Branch plant store and training base|-| RAF Millom|| England| Cumbria| 1941|1945| Now HM Prison Haverigg|-| RAF Milltown|| Scotland| Morayshire| 1943|2001| Closed for flying in 1977, retained by the RAF as a high frequency signals transmitter station until transfer to the Defence Communication Services Agency in 2001. HF station later closed and site was sold in 2013.|-| RAF Minchinhampton|| England| Gloucestershire| 1918|1919||-| RAF Misson|| England| Nottinghamshire||| Cold War Bloodhound missile site as defence for (then) RAF Finningley to the west|-| RAF Montford Bridge|| England| Shropshire| 1941|1945| Satellite station of RAF Rednal|-| RAF Montrose|| Scotland| Angus| 1912| 1952| First military airfield in Scotland.|-| 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| 1939| 1962| The runway is now buried under the M5 motorway. The station was adjacent to 7MU Quedgeley.|-| RAF Morpeth|| England| Northumberland| 1942| 1948| 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. Now a recreational area.|-| RAF Mullaghmore|| Northern Ireland| County Londonderry| 1942| 1945||-| RAF Murlough|| Northern Ireland| County Down| 1941| 1945| No. 19 Satellite Landing Ground.|- | RAF Narborough|| England| Norfolk| 1915| 1919| Sited to the NE of 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|Netheravon Camp (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|2000|Reduced to an enclave in 1995, site later closed and sold for residential-led mixed use development. Former aircraft hangars retrained for commercial use.|-| RAF Newtownards|| Northern Ireland| County Down| 1939| 1945| Opened as Ards Airport in 1934, now Newtownards Airport.|-| RAF Hospital Nocton Hall|| England| Lincolnshire| 1947|1995| Sold and converted to residential care home, later became derelict.|-| 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| Transferred to the British Army and became St George's Barracks.|-| RAF North Pickenham| NP| England| Norfolk| 1944|1965| 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 Hospital Northallerton||England|Yorkshire|1943|1947|Served as the RAF hospital for No. 6 Group (RCAF)|-| RAF Northleach|| England| Gloucestershire| 1942| 1944||-| RAF Norton|| England| Yorkshire| 1939| 1965||-| RAF Norton Disney|| England| Lincolnshire||| Originally named RAF Swinderby (but on different site to later flying station), large-capacity bomb storage area|-| 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| Subsequently, Belfast Airport until 1963.|- | RAF Oakham|| England| Leicestershire||||-| RAF Oakhanger|| England| Hampshire| 1966|2003|Satellite communications station now operated by Airbus Defence and Space under a private finance initiative contract for the Ministry of Defence.|-| RAF Oakington| OA| England| Cambridgeshire| 1940|1970| Being developed into Northstowe new town. Runway, taxiways and most buildings have been demolished.|-| RAF Oakley| OY| England| Buckinghamshire| 1942|1945||-| RAF Oatlands Hill|| England| Wiltshire| 1941| 1945| RLG and overspill site for Old Sarum|-| RAF Oban|| Scotland| Argyllshire| 1939| 1945| Flying boat station at Ganavan Bay. Not to be confused with the present Oban Airport (ex RAF Connel).|-| 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|Now Pembrey Race Track|-| RAF Pembroke Dock|| Wales| Pembrokeshire| 1930|1957||-| RAF Pengam Moors|| Wales| South Glamorgan| 1937|1953| (aka RAF Cardiff)|-| RAF Penshurst|| England| Kent| 1916|19191946| Became Penshurst Airfield, in operation 1919–36, reopened during WWII|-| RAF Penrhos|| Wales| Caernarvonshire| 1937|1947|Established as the Polish Resettlement Centre post-WW2|-|RAF Peplow| CE|England|Shropshire| 1940|1947| Also known for a short period as RAF Childs Ercall. Later renamed 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 Perth|| Scotland| Perthshire| 1936| 1954| Now Perth (Scone) Airport|-| RAF Perton|| England| Staffordshire| 1941|1945||-| RAF Peterhead|| Scotland| Aberdeenshire| 1941| 1945||-| RAF Peterborough|| England| Northamptonshire| 1932|1964||-| RAF Pevensey|| England| Sussex||||-| RAF Pitreavie Castle|| Scotland| Fife| 1938|1996| Main building converted to residential use, others demolished.|-| RAF Pocklington| OC| England| Yorkshire| 1941|1946||-| RAF Podington|| England| Bedfordshire| 1942|1946| 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| Argyllshire| 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| 1936| 2013| Operations transferred to RAF (U) Swanwick.|-| RAF Pucklechurch|| England| Gloucestershire| 1939|1959| Now HM Prison Ashfield|-| RAF Pulborough|| England| Sussex| 1940|1945| Emergency Landing Ground|-| RAF Pulham|| England| Norfolk|1918|1958| used for the development of British airships between the wars|- | RAF Quedgeley|| England| Gloucestershire| 1939|1995|Site sold and redeveloped as Kingsway Village.|- | RAF Rackheath| RK| England| Norfolk| 1943|1945| (USAAF) Now Rackheath Industrial Estate.|-| RAF Radlett|| England| Hertfordshire| 1940|1945| Aldenham Lodge Hotel requisitioned 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|1940| Also Ramsgate Airport, temporary requisition during the Battle of Britain as dispersals for RAF Manston, 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. Subsequently used as a component manufacturer for the automotive industry.|-| RAF Redhill|| England| Surrey| 1937|1954| now Redhill Aerodrome|-| RAF Rednal|| England| Shropshire| 1942–1945|1945| now Rednal Airfield|-| RAF Regents Park|| England| City of Westminster||| No. 1 Aircrew Reception Centre|-| RAF Renfrew|| Scotland| Renfrewshire| 1925|| Opened 1915 as manufacturer's airfield, subsequently a civil airfield (Renfrew Airport) until closure in 1966. RAuxAF 602 Squadron formed 1925. RAF use ceased after WW2.|-| 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 Ripon||England|North Yorkshire|1916|1919|After 1919, reverted to Ripon Racecourse, but was used sporadically throughout the 1920s for civilian flights|-| RAF Rivenhall| RL| England| Essex| 1943|1945||-| RAF Roborough|| England| Devon| 1938|1945| Formerly Plymouth Municipal Aerodrome, now Plymouth City Airport, closed 2020|-| RAF Rochester|| England| Kent| 1938|1953|1938 location of No 23 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School.^[14] |-| RAF Rochford RAF Southend|| England| Essex| May 1915|1945| Now London Southend Airport|-| RAF Ronaldsway|| Isle of Man|||1943|(HMS Urley, RNAS Ronaldsway), now main Isle of Man airport|-| RAF Rudloe Manor|| England| Somerset| 1940|2000| Formerly RAF Box, also known as RAF Corsham, now MoD Corsham|-| RAF Rufforth| RU| England| Yorkshire| 1942|1954||-| RAF Rustington|| England| Sussex| 1917|1919||- | RAF Saltby| SY| England| Leicestershire||||-| RAF Samlesbury|| England| Lancashire||| now Samlesbury Aerodrome|-| RAF Sandtoft|| England| Lincolnshire| 1943|1955||-| RAF Sandy Bay|| Northern Ireland|County Antrim||| flying boat base on Lough Neagh near Ram's Island|-| RAF Sawbridgeworth| ZH (day use only)| England| Hertfordshire| 1916|1946| Originally established in WW1 as a Night Landing Ground for 39 (Home Defence) Sqn of the RFC it was operational from April 1916 to November 1918. The location was reused in an enlarged state as an airfield in October 1940 and operational until mid-1946, whence it returned to agriculture.|-|RAF Scampton||England|Lincolnshire|1916|2023|Station closed with no alternative military use proposed. Site expected to be disposed of by the Ministry of Defence.|-| RAF Scarnish|| Scotland| Argyllshire||| Ground Control Intercept radar station|-| RAF Scatsta|| Scotland| Shetland| 1940| 1946| Now Scatsta Airport|-| RAF Scorton|| England| Yorkshire| 1939|1945||-|RAF Sculthorpe|SP|England|Norfolk|1943|1992|Airfield retained in military use by the MOD and known as the Sculthorpe Training Area. Technical and administrative buildings sold for civilian use and now form Tattersett Business Park. Former military housing refurbished to create Wicken Green Village.|-| RAF Sealand|| Wales| Flintshire| 1916|2006| Transferred to the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (DARA), now Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA). Part of site sold for redevelopment.|-| RAF Sedgeford|| England| Norfolk|||WW1 night landing ground, site used as airfield decoy during WW2|-| 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 Sheerness (Aerodrome)|| England| Kent| 1918|1918| Emergency Landing Ground|-| RAF Sheerness|| England| Kent| 1919|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| 1914|1921||-| RAF Shoreham (WWII)|| England| Sussex| 1940|1946| Wartime requisition of Shoreham Airport|-| RAF Shrewton|| England| Wiltshire| 1940| 1946| Relief landing ground^[15] |-| RAF Sidmouth|| England| Devon| 1943|1945| Various hotels requisitioned as The Air Crew Officers School, a convalescent home and a Medical Training Establishment and Depot|-| 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|1952||-| RAF Skipton-on-Swale| SK| England| Yorkshire| 1942|1945||-| RAF Skitten|| Scotland| Caithness| 1940| 1945||-| 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|airfield now Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit and Snetterton outdoor market|-| RAF Snettisham|| England| Norfolk||| USAAF Gunnery School/Range|-| RAF Snitterfield|| England| Warwickshire| 1943|1946||-| RAF Soberton|| England| Hampshire| 1940|| 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|1971| Transferred to British Army and became Duke of Gloucester Barracks.|-| RAF South Witham|| England| Lincolnshire||||-| RAF Southam|| England| Warwickshire| 1940|1944||-| RAF Southrop|| England| Gloucestershire| 1940|1947||-| RAF Spanhoe| UV| England| Northamptonshire| 1944|1946| Also known as Wakerley or Harringworth|-| RAF Speke|| England| Lancashire||| Now hotel complex with aircraft museum, airfield rebuilt on site to south-east and now called Liverpool John Lennon Airport|-| RAF Spilsby| SL| England| Lincolnshire||||-| RAF Spitalgate|| England| Lincolnshire| 1916|1975| (sometimes incorrectly spelled RAF Spittlegate) (formerly RAF Grantham), now Prince William of Gloucester Barracks|-| RAF Squires Gate|| England| Lancashire||| Now Blackpool Airport|-| RAF St Angelo|| Northern Ireland| County Fermanagh| 1941| 1947| Originally no. 18 Satellite Landing Ground, but subsequently a full aerodrome. Now Enniskillen/St Angelo Airport.|-| RAF St Athan|| Wales| Vale of Glamorgan| 1938|2006| Renamed MOD St Athan, home to the RAF's No. 4 School of Technical Training, units flying the Grob Tutor and the Special Forces Support Group.|-| RAF St Davids|| Wales| Pembrokeshire| 1943|1958||-| RAF St Eval|| England| Cornwall| 1939|1959||-| RAF Stafford|| England| Staffordshire| 1938|2006| Was No. 16 Maintenance Unit (16 MU). Transferred to British Army and became MOD Stafford (Beacon Barracks).|-| RAF Stanbridge|| England| Bedfordshire| 1939|2013| Also known as RAF Leighton Buzzard. Site sold for redevelopment, station buildings demolished.|-| RAF Stanley Park|| England| Lancashire||| Now Blackpool Zoo|-| RAF Stanmore Park|| England| Middlesex|||Totally demolished and redeveloped into a civilian housing estate|-| RAF Stannington|| England| Northumberland||||-| RAF Stansted Mountfitchet| KT| England| Essex| 1943|1958| 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||-| RAF Stornoway|| Scotland| Ross and Cromarty| 1941| 1998| Opened as civil airport in 1934. Returned to civilian use and became Stornoway Airport.|-| Stow Maries Aerodrome|| 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 Stracathro|| Scotland| Angus| 1941| 1948||-|RAF Stradishall|NX|England|Suffolk|1938|1970|now HMP Highpoint prison.|-| RAF Stratford| NF| England| Warwickshire| 1942|1945| Formerly RAF Atherstone|-| RAF Stravithie|| Scotland| Fife| 1941| 1945| No. 26 Satellite Landing Ground|-| RAF Strubby| NY| England| Lincolnshire| 1943|1972||-| RAF Sturgate|| England| Lincolnshire| 1944|1964| now Sturgate Airfield|-| RAF Sudbury| SU| England| Suffolk| 1944|1945||-| RAF Sullom Voe|| Scotland| Shetland| 1939| 1952| Flying boat station. Now subsumed by the Sullom Voe oil terminal.|-| RAF Sumburgh|| Scotland| Shetland| 1940| 1946| Opened as civil airport in 1936, 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| Transferred to the British Army and became Robertson Barracks.|-| RAF Swinderby| SN| England| Lincolnshire| 1940|1993|Sold in 1995, the technical site is now an industrial estate and domestic site became the village of Witham St Hughs. The airfield remains and is disused.|-| RAF Swingfield|| England| Kent| 1916-1919|1940-1946| WW1 ELG, reopened as WWII ALG|-| RAF Sydenham|| Northern Ireland| County Down| 1939| 1978| Opened as civil airfield in 1933. Also known at various times as RAF Belfast, HMS Gadwall, HMS Gannet III, Belfast Harbour Airport, Belfast City Airport, now George Best Belfast City Airport|-| RAF Sywell|| England| Northamptonshire||| Now Sywell Aerodrome|- | RAF Tadcaster|| England| North Yorkshire| late 1915| April 1920||- | RAF Tain|| Scotland| Ross and Cromarty| 1941| 1946| Disused airfield within boundaries of the current bombing range.|-| RAF Talbenny|| Wales| Pembrokeshire| 1942|1946||-| RAF Tangmere|| England| Sussex| 1917|1979|Now Tangmere Aviation Museum|-| RAF Tarrant Rushton|| England| Dorsetshire| 1943|1947|Site returned to agricultural use|-| 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|1976| Technical and administrative site transferred to the British Army and became Borneo Barracks, later renamed Clive Barracks. Airfield retained by the RAF for use as a relief landing ground, now used by the Defence Helicopter Flying School.|-| RAF Thatcham|| England| Berkshire||2001|Now automotive industry research, test and development facility|-| RAF Thame|| England| Buckinghamshire||| Now Haddenham Airfield|-| RAF Theale|| England| Berkshire||| Now gravel pits|-| RAF Theddlethorpe|| England| Lincolnshire||| (former bombing range)|-| RAF Thetford|| England| Norfolk||||-| RAF Tholthorpe| TH| England| Yorkshire| 1940| 1948||-| RAF Thornaby| TB| England| Yorkshire| 1929| 1958| now extended Thornaby town housing|-| RAF Thorney Island|| England| Sussex| 1938| 1976| Transferred to the British Army in 1984 and became Baker Barracks.|-| 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| now Thruxton Motor Racing Circuit|-| RAF Thurleigh|| England| Bedfordshire| 1936|1946| 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| Inverness-shire| 1941| 1946| Now Tiree Airport, used as civil airport since 1937.|-| RAF Toome|| Northern Ireland| County Antrim| 1943| 1954||-| RAF Hospital Torquay|| England| Devon| 1939| 1942| RAf Officers' Convalescent Hospital|-| RAF Towyn|| Wales| Merionethshire| 1940|1945||-| RAF Trebelzue|| England| Cornwall| pre-WW2 gliding/flying site as 'Big Field'|| 2 runways laid end-41, declared unsuitable and used as dispersals by RAF St Mawgan during WWII, later a weapons store for the US Navy and still extant|-| RAF Treligga|| England| Cornwall| 1939| 1955| Was RN bombing range, now agriculture|-|RAF Truleigh Hill|| England| Sussex||||-| RAF Tuddenham| TD| England| Suffolk| 1943|1963||-| RAF Turnberry|| Scotland| Ayrshire| 1917| 1945| Used 1917-18 and as a landing ground in the 1930s. Full aerodrome reopened in 1942, now golf and hotel complex.|-| RAF Turnhouse|| Scotland| Midlothian| 1916| 1997| 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| Transferred to the British Army and became Upavon Station, 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| 1918|1994|Site sold, several buildings now in various civilian uses and other areas redeveloped for housing. Several areas and buildings given scheduled or listed status.|-| RAF Upwood| UD| England| Cambridgeshire| 1917|2012| Sold for various civilian uses.|-| RAF Usworth|| England| County Durham| 1916| 1958| Sunderland Airport from 1963, redeveloped as Nissan car plant from 1984|-| RAF Uxbridge|| England| London| 1918|2010| Closed as a result of the MOD's Project MoDEL, site sold for redevelopment and majority of station buildings demolished. Operations room now Battle of Britain Bunker museum.|- | RAF Wainfleet|| England| Lincolnshire||| Bombing range.|-| RAF Walmer|| England| Kent| 1918|1919||-| RAF Walney Island|| England| Lancashire||| Barrow/Walney Island Airport|-| 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 offshore firing range, Queen Bee launch site|-| 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| Transferred to the British Army's Army Air Corps and became Wattisham Flying Station.|-| RAF Watton| WN| England| Norfolk| 1939|1976|All but the airfield demolished to create new housing estate. Site used by the Army, whose Stanford Training Area is nearby. The southern taxiway has been removed, and much of the remaining site is in agricultural use.|-| RAF Weeton|| England| Lancashire| 1940|1970| Now Weeton Barracks|-| RAF Hospital Weeton|| England| Lancashire||||-| RAF Warrington|| England| Lancashire||||-| 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|1944||-| RAF West Freugh|| Scotland| Wigtownshire| 1937| 2001| 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|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 mostly housing, also a heliport and (since 1978) The 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|1970| USAAF from 1944. Now MDP Wethersfield – MoD Police training base|-| RAF Weybourne|| England| Norfolk| 1939|1942|Now the location of the Muckelboro Collection|-| 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||| See Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport|-| RAF White Waltham|| England| Berkshire| 1938|1982| Now White Waltham Airfield|-| RAF Whitefield|| Scotland| Perthshire| 1939| 1945| Relief Landing Ground for RAF Perth.|-| RAF Whitley Bay|| England| Northumberland||||-| RAF Wick|| Scotland| Caithness| 1939| 1946| Now Wick John O'Groats Airport|-| RAF Wickenby| UI| England| Lincolnshire| 1942|1956||-| RAF Wig Bay|| Scotland| Wigtownshire| 1940| 1957|Flying boat base (Sunderlands) on West side of Loch Ryan, also known as RAF Stranraer.|-| 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|1938|1962| The station was demolished shortly after closing in 1962. During the 1980s the eastern part of the camp was developed with housing by local construction company Jones Homes, forming the 'Summerfields' development. During the early 1990s the A34 bypass of Wilmslow was constructed, which cut the site in two. Between 1996 and 2015 the remaining western part of the site was developed for housing, forming 'The Villas' and 'Regents Park' developments.|-| RAF Wincombe|| England| Wiltshire|1943|1977| Originally the site of a RAF Home Defence Unit (HDU), prior to becoming an intercept station. The site is now farmland, housing developments, and a commercial creamery where some original buildings are still in use. |-| RAF Winfield|| Scotland| Berwickshire| 1942| 1945||-| 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 Winterseugh|| Scotland| Dumfriesshire| 1941| 1944| No. 37 Satellite Landing Ground.|-| 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|1993| Transferred to the British Army in 2006 and became MOD Woodbridge, incorporating Rock Barracks and Woodbridge Airfield.|-| RAF Woodchurch| XO| England| Kent| 1943|| ALG|-| RAF Woodcote|| England| Oxfordshire| 1941|1959||-| RAF Woodhall Spa| WS| England| Lincolnshire| 1942|1964||-| RAF Woodhaven|| Scotland| Fife| 1942| 1945| Flying boat annex to RAF Leuchars|-| RAF Woodley|| England| Berkshire||||-| RAF Woolfox Lodge| WL| England| Rutland| 1940|1964||-| RAF Woolsington|| England| Northumberland| 1940| 1945| Previously RAF Station Newcastle, now 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 Camp|-| 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| Became a Royal Navy Air Yard (RNAY) in 1972, now a depository of the Science Museum|-| RAF Hospital Wroughton|| England| Wiltshire| 1941|1996| Demolished in 2004, site sold for redevelopment.|-| RAF Wye|| England| Kent| 1916|1919||-| RAF Wymeswold| WD| England| Leicestershire| 1942|1957||-| RAF Wythall|| England| Worcestershire| 1939|1959||- | RAF Yatesbury|| England| Wiltshire| 1917|1969||-| RAF Yeadon|| England| Yorkshire| 1939|1947| now Leeds Bradford 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.^[16] 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 RAF Aird Uig Scotland Outer Hebrides ('WIU') CEW R10 ROTOR Radar Station^[17] on the Isle of Lewis. RAF Anstruther^[18] ^[19] Scotland Fife ('FAT') R3 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 England Norfolk Coast defence (CD)/Chain Home Low radar station near Holt RAF Barnton Quarry Scotland Lothian ( ('MHA') Rotor SOC and RSG near Edinburgh RAF Bawburgh England Norfolk ('WRK') former RAF Eastern Sector Control HQ, ROTOR Station and SOC near Norwich England Suffolk CH, CHEL, ('PKD') R3 GCI (E) ROTOR Radar Station^[20] England Sussex Chain Home Low (CHL)/CD M10, then (('HEB') CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station) England Devon CHL 13A/CHEL K165 RAF Bempton England Yorkshire near Bridlington, formerly RAF Flamborough Head – later developed as ('RMF') ROTOR R1 CEW station RAF Ben Hough Scotland Tiree 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 Blackpool – AMES No. 64 RAF Blackgang England Isle of Wight GCI station near Niton RAF Bolt Tail England Devon R6 ROTOR Radar Station adjacent to RAF Bolt Head RAF Boniface Down England Isle of Wight England Surrey NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site RAF Boulmer England Northumberland ('EZS') GCI R3 Type 80 ROTOR Radar Station & Control and Reporting Centre in the UK Air Surveillance and Control System RAF Brandy Bay England Dorsetshire Radar and GEE site near Tyneham England Devon Chain Home Station CH13 RAF Brenish^[21] Scotland Western Isles Chain Home Radar Station. AMES No. 97^[22] RAF Bride^[23] Isle of Man England Northumberland (UBOZ) – NATO ACE High Tropo-scatter site RAF Broad Bay Scotland Western Isles Chain Home Radar Station Scotland Aberdeenshire (former ROTOR R3 GCI Radar Station 'GBU') England Cumbria ('CAL' ROTOR R8 GCI Radar Station) England Essex 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 Chain Home Station AMES No. 67 England Buckinghamshire ('HAM' R8 GCI ROTOR Station) RAF Clee Hill England Shropshire ^[24] 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 County Durham ROTOR R1 CEW/CHEL Station RAF Coldblow Lane England Kent (UMAZ) – NATO Ace High Tropospheric scatter site, near Detling RAF Collafirth Hill Scotland Shetland LOS (line of sight) microwave site for NATO ACE High. England Worcestershire ('COB' R8 GCI ROTOR Station) RAF Crannoch Hill Scotland Banffshire CD/CHL RAF Craster England Northumberland CD/CHL RAF Creignish Isle of Man CHL RAF Cresswell England Northumberland ^[25] RAF Cricklade England Gloucestershire GCI ("Happidrome") Radar Station^[26] RAF Cromarty Scotland Ross and Cromarty Chain Home Low Radar Station – AMES No. 48A RAF Crosslaw Scotland Berwickshire (CHEL R2 ROTOR Radar Station)^[27] RAF Crustan Scotland Orkney Islands CHL RAF Dalby Isle of Man RAF Danby Beacon England North Yorkshire CH/ROTOR station near Lealholm 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 Chain Home Radar Station near Monikie RAF Dover England Kent Chain Home Station CH04 RAF Downderry England Cornwall CH15 Radar Station RAF Downhill Northern Ireland County Londonderry Scotland Borders Chain Home radar station near Coldingham RAF Dry Tree England Cornwall CH Station Goonhilly Downs RAF Dunderhole Point England Cornwall Coastal Defence/Chain Home Low station near Tintagel RAF Dunkirk England Kent Chain Home station^[28] 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 RAF Easington England Yorkshire CHEL (Chain Home Extra Low) near Easington RAF Eorodale Scotland Isle of Lewis Chain Home Low Radar Station RAF Fair Isle Scotland Shetland CDU station RAF Fairlight England Sussex Chain Home Low Station CHL03A, later 'GWB' R2 CHEL(A) ROTOR Station Scotland Sutherland ('RAI' R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station) RAF Folly Wales Pembrokeshire CFP Combined filter plot near Nolton RAF Foreness Point England Kent Chain Home Low Station CHL05A, later 'WJW' ROTOR R2 CHEL 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(A) ROTOR Radar Station RAF Great Bromley England Essex RAF Great Orme Wales Conwy near Llandudno RAF Greian Head Scotland Barra RAF Greystone Northern Ireland County Down AMES No. 61 RAF Grutness Scotland Shetland Islands near Sumburgh England Cheshire 'HAK' R6 GCI ROTOR Station RAF Happisburgh England Norfolk England Devon 'HAT' R8 GCI ROTOR Station RAF Hawcoat England Lancashire near Barrow in Furness RAF Hawks Tor England Devon near Plymouth RAF Hayscastle Cross Wales Pembrokeshire CH Type 80 RAF High Street England Suffolk Chain Home Station CH28 in Darsham, near Saxmundham IP17 3QD RAF Highdown Hill England Sussex Chain Home Low station near Angmering RAF Hillhead Scotland Aberdeenshire CH Station near Memsie RAF Holmpton England Yorkshire Radar – Support Command – UK Air CCIS – Now open to visitors England Devon 'HOP' R6 Rotor GCI Control Bunker RAF Hopton England Norfolk ('TOH' CHEL(B) R2 ROTOR Radar Station) England Lincolnshire RAF Hythe England Kent RAF Ingoldmells England Lincolnshire Scotland Aberdeenshire 'LGZ' CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station RAF Islivig Scotland Isle of Lewis England Cornwall Chain Home Low station near Portloe RAF Kelvedon Hatch England Essex 'XSL' R4 SOC Metropolitan Sector, 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 HMS Harrier (shore establishment) near Dale RAF Kilchiaran Scotland Islay ('ECK') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station^[29] RAF Kilkeel Northern Ireland County Down AMES No. 78 RAF Kilkenneth^[30] Scotland Argyll and Bute Chain Home radar station near Tiree RAF Killard Point Northern Ireland 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^[31] ^[32] Scotland Sutherland Chain Home radar station near Helmsdale RAF Mark's Castle England Cornwall CHL17A, near Land's End RAF Minehead England Somerset Scotland (UMOZ) – LOS microwave TxRx site for NATO ACE High RAF Mossy Bottom England Sussex Chain Home Low station near Shoreham Scotland Shetland NATO Ace High Tropo-scatter site RAF Navidale Scotland Sutherland CHL and CHEL Radar Station near Helmsdale RAF Needles England Isle of Wight CHL/CD RAF Nefyn^[33] ^[34] Wales Gwynedd AMES No. 66 RAF Netherbutton^[35] Scotland Orkney Chain Home radar station^[36] near Holm RAF Newchurch England Kent CHL/CD RAF North Cairn Scotland Dumfries Near Stranraer – AMES No. 60 RAF North Foreland England Kent Chain Home Low RAF Northam England Devon Chain Home Low radar station Scotland Shetland Islands Chain Home, AMES No. 54 RAF Orby England Lincolnshire GCI station RAF Ottercops Moss England Northumberland near Otterburn, Northumberland RAF Oxenhope Moor England Yorkshire 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 Chain Home radar station^[37] RAF Point of Stoer Scotland Sutherland Chain Home Low Radar Station RAF Poling England Sussex Chain Home Station CH08, CHEL. First Radar Station to have WAAF operators. RAF Port Mor^[38] Scotland Argyll and Bute Advanced Chain Home radar station on Tiree RAF Portland England Dorsetshire (CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station ('NIB')) Wales Denbighshire (('SYP') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station)^[39] RAF Rame Head England Cornwall Chain Home Low station CHL15A RAF Ravenscar England North Yorkshire Chain Home Low Radar Station, later CEW RAF Rhuddlan Wales Denbighshire AMES No. 65 RAF Ringstead England Dorsetshire 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 England Kent 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 Islay RAF Sandwich England Kent ('YTM') R3 GCI ROTOR^[40] near Ash RAF Sango^[41] Scotland Sutherland near Durness RAF Saxa Vord Scotland Shetland Islands near Unst – (R10 CEW Rotor Radar Station) Scotland Tiree ('FLY') GCI R8 ROTOR Radar Station^[42] RAF Scarlett Isle of Man RAF Schoolhill Scotland Aberdeenshire Chain Home station^[43] near Portlethen England County Durham ('DYR') GCI R3 ROTOR Radar Station^[44] RAF Sennen England Cornwall Chain Home Low and GEE Station RAF Skaw Scotland Shetland Islands Chain Home and LORAN station near Unst RAF Southbourne England Dorsetshire 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 ('MOI') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station^[47] England Hampshire (('AVO') 'R3' GCI ROTOR Station) RAF South Ronaldsay Scotland Orkney CHL / CHEL Radar Station) AMES No. 50A RAF South Stack Wales Anglesey 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 Chain Home station^[50] RAF St Margaret's Bay England Kent ROTOR site RAF St Twynnells Wales Pembrokeshire ('TWY') GCI R6 ROTOR Radar Station RAF Staxton Wold England Yorkshire Chain Home station RAF Stenigot England Lincolnshire near Louth, Lincolnshire – (Chain Home (CH) and ACE High tropo-scatter), still in use for training aerial erectors. England Norfolk Chain Home station RAF Strumble Head Wales Pembrokeshire Chain Home Low radar station RAF Swansea Bay Wales Glamorgan Operations/plotting Room RAF Swingate Down England Kent CH Low station near Dover. Also called RAF St Margarets RAF Tannach Scotland Caithness Chain Home radar station near Wick RAF The Law Scotland Angus Chain Home Low station near Carnoustie RAF Trelanvean England Cornwall Goonhilly Downs RAF Treleaver England Cornwall (ROTOR: GCI Station)^[51] RAF Trerew England Cornwall Newquay – (Chain Home CH18 & ROTOR Radar Station) RAF Trevose Head England Cornwall Chain Home Low RAF Trewan Sands England Cornwall ('TES') R8 GCI ROTOR Radar Station^[52] England Norfolk Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL)/CD, then 'QLE' CEW R1 ROTOR Radar Station^[53] RAF Truleigh Hill England Sussex Chain Home Low Station CHL07B 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^[54] England Isle of Wight Chain Home CH10, CHL M86, ROTOR Station 'OJC' 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 (('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 Chain Home station RAF West Beckham England Norfolk Chain Home Radar station RAF West Prawle England Devon CH 14/CHL 14A RAF Westburn Scotland Aberdeenshire CD/CHL. AMES No M23 RAF Westcliff England Dorsetshire near Isle of Portland RAF West Myne England Somerset ('ZEM') CHEL R11 ROTOR Radar Station^[55] RAF Whale Head Scotland Orkney Islands 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 Chain Home and GEE site near Swanage RAF Wylfa Wales Isle of Anglesey AMES No. 76 Overseas Europe Station Year opened Year Closed Notes RAF Klagenfurt Austria Now Klagenfurt Airport RAF Schwechat Austria now Vienna International Airport RAF Ayios Nikolaos Cyprus Now Ayios Nikolaos Station, joint service electronic intelligence gathering site RAF Cape Greco Cyprus 751 Signals Unit 1956–59. ACE High tropo-scatter site RAF Nicosia Cyprus 1930s 1966 Still owned by the Ministry of Defence but used by the UN Tymbou Airfield Cyprus 1950s RAF Eide Faroe Islands Radar station RAF Nolsoy Faroe Islands Radar station RAF Suduroy Faroe Islands Radar station RAF Sandoy Faroe Islands Radar station RAF Torshavn Faroe Islands Joint RAF/RN radar Control Centre ^[56] RAF Vaagar Faroe Islands ? now Vágar Airport France 1914 1919 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. RAF Ajaccio France 1943 1946 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 Ahlhorn Germany 1945 1958 Initially designated "B.111 Ahlhorn". Became Ahlhorner Heide Air Base. Now Südsiedlung Ahlhorn. RAF Altona Germany No. 653 Squadron RAF RAF Anstedt Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Bad Eilsen Germany 1945 1954 Headquarters of the British Air Force of Occupation RAF Bassen Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Bissendorf Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Bremerhaven Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Bruggen Germany 2015 Now a British Army Garrison, called "Elmpt Station, Javelin Barracks" RAF Bückeburg Germany now Bückeburg Air Base RAF Butzweilerhof Germany No. 16 Squadron RAF, No. 94 Squadron RAF & No. 145 Squadron RAF. RAF Celle Germany 1945 1957 now Celle Air Base RAF Deilingenhofen Germany No. 652 Squadron RAF, No. 658 Squadron RAF & No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Detmold Germany No. 652 Squadron RAF RAF Dorfmark Germany No. 658 Squadron RAF RAF Elm Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Fassberg Germany 1945 1957 now Faßberg Air Base initially designated "B.152 Fassberg" RAF Finkenwerder Germany No. 210 Squadron RAF & No. 230 Squadron RAF RAF Freren Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Fuhlsbüttel Germany ? now Hamburg Airport RAF Gatow Germany 1945 1994 RAF Geilenkirchen Germany 1953 1968 Now NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen RAF Goslar Germany No. 657 Squadron RAF & No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Greven Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Gütersloh Germany Originally Y.99, now a British Army Garrison, called "Princess Royal Barracks, Gutersloh" RAF Habighorst Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Hambühren Germany 1953 1957 A Signals Wing and 2 Signal Units. RAF Harburg Germany No. 653 Squadron RAF RAF Hehn Germany ACE High site (abb – Moenchengladbach Tail (1) – Hehn) AHEZ – Hehn RAF Hille Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Hosseringen Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Hoya Germany No. 652 Squadron RAF, No. 653 Squadron RAF & No. 662 Squadron RAF 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 1961 Now Jever Air Base RAF Kiel/Holtenau Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF & No. 660 Squadron RAF RAF Kirchdorf Germany No. 653 Squadron RAF 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 1949 Initially designated "B.158 Lübeck". Now Lübeck Airport RAF Meppen Germany No. 660 Squadron RAF & No. 664 Squadron RAF RAF Negenborn Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Neheim Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Nordhorn Germany Bombing Range RAF Oldenburg Germany No. 14 Squadron RAF, No. 20 Squadron RAF, No. 26 Squadron RAF & No. 234 Squadron RAF RAF Osnabruck Germany No. 658 Squadron RAF 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.^[57] RAF Hospital Rostop Germany Originally known as No. 1 Mobile Field Hospital deployed following closure of BMH Oldenburg. RAF Rostrup Germany No. 661 Squadron RAF & No. 664 Squadron RAF RAF Scharfoldendorf Germany Signals base. Used by No. 5 (Signals) Wing RAF RAF Schleswigland Germany 1945 1958 Initially designated "B.164 Schleswig". RAF Sundern Germany Handed over to British Army Westfalen Garrison, called "Mansergh Barracks" RAF Sylt Germany 1945 1949 1948 1961 (1945-8,1949–61) now Sylt Airport. Initially designated "B.170 Westerland" RAF Tecklenburg Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Uetersen Germany 1945 1955 now Uetersen Airfield and German Airforce NCO Training School RAF Wahn Germany now Cologne Bonn Airport RAF Wangelau Germany No. 659 Squadron RAF RAF Hospital Wegberg Germany now occupied by the British Army, as HQ British Forces Germany Health Service (BFGHS) RAF Westerkappelen Germany No. 653 Squadron RAF RAF Hospital Westerland (Sylt) Germany RAF Wester-Wisch Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF Wildenrath Germany 1952 1993 RAF Winterberg Germany GEE site – Master Winterberg AMES 7932 RAF Wunstorf Germany now Wunstorf Air Base RAF Zeven Germany No. 662 Squadron RAF RAF New Camp Gibraltar Now Devil's Tower Camp RAF North Front Gibraltar 1942 1966 Former name of RAF Gibraltar RAF Augusta Italy 1945 1945 Sicily RAF Bari Italy 1943 1946 Now Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport RAF Brindisi Italy 1943 1946 now Brindisi – Salento Airport RAF Catania Italy now Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (Sardinia) RAFSU Decimomannu Italy 26 September 1997. RAF Servicing Unit. Sardinia. Armament Practice and Air Combat Manoeuvring Camp. Controlled by Royal Air Force Germany. Two different Light Warning Sets. RAF Elmas Italy 1943 1946 . Cagliari. Now Cagliari Elmas Airport, Sardinia RAF Pomigliano Italy RAF Trigno Italy 1943 1945 . No. 80 Sq 13 March ~ 10 April 1944 No. 208 Sq 17 March ~ 1 May 1944 No. 241 Sq 7 April ~ 1 June 1944 No. 318 Sq 1 May 1944 ~ 17 June 1944 USAAF Emergency Field 1944 ~ May 1945 Rest of the World Station Country Notes RAF Hiswa Aden Protectorate aka RNAS Hiswa / HMS Rapax RAF Khormaksar Aden Protectorate The largest RAF station in Arabia and a major staging post for aircraft travelling between the UK and India or the Far East. Closed upon the withdrawal from Aden in 1967 and now Aden International Airport. RAF Riyan Aden Protectorate Situated 3 miles south-west of current Riyan Airport, this was a small route station for the refuelling of aircraft in transit which opened in 1945 and closed in the 1960s due to the withdrawal from Aden. RAF Sheikh Othman Aden Protectorate RAF Steamer Point Aden Protectorate headquarters / administrative facility 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 Jemappes Algeria RAF Maison Blanche Algeria (1942–43) now Houari Boumediene Airport RAF Setif Algeria possibly Ain Arnat Airport RAF Tingley Algeria RAF Lagens Azores RAF Muharraq RAF Bahrain Bahrain (1943–71) now Bahrain International Airport RAF Ursel Belgium (?-1957) Initially designated "B.67 Ursel" 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 Sarawak Now Kuching International Airport RAF Labuan North Borneo Now Labuan Airport RAF Tawau 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 Meiktila 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 Battambang Cambodia RAF Mondulkiri Cambodia RAF Stung Treng Cambodia RAF Charlottetown Canada RCAF field commanded by RAF officer; No. 31 General Reconnaissance School and No. 32 Air Navigation School (1941–1944) to RCAF Station Charlottetown RAF Dorval Canada (1941–1946) to RCAF Station Lachine. Now Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport RAF(U) Goose Bay Canada (1949–2005) now CFB Goose Bay RAF China Bay Ceylon (1930–1957) – now SLAF China Bay^[58] 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^[59] 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 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 Christmas Island Gilbert and Ellice Islands (1956–57) now Cassidy International Airport, Kiritimati 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 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 Man Tin (Ho Mum Tin) Hong Kong No. 393 Equipment Depot on Good Shepherd Street (now butCascades Block) 1946–1947. Family Residence on Ho Man Tin Hill Road present into 1970s but since demolished for Crescent Mansion residential block. 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' RAF Reykjavik Iceland RAF Vik Iceland COL radar station 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 21.805°N 87.0469°W 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); Now INS Rajali, a Naval Air Station under Indian Navy. RAF Asansol British Indian Empire (1941–44); now Burnpur Airport 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); 22.4679°N 86.7014°W RAF Chittagong British Indian Empire now Shah Amanat International Airport, Bangladesh RAF Comilla British Indian Empire (1942–46); now Comilla Airport RAF Cox's Bazaar British Indian Empire now Cox's Bazar Airport, Bangladesh RAF Cholovaram British Indian Empire (1942–45); 13.2102°N 80.1523°W RAF Din Jan British Indian Empire (1941–42); 27.538°N 95.2697°W RAF Dhubalia British Indian Empire 23.493°N 88.454°W RAF Digri British Indian Empire 22.7874°N 87.3617°W 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); 33.5483°N 72.6321°W RAF Gujrat British Indian Empire 32.6155°N 74.0708°W RAF Hakimpet British Indian Empire Now Hakimpet Air Force Station RAF Imphal British Indian Empire now Imphal Airport RAF Jharsuguda British Indian Empire now Jharsuguda Airport 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 See Kohat Air Base RAF Kolar British Indian Empire 13.1876°N 78.164°W 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 23.5943°N 87.2244°W 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 1942–1946;^[60] 22.6119°N 87.2986°W 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 Willingdon British Indian Empire now Safdarjung 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 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 Mellaha Allied Occupation of Libya Also Wheelus Air Base, now Mitiga International Airport 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 Madalena Malta Radar Station (with Type 80 Radar) RAF Safi Malta Support base for RAF Luqa 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 RAF Kemajoran Netherlands East Indies Old Kemayoran Airport, closed in 1985 RAFU Goose Bay (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. Largest RAF station in Oman, closed 31 March 1977 RAF Ras Al Hadd Oman RAF Salalah Oman (1943–77). Route station for refuelling of aircraft in transit, 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 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 Pingtung Taiwan 1950–91, now Pingtung Airport 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) Now Sharjah International Airport 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. 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37. Web site: RAF Pevensey – Chain Home Radar Station. Subterranea Britannica.
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52. Web site: RAF Trewan Sands ('TES') R8 GCI ROTOR Radar Station. Subterranea Britannica.
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