List of Royal Air Force stations

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

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

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

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Current MOD and RAF Stations

United Kingdom

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

Overseas

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

See also

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

References

Notes

Bibliography

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

External links

• RAF Stations official web page listing current Royal Air Force stations
• Current functions of RAF bases
• UK "Secret Bases"
• gallery of RAF images ServicePals.com
• Subterranea Britannica - Cold War
• Pastscape Search English Heritage records