List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations

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This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the Canadian Forces on February 1, 1968.

Some of the RCAF stations listed in this article link to facility descriptions containing the prefix "CFB" (Canadian Forces Base) or "CFS" (Canadian Forces Station). These facilities were at one time RCAF stations, but changed to CFBs or CFSs following unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968. Most former RCAF stations still in use by the Canadian Forces are now operated by Air Command (AIRCOM). During the 1990s, most AIRCOM squadrons on Canadian Forces Bases were reorganized into "wings" as the primary lodger unit. Consequently, many Canadian Forces Bases used as air force bases are frequently referred to without the prefix CFB, e.g., "CFB Shearwater" is also referred to as "12 Wing Shearwater", with 12 Wing being the primary lodger unit at CFB Shearwater.

All RCAF facilities followed the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed.

Contents 1 Operating locations (1924-1939) 1.1 Primary Canadian stations 1.1.1 Alberta 1.1.2 British Columbia 1.1.3 Manitoba 1.1.4 Nova Scotia 1.1.5 Ontario 2 Operating locations (1939-1945) 2.1 Primary Canadian stations 2.1.1 Alberta 2.1.2 British Columbia 2.1.3 Manitoba 2.1.4 New Brunswick 2.1.5 Nova Scotia 2.1.6 Ontario 2.1.7 Prince Edward Island 2.1.8 Quebec 2.1.9 Saskatchewan 2.2 Non-Canadian North American operating locations 2.2.1 Alaska 2.2.2 Bermuda 2.2.3 Newfoundland 2.2.4 Labrador 2.3 United Kingdom operating locations 2.3.1 England 2.3.2 Northern Ireland 2.3.3 Scotland 2.3.4 Wales 2.4 Northern Europe operating locations 2.4.1 Belgium 2.4.2 Denmark 2.4.3 France 2.4.4 Germany 2.4.5 Iceland 2.4.6 The Netherlands 2.4.7 Norway 2.5 Southern Europe and Mediterranean Sea operating locations 2.5.1 Italy 2.5.2 North Africa 2.6 Other operating locations 2.6.1 Indian Ocean 2.6.2 Persian Gulf 2.6.3 Africa 3 Operating locations (1946-1968) 3.1 Primary Canadian stations 3.1.1 Alberta 3.1.2 British Columbia 3.1.3 Manitoba 3.1.4 New Brunswick 3.1.5 Newfoundland 3.1.6 Nova Scotia 3.1.7 Ontario 3.1.8 Prince Edward Island 3.1.9 Quebec 3.1.10 Saskatchewan 3.2 Auxiliary Canadian stations 3.2.1 Alberta 3.2.2 Manitoba 3.2.3 Newfoundland 3.2.4 Northwest Territories 3.2.5 Nova Scotia 3.2.6 Ontario 3.2.7 Quebec 3.2.8 Yukon 3.3 Emergency Canadian airfields 3.3.1 British Columbia 3.3.2 Ontario 3.3.3 Quebec 3.4 DEW Line radar stations 3.4.1 Yukon 3.4.2 Northwest Territories 3.5 Mid-Canada Line radar stations 3.5.1 Alberta 3.5.2 British Columbia 3.5.3 Manitoba 3.5.4 Ontario 3.5.5 Quebec 3.5.6 Labrador 3.6 Pinetree Line radar stations 3.6.1 Alberta 3.6.2 British Columbia 3.6.3 Manitoba 3.6.4 New Brunswick 3.6.5 Labrador 3.6.6 Newfoundland 3.6.7 Nova Scotia 3.6.8 Northwest Territories 3.6.9 Ontario 3.6.10 Quebec 3.6.11 Saskatchewan 3.7 Primary overseas stations 3.7.1 England 3.7.2 France 3.7.3 Germany 4 References

[edit] Operating locations (1924-1939)

[edit] Primary Canadian stations

[edit] Alberta

• High River

[edit] British Columbia

• Vancouver

[edit] Manitoba

• Winnipeg

[edit] Nova Scotia

• Dartmouth

[edit] Ontario

• Camp Borden
• Ottawa

[edit] Operating locations (1939-1945)

[edit] Primary Canadian stations

[edit] Alberta

RCAF Station Bowden RCAF Station Calgary RCAF Station Claresholm RCAF Station De Winton RCAF Station Edmonton RCAF Detachment Edmonton RCAF Station Fort Macleod

RCAF Station High River RCAF Station Lethbridge RCAF Detachment Lethbridge RCAF Station Pearce RCAF Station Penhold RCAF Station Vulcan RCAF Station Wainwright

[edit] British Columbia

RCAF Station Abbotsford RCAF Station Alliford Bay RCAF Station Bella Bella RCAF Station Boundary Bay RCAF Station Coal Harbour RCAF Station Comox RCAF Station Jericho Beach

RCAF Station Patricia Bay RCAF Station Port Hardy RCAF Station Prince Rupert RCAF Station Sea Island RCAF Station Tofino RCAF Station Terrace RCAF Station Ucluelet

[edit] Manitoba

RCAF Station Brandon RCAF Station Carberry RCAF Station Dauphin RCAF Station Gimli RCAF Station Macdonald RCAF Station Neepawa

RCAF Station Paulson RCAF Station Portage La Prairie RCAF Station Rivers, Canadian Joint Air Training Command (CJATC) New Sarum RCAF Station Souris RCAF Station Virden RCAF Station Winnipeg RCAF Detachment Winnipeg

[edit] New Brunswick

RCAF Station Chatham RCAF Station Moncton

RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge RCAF Station Saint John RCAF Station Scoudoc

[edit] Nova Scotia

RCAF Station Dartmouth RCAF Station Debert RCAF Station Greenwood RCAF Station Halifax RCAF Station Stanley RCAF Station Maitland

RCAF Station Shelburne RCAF Station Sydney RCAF Station Yarmouth Sydney River Base (Sydney River, Nova Scotia) Kelly Beach (North Sydney, Nova Scotia)

[edit] Ontario

RCAF Detachment Alliston RCAF Detachment Armstrong Station RCAF Station Aylmer RCAF Station Arnprior RCAF Station Belleville RCAF Station Brantford RCAF Station Camp Borden RCAF Station Clinton RCAF Station Deseronto RCAF Station Dunnville RCAF Detachment Edenvale RCAF Station Edgar RCAF Station Fingal RCAF Detachment Gananoque RCAF Station Guelph RCAF Station Hagersville

RCAF Station Hamilton RCAF Station Jarvis RCAF Detachment Kapuskasing RCAF Station Kingston RCAF Station Leaside RCAF Station London RCAF Detachment Malton RCAF Station Mountain View RCAF Detachment North Bay RCAF Station Oshawa RCAF Station Pendleton RCAF Station Picton RCAF Station Port Albert RCAF Station Rockcliffe RCAF Station Trenton RCAF Station Uplands

[edit] Prince Edward Island

RCAF Station Charlottetown RCAF Station Mount Pleasant

RCAF Station Summerside

[edit] Quebec

RCAF Station Bagotville RCAF Station Parent RCAF Station Gaspé RCAF Station Lachine RCAF Station Mont-Joli RCAF Station Montreal

RCAF Station Sept-Iles RCAF Station St Hubert RCAF Station St Jean RCAF Station Victoriaville RCAF Detachment Montreal RCAF Detachment Megantic

[edit] Saskatchewan

RCAF Station Assiniboia RCAF Station Caron RCAF Station Dafoe RCAF Station Davidson RCAF Station Estevan RCAF Station Moose Jaw RCAF Station Mossbank

RCAF Station North Battleford RCAF Station Prince Albert RCAF Station Regina RCAF Station Saskatoon RCAF Station Swift Current RCAF Station Yorkton RCAF Station Weyburn

[edit] Non-Canadian North American operating locations

[edit] Alaska

Annette Island Army Airfield Cape Field at Fort Glenn (Umnak) Chiniak Elmendorf Army Airfield (Anchorage)

Kiska Army Airfield Marks Air Force Base (Nome) Naval Air Station Adak Naval Air Station Kodiak

[edit] Bermuda

• Hamilton

[edit] Newfoundland

Botwood Gander

Torbay Stephenville

[edit] Labrador

• Goose Bay, Labrador

[edit] United Kingdom operating locations

[edit] England

RAF Acklington RAF Andover RAF Ashford RAF Baginton RAF Balderton RAF Bassingbourn RAF Beaulieu RAF Biggin Hill RAF Bircham Newton RAF Blakehill Farm RAF Bournemouth RAF Bradwell Bay RAF Burn RAF Castle Camps RAF Catterick RAF Charmy Down RAF Chivenor RAF Coleby Grange RAF Colerne RAF Croft RAF Croydon RAF Dalton RAF Davidstow Moor RAF Debden RAF Digby RAF Dishforth RAF Docking RAF Down Ampney RAF Driffield RAF Dunsfold RAF East Moor RAF Eastchurch RAF Exeter RAF Ford RAF Friston RAF Funtington RAF Gatwick RAF Gransden Lodge RAF Gravesend RAF Hartford Bridge RAF Harrowbeer RAF Halton RAF Hawkinge RAF Headcorn RAF High Post RAF Holmsley South RAF Hornchurch RAF Horne RAF Hunsdon

RAF Hurn RAF Kenley RAF Lashenden RAF Leeming RAF Lindholme RAF Linton-on-Ouse RAF Lympe RAF Manston RAF Martlesham Heath RAF Merston RAF Middle Wallop RAF Middleton St. George RAF Mildenhall RAF Molesworth RAF North Coates RAF North Luffenham RAF North Weald RAF Odiham RAF Old Sarum RAF Penshurst RAF Perranporth RAF Pocklington RAF Portreath RAF Predannack RAF Redhill RAF Scorton RAF Skipton-on-Swale RAF Southend RAF St Eval RAF Staplehurst RAF Strubby RAF Syerston RAF Tangmere RAF Topcliffe RAF Tempsford RAF Ternhill RAF Tholthorpe RAF Thorney Island RAF Trebulzue RAF Waddington RAF Warmwood RAF Wellingore RAF West Malling RAF Westhampnett RAF Weston Zoyland RAF Winkleigh RAF Wittering RAF Wombleton RAF Woodchurch RAF Zeals

[edit] Northern Ireland

RAF Castle Archdale

RAF Limavady

[edit] Scotland

RAF Ayr RAF Banff RAF Castletown RAF Dallachy RAF Dundonald RAF Dyce RAF Leuchars RAF Oban

RAF Peterhead RAF Prestwick RAF Skeabrae RAF Skitten RAF Stranraer RAF Sullom Voe RAF Sumburgh RAF Tain RAF Wick

[edit] Wales

RAF Angle RAF Fairwood Common

RAF Valley RAF Pembroke Dock

[edit] Northern Europe operating locations

[edit] Belgium

Base 90 Kleine-Brogel Base 56 Evere Base 58 Melsbroek Base 64 Diest

Base 66 Blankenburg Base 68 Le Culot Base 70 Antwerp Base 71 Koksijde Base 75 Nivelles

[edit] Denmark

• Base 160 Copenhagen

[edit] France

ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) Wormhoudt Base 2 Bazenville Base 3 Ste Croix-sur-Mer Base 4 Beny-sur-Mer Base 8 Sommervieu Base 9 Lantheuil Base 11 Longues Base 17 Carpiquet Base 18 Cristot Base 19 Lingevres

Base 21 Ste-Honorine-de-Ducy Base 24 St Andre Base 25 Illiers l'Eveque Base 28 Evreux Base 34 Avrilly Base 40 Beauvais Base 44 Poix Base 48 Glisy Base 51 Vendeville Base 52 Douai

[edit] Germany

Base 100 Goch Base 108 Rheine Base 110 Osnabruck Base 114 Diepholz Base 116 Wunstorf Base 118 Celle

Base 150 Hustedt Base 152 Fassberg Base 154 Soltau Base 156 Luneburg Base 166 Flensburg Base 174 Uetersen Base Y-75 Frankfurt

[edit] Iceland

• Reykjavík

[edit] The Netherlands

ALG Arnhem ALG Breda ALG Nijmegen ALG Tilburg Base 77 Gilze-Rijen Base 78 Eindhoven

Base 80 Volkel Base 82 Grave Base 84 Rips Base 88 Heesch Base 106 Twente 'JOE' Airfield (Apeldoorn)

[edit] Norway

• Oslo, Norway

[edit] Southern Europe and Mediterranean Sea operating locations

Gibraltar

Luga, Malta

[edit] Italy

Bellaria Canne Cassibile Fano Fabrica Foggia Gioia del Colle Grottaglie

India Anzio Lentini West Littorio, Rome, Italy Loreto Perugia Treviso Triolo Tulihal Venafro

[edit] North Africa

Devesoir, Egypt Kafareet, Egypt Idku, Egypt Shandur, Egypt Mellaha, Libya Tripoli

Rabat-Sale, Morocco Ben Gardane, Tunisia Goubrine South, Tunisia Hani East Landing Ground, Tunisia Kairouan/Zina, Tunisia Kairouan/Pavilllier, Tunisia

[edit] Other operating locations

[edit] Indian Ocean

Kinmagan, Burma Kyaukpyu, Burma Mawnubyin, Burma

Koggala, Ceylon Gujrat, India Kanglatongbi, India Addu Atoll, Seychelles Islands

[edit] Persian Gulf

• Bahrain

[edit] Africa

Langebaan, South Africa

Mombasa, Kenya

[edit] Operating locations (1946-1968)

[edit] Primary Canadian stations

[edit] Alberta

RCAF Station Cold Lake RCAF Station Penhold

RCAF Station Edmonton

[edit] British Columbia

• RCAF Station Comox

[edit] Manitoba

RCAF Station Portage La Prairie

RCAF Station Winnipeg

[edit] New Brunswick

• RCAF Station Chatham

[edit] Newfoundland

RCAF Station Gander

RCAF Station Goose Bay

[edit] Nova Scotia

RCAF Station Greenwood

RCAF Station Shearwater

[edit] Ontario

RCAF Station Borden RCAF Station North Bay RCAF Station Trenton

RCAF Station Uplands RCAF Station Rockcliffe RCAF Station Downsview

[edit] Prince Edward Island

• RCAF Station Summerside

[edit] Quebec

RCAF Station Bagotville

RCAF Station St Hubert

[edit] Saskatchewan

• RCAF Station Moose Jaw

[edit] Auxiliary Canadian stations

[edit] Alberta

• RCAF Station Namao

[edit] Manitoba

RCAF Station Rivers Canadian Joint Air Training Command (CJATC) New Sarum

RCAF Station Gimli

[edit] Newfoundland

• RCAF Station Torbay

[edit] Northwest Territories

• RCAF Station Resolute Bay

[edit] Nova Scotia

• RCAF Station Debert

[edit] Ontario

RCAF Station Clinton

RCAF Station Centralia

[edit] Quebec

RCAF Station Dorval RCAF Station La Macaza

RCAF Station Val d'Or

[edit] Yukon

• RCAF Station Whitehorse

[edit] Emergency Canadian airfields

[edit] British Columbia

Port Hardy Puntzi Mountain

Tofino

[edit] Ontario

Earlton RCAF Detachment Grand Bend Gore Bay Killaloe

Muskoka Sudbury Timmins Wiarton

[edit] Quebec

Casey Lac-des-Loups L'Ancienne-Lorette

La Tuque RCAF Station Mont-Joli Val-d'Or

[edit] DEW Line radar stations

This covers 1946-1968. Nunavut was created in 1999. Stations are listed from west to east.^[1]

[edit] Yukon

Komakuk Beach Stokes Point

Shingle Point

[edit] Northwest Territories

Tununuk Camp Tuktoyaktuk Atkinson Point Nicholson Penninsula Horton River Cape Parry Pearce Point Clinton Point Clifton Point Cape Young Bernard Harbour Lady Franklin Point Ross Point Byron Bay Cape Peel Cambridge Bay Sturt Point Jenny Lind Island Hat Island Gladman Point

Matheson Point Shepherd Bay Simpson Lake Pelly Bay Keith Bay Mackar Inlet Scarpa Lake Hall Beach Rowley Island Bray Island Longstaff Bluff Nudluardjuk Lake Dewar Lakes Ekalugad Cape Hooper Kivitoo Broughton Island Durban Island Cape Dyer Brevoort Island Resolution Island

[edit] Mid-Canada Line radar stations

[edit] Alberta

• RCAF Station Stoney Mountain

[edit] British Columbia

• RCAF Station Dawson Creek

[edit] Manitoba

RCAF Station Bird

RCAF Station Cranberry Portage

[edit] Ontario

• RCAF Station Winisk

[edit] Quebec

RCAF Station Knob Lake

RCAF Station Great Whale River

[edit] Labrador

RCAF Station Saglek

RCAF Station Hopedale

[edit] Pinetree Line radar stations

[edit] Alberta

RCAF Station Beaverlodge RCAF Station Cold Lake

RCAF Station Penhold

[edit] British Columbia

RCAF Station Baldy Hughes RCAF Station Comox RCAF Station Holberg

RCAF Station Kamloops RCAF Station Puntzi Mountain RCAF Station Tofino

[edit] Manitoba

RCAF Station Beausejour

RCAF Station Gypsumville

[edit] New Brunswick

• RCAF Station St. Margarets

[edit] Labrador

RCAF Station Cartwright RCAF Station Hopedale

RCAF Station Melville

[edit] Newfoundland

RCAF Station Stephenville RCAF Station St. Anthony

RCAF Station Gander RCAF Station St. John's

[edit] Nova Scotia

RCAF Station Beaverbank RCAF Station Barrington

RCAF Station Sydney

[edit] Northwest Territories

RCAF Station Frobisher Bay

RCAF Station Resolution Island

[edit] Ontario

RCAF Station Armstrong RCAF Station Edgar RCAF Station Falconbridge RCAF Station Foymount

RCAF Station Lowther RCAF Station Moosonee RCAF Station Pagwa RCAF Station Ramore RCAF Station Sioux Lookout

[edit] Quebec

RCAF Station Chibougamau RCAF Station Moisie RCAF Station Mont Apica

RCAF Station Lac St. Denis RCAF Station Parent RCAF Station Senneterre RCAF Station St. Sylvestre

[edit] Saskatchewan

RCAF Station Alsask RCAF Station Dana

RCAF Station Yorkton

[edit] Primary overseas stations

[edit] England

RCAF Station North Luffenham

RAF Odiham

[edit] France

RCAF Station Marville RCAF Station Grostenquin

RCAF Metz, France

[edit] Germany

RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen RCAF Station Lahr

RCAF Station Zweibrücken

[edit] References

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