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 Royal Air Force stations, airfields, and administrative headquarters of the Royal Air Force.

Current MOD and RAF Stations

United Kingdom

Station	County	Notes
RAF Barkston Heath	Lincolnshire	Home to Defence Elementary Flying Training School.
RAF Benson	Oxfordshire	28 and 78 Squadrons (Merlin HC3) and 33 and 230 Squadrons (Puma).
RAF Boulmer	Northumberland	Air Surveillance and Control Systems Force Command and 202 Squadron (A flight)(Sea King).
Brampton Camp RAF Wyton	Cambridgeshire	Formerly part of the combined RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow which has now been disbanded.
RAF Brize Norton	Oxfordshire	Home to all fixed wing transport aircraft (C-17, C-130, VC-10 and Tristar).
RAF Buchan	Aberdeenshire
RAF Church Fenton	North Yorkshire	To close
RAF Coningsby	Lincolnshire	3, 11, 29(R) Squadrons (Eurofighter Typhoon) and 41 Squadron (Tornado GR4).
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 Digby	Lincolnshire	Tri - service command establishment (and also US tri-service presence) (Originally named RAF Scopwick).
RAF Donna Nook	Lincolnshire	Bombing range.
RAF Fylingdales	North Yorkshire	Radar and BMEWS Base.
RAF Halton	Buckinghamshire
RAF Henlow	Bedfordshire
RAF High Wycombe	Buckinghamshire	HQ Air Command.
RAF Holbeach	Lincolnshire	Bombing range.
RAF Honington	Suffolk	Used predominantly by the RAF Regiment.
RAF Kirton in Lindsey	Lincolnshire	Accommodation unit for RAF Scampton personnel
RAF Leconfield	East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Leeming	North Yorkshire	100 Squadron (Hawk T1).
RAF Leuchars	Fife	1 and 6 Squadrons (Eurofighter Typhoon) - scheduled for closure in 2014.
RAF Linton-on-Ouse	North Yorkshire
RAF Lossiemouth	Moray	12, XV and 617 Squadrons (Tornado GR4.)
RAF Marham	Norfolk	2, 9 and 31 Squadrons (Tornado GR4).
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	7, 18 and 27 Squadrons (Chinook HC2) and Joint Special Forces Aviation Wing.
RAF Pembrey Sands	Carmarthenshire	Bombing range.
RAF Prestwick	Ayrshire	Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre (Military). Scheduled for closure in 2013.
RAF Scampton	Lincolnshire	Currently home to the Red Arrows and the RAF Mobile Meteorological Unit.
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 Wyton.
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 Valley	Isle of Anglesey	Incorporates Anglesey Airport202 Sqn HQ (Sea King).
RAF Waddington	Lincolnshire	Home to all E-3 Sentry, Sentinel R-1, MQ9-Reaper and RC-135 Air Seeker aircraft.
RAF Wainfleet	Lincolnshire	Bombing range.
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.

RAF Stations occupied by the United States Air Force

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	Occupied by the United States Air Force.
RAF Croughton	Northamptonshire	Occupied by the United States Air Force as a communications station.
RAF Fairford	Gloucestershire	Occupied by the United States Air Force.
RAF Feltwell	Norfolk	United States Air Force support use.
RAF Lakenheath	Suffolk	Occupied by the United States Air Force.
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 Upwood	Cambridgeshire	Occupied by the United States Air Force.
RAF Welford	Berkshire	Occupied by the United States Air Force.

RAF Stations 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	In the Troodos Mountains, outside 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
RAF Mount Byron	Falkland Islands	Radar station

See also

• List of former RAF stations
• 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

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, 1981-1988. Tonbridge, Kent, UK: Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd., 1988. ISBN 0-85130-164-9.
• Jefford, C.G, MBE,BA ,RAF (Retd). RAF Squadrons, a Comprehensive Record of the Movement and Equipment of all RAF Squadrons and their Antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1988. ISBN 1-84037-141-2.
• 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