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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British Isles

StationPundit Code/USAAF station codeCountryCounty Notes RAF Abbots Bromley England Staffordshire 19401949Returned to agricultural use, small number of buildings remain. RAF Abbots Ripton England Huntingdonshire 19381942 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 19411984 Now West Wales Airport RAF Abingdon AB England Oxfordshire 19321992 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 19421957Returned 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 His Majesty's Prison Northumberland (formerly Acklington and Castington) RAF Akeman Street England Oxfordshire 19401947Returned to agricultural use RAF Aldeburgh England Suffolk 1918 1919 RAF Aldergrove JV Northern Ireland County Antrim 1918 2009 Became Aldergrove Flying Station RAF Aldermaston AM England Berkshire 19421950 Became part of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), now Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) RAF All Hallows England Kent 19161935 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 Lincolnshire19391945 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 19431948 Originally known as RAF Great Saling RAF Andover AV England Hampshire 19171976 Now Marlborough Lines home to the HQ of the British Army RAF Andreas VS Isle of Man 19411947 Remains in light use as a civilian airfield RAF Angle AE Wales Pembrokeshire 19411950Returned 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 19361953Occupied by Rolls-Royce as an engine overhaul and repair facility RAF Anwick England Lincolnshire 19161918Returned to agricultural use RAF Appledram AO (day) England Sussex 19431944Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) RAF Ascot England Berkshire 19161919 RAF Ashbourne AS England Derbyshire 19421954In various uses, including by JCB as a test and demonstration areaRAF AshEnglandKent19861995Site sold for civilian use, now a data centre. RAF Ashford England Kent 19431944 ALG, near Egerton RAF Aston Down AD England Gloucestershire 19381976In use as a civilian gliding airfield RAF Atcham AP England Shropshire 19411946 RAF Atherstone England Warwickshire19411942Renamed RAF Stratford. RAF Attlebridge AT England Norfolk 19411956 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 Devon19401945No. 1 Aircrew Receiving Centre, originally and now Babbacombe Theatre. RAF Babdown Farm BF England Gloucestershire19401948 (Relief Landing Ground – RLG) RAF Bacton England Norfolk19151919 First World War landing ground RAF Baginton NG England Warwickshire 19391943 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 19411954 RAF BaldonnelRepublic of Ireland Dublin1917 1965now 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. Aircraft facilities fully closed in 2007. Site remains mostly derelict as of 2025. RAF Ballywalter Northern Ireland County Down 1941 1945 No. 16 Satellite Landing Ground RAF Bampton Castle England Oxfordshire19392003 established by Royal Signals Regiment, transferred to RAF Signals Command in 1965 RAF Banff AF Scotland Banffshire 1943 1946 RAF Bardney BA England Lincolnshire 19431963 Built as a satellite to RAF Waddington RAF Barkway England Hertfordshire 1942 2011 Communications station. Derelict as of 2025. 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 19381969 now Bassingbourn Barracks RAF Bawdsey England Suffolk 19361991 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 19411986 No. 1 Group Bomber Command H.Q. (during WWII), RAF Strike Command H.Q. & eventually RAF Meteorological Service H.Q. (post-war)RAF BeaulieuBL/BQEnglandHampshire19151947Now a recreational area within the New Forrest. RAF Beccles BE England Suffolk 19431945 RAF Bekesbourne England Kent 19161919