List of air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy
This article contains a list of air groups of Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Literal translation of 海軍航空隊 is "Naval Air Group", however, "Naval" is typically omitted in most of the established English-language sources. The list below follows the same convention.
Appendix
Carrier Aircraft Group
Until January 1944
- Aircraft carrier
| Name | Kanji | Tail code | Note, fate |
| Akagi Aircraft Group | 赤城飛行機隊 | ハ V AI | Akagi sunk on 6 June 1942. |
| Hiryū Aircraft Group | 飛龍飛行機隊 | ヘ QII VI BII | Hiryū sunk on 6 June 1942. |
| Hiyō Aircraft Group | 飛鷹飛行機隊 | DI A2-1 A2-2 or 2-2 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 26th Air Flotilla on 1 September 1943. |
| Hiyō Aircraft Group | 飛鷹飛行機隊 | A2-2 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to 652nd Air Group on 15 February 1944. |
| Hōshō Aircraft Group | 鳳翔飛行機隊 | A ロ L GII CII | Dissolved on 20 June 1942. |
| Jun'yō Aircraft Group | 隼鷹飛行機隊 | DII A2-2 A2-1 or 2-1 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 26th Air Flotilla on 1 September 1943. |
| Jun'yō Aircraft Group | 隼鷹飛行機隊 | A2-1 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 652nd Air Group on 15 February 1944. |
| Kaga Aircraft Group | 加賀飛行機隊 | ニ R K P VI AII | Kaga sunk on 5 June 1942. |
| Kasuga Maru Aircraft Group Taiyō Aircraft Group | 春日丸飛行機隊 大鷹飛行機隊 | DII CII A3-2 | Taiyō moved to the General Escort Command on 15 December 1943. |
| Ryūhō Aircraft Group | 龍鳳飛行機隊 | A2-3 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 26th Air Flotilla on 1 September 1943. |
| Ryūhō Aircraft Group | 龍鳳飛行機隊 | A2-3 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 652nd Air Group on 15 February 1944. |
| Ryūjō Aircraft Group | 龍驤飛行機隊 | ホ R V GI D DI DIII | Ryūjō sunk on 24 August 1942. |
| Shōhō Aircraft Group | 祥鳳飛行機隊 | シホ DII | Shōhō sunk on 7 May 1942. |
| Shōkaku Aircraft Group | 翔鶴飛行機隊 | EI シカ EI A1-2 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 601st Air Group on 15 February 1944. |
| Sōryū Aircraft Group | 蒼龍飛行機隊 | イ W QI VII BI | Sōryū sunk on 5 June 1942. |
| Yawata Maru Aircraft Group Un'yō Aircraft Group | 八幡丸飛行機隊 雲鷹飛行機隊 | CI A3-1 | Un'yō moved to the General Escort Command on 15 December 1943. |
| Zuihō Aircraft Group | 瑞鳳飛行機隊 | CI スホ EIII A1-3 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 653rd Air Group on 15 February 1944. |
| Zuikaku Aircraft Group | 瑞鶴飛行機隊 | EII スカ EII A1-1 | Aircraft and airmen were moved to the 601st Air Group on 15 February 1944. |
- Seaplane tender
| Name | Kanji | Tail code | Note, fate |
| Wakamiya Aircraft Group | 若宮飛行機隊 | D イ | Dissolved in 1926. |
| Notoro Aircraft Group | 能登呂飛行機隊 | ト ノトロ 13 ZI | Dissolved on 1 July 1941. |
| Kamoi Aircraft Group | 神威飛行機隊 | モ カモヰ 5 | Kamoi undertook conversion to a flying boat tender in 1939. |
| Chitose Aircraft Group | 千歳飛行機隊 | チセ FI YI | Chitose undertook conversion to an aircraft carrier on 26 January 1943. |
| Chiyoda Aircraft Group | 千代田飛行機隊 | チタ 5 Z V1 | Chiyoda undertook conversion to an aircraft carrier on 16 January 1943. |
| Mizuho Aircraft Group | 瑞穂飛行機隊 | ミホ 2 1 FII YII | Mizuho had been sunk on 2 May 1942. |
| Nisshin Aircraft Group | 日進飛行機隊 | V2 | Nisshin sunk on 22 July 1943. |
| Kinugasa Maru Aircraft Group | 衣笠丸飛行機隊 | 15 | Dissolved on 28 April 1938. |
| Kagu Maru Aircraft Group | 香久丸飛行機隊 | ? | Dissolved on 15 October 1938. |
| Kamikawa Maru Aircraft Group | 神川丸飛行機隊 | ZII ZI Z YII L-1 | Incorporated to the 958th Air Group on 15 April 1943. |
| Kiyokawa Maru Aircraft Group | 聖川丸飛行機隊 | R RI | Renamed 958th Air Group on 1 December 1942. |
| Kimikawa Maru Aircraft Group | 君川丸飛行機隊 | X C21 | Dissolved on 1 October 1943. |
| Kunikawa Maru Aircraft Group | 國川丸飛行機隊 | YII L-2 | Incorporated to the 958th Air Group on 15 April 1943. |
| Sagara Maru Aircraft Group | 相良丸飛行機隊 | O UVI | Dissolved on 31 October 1942. |
| Sanuki Maru Aircraft Group | 讃岐丸飛行機隊 | IIB Q | Dissolved on 1 December 1942. |
| San'yō Maru Aircraft Group | 山陽丸飛行機隊 | ZII W P | Dissolved on 1 October 1943. |
| Noshirogawa Maru Aircraft Group | 能代川丸飛行機隊 | ? | Dissolved on 1 September 1941. |