List of former Royal Air Force stations

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 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.

British Isles

Station	Pundit Code/ USAAF station code	Country	County			Notes
RAF Abbots Bromley		England	Staffordshire	1940	1949	Returned to agricultural use, small number of buildings remain.
RAF Abbots Ripton		England	Huntingdonshire	1938	1942	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	1941	1984	Now West Wales Airport
RAF Abingdon	AB	England	Oxfordshire	1932	1992	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	1942	1957	Returned 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
RAF Akeman Street		England	Oxfordshire	1940	1947	Returned 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	1942	1950	Became part of the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, now Atomic Weapons Establishment
RAF All Hallows		England	Kent	1916	1935	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	Lincolnshire	1939	1945	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	1943	1948	Originally known as RAF Great Saling
RAF Andover	AV	England	Hampshire	1917	1976	Now Marlborough Lines home to the HQ of the British Army
RAF Andreas	VS	Isle of Man		1941	1947	Remains in light use as a civilian airfield
RAF Angle	AE	Wales	Pembrokeshire	1941	1950	Returned 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	1936	1953	Occupied by Rolls-Royce as an engine overhaul and repair facility
RAF Anwick		England	Lincolnshire	1916	1918	Returned to agricultural use
RAF Appledram	AO	England	Sussex	1943	1944	Advanced Landing Ground
RAF Ascot		England	Berkshire	1916	1919
RAF Ashbourne	AS	England	Derbyshire	1942	1954	In various uses, including by JCB as a test and demonstration area
RAF Ash		England	Kent	1986	1995	Site sold for civilian use, now a data centre.
RAF Ashford		England	Kent	1943	1944	ALG, near Egerton
RAF Aston Down	AD	England	Gloucestershire	1938	1976	In use as a civilian gliding airfield
RAF Atcham	AP	England	Shropshire	1941	1946
RAF Atherstone		England	Warwickshire	1941	1942	Renamed RAF Stratford.
RAF Attlebridge	AT	England	Norfolk	1941	1956
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	Devon	1940	1945	No. 1 Aircrew Receiving Centre, originally and now Babbacombe Theatre.
RAF Babdown Farm	BF	England	Gloucestershire	1940	1948
RAF Bacton		England	Norfolk	1915	1919	First World War landing ground
RAF Baginton	NG	England	Warwickshire	1939	1943	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	1941	1954
RAF Baldonnel		Republic of Ireland	Dublin	1917	1965	now 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	Oxfordshire	1939	2003	established by Royal Signals Regiment, transferred to RAF Signals Command in 1965
RAF Banff	AF	Scotland	Banffshire	1943	1946
RAF Bardney	BA	England	Lincolnshire	1943	1963	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	1938	1969	now Bassingbourn Barracks
RAF Bawdsey		England	Suffolk	1936	1991	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	1941	1986	No. 1 Group Bomber Command H.Q., RAF Strike Command H.Q. & eventually RAF Meteorological Service H.Q.
RAF Beaulieu	BL/BQ	England	Hampshire	1915	1947	Now a recreational area within the New Forrest.
RAF Beccles	BE	England	Suffolk	1943	1945
RAF Bekesbourne		England	Kent	1916	1919 1940	Became Bekesbourne Aerodrome post-WWI, closed in July 1939. Used during May and June 1940 by No 2 and No 13 Squadrons.
RAF Belfast	Belfast	Northern Ireland		1941	1943	Acquired as Sydenham Airport, transferred to RN in 1943 as HMS Gadwall; reverted from RNAS back to RAF 1973 and closed in 1978.
RAF Bellasize		England	East Riding of Yorkshire	1916	1945	Used between 1916 and 1919, reactivated for flying training between 1939, and 1945
RAF Belton Park		England	Lincolnshire	1942	1946	Birthplace and original headquarters / training facility of the Royal Air Force Regiment
RAF Bembridge		England	Isle of Wight	1915	1920	Seaplane base, also known as RNAS Bembridge Harbour
RAF Benbecula	BB	Scotland	Inverness-shire	1941	1947	Airfield now Benbecula Airport. Nearby radar station now RRH Benbecula, an unmanned Remote Radar Head controlled by RAF Boulmer.
RAF Bentley Priory		England	Middlesex	1926	2008	Converted to residential use. WW2 bunker, modernised in the 1980s, was demolished and filled in, as regarded not worth saving. Former Officers' Mess now the Bentley Priory Museum.
RAF Bentwaters	BY	England	Suffolk	1944	1993	Former major USAF base. Site sold and became a business park and TV/film location known as Bentwaters Parks with airfield infrastructure and buildings remaining. Bentwaters Cold War Museum opened in 2007. Former USAF housing demolished and a new housing estate created.
RAF Berrow		England	Worcestershire	1941	1945	No. 5 SLG also known as Pendock Moor
RAF Bibury	BI	England	Gloucestershire	1940	1945	built as a relief landing ground for RAF South Cerney
RAF Bicester	BC	England	Oxfordshire	1917	1976	now Bicester Airfield and home to Bicester Heritage
RAF Biggin Hill		England	Kent	1917	1992	Formerly the Officer and Aircrew Selection Centre before moving to RAF Cranwell in the early 1990s, now Biggin Hill Airport.
RAF Binbrook	BK	England	Lincolnshire	1940	1992	Site sold, technical buildings and hangars in use as an industrial park, domestic site established as Brookenby village.
RAF Binsoe		England	North Yorkshire	1916	1919	Used as a relief landing ground for RAF Ripon
RAF Birch	BR	England	Essex	1942	1945
RAF Bircham Newton		England	Norfolk	1918	1966	Technical site now the Construction Industry Training Board School
RAF Bircotes	BH	England	South Yorkshire	1941	1948	Satellite airfield for RAF Finningley.
RAF Bishopbriggs		Scotland	Dunbartonshire	1939	1966	Originally a barrage balloon depot, later used for other non-flying purposes. Site now HM Prison Low Moss
RAF Bishops Court	IC	Northern Ireland	County Down	1943	1990	Originally an airfield but latterly a radar site.
RAF Bisterne	BS	England	Hampshire	1943	1945	USAAF ALG
RAF Bitteswell	BT	England	Leicestershire	1940	1947
RAF Blaenannerch		Wales	Ceredigion	1939	1941	Renamed RAF Aberporth, now West Wales Airport
RAF Black Isle		Scotland	Ross and Cromarty	1941	1945	No. 42 Satellite Landing Ground
RAF Blackbushe		England	Hampshire	1944	1960	Now Blackbushe Airport
RAF Blackpool		England	Lancashire	1940	1945	HQ was located at the Lansdowne Hotel on the North Shore
RAF Blakehill Farm	XF	England	Wiltshire	1944	1952	Also known as RAF Cricklade
RAF Blakelaw		England	Northumberland	1940	1943	HQ No. 13 Group RAF also known as RAF Newcastle
RAF Blankney Hall		England	Lincolnshire	1940	1946	RAF Digby Sector operations room. Now demolished & site of a golf club.
RAF Blyton	AL	England	Lincolnshire	1942	1954	Now known the site of Blyton Park Driving Centre and is used for motorsport and track days.
RAF Boa Island		Northern Ireland	County Fermanagh	1944	1945	Satellite to RAF Killadeas flying boat station. Also known as Rock Bay.
RAF Bobbington		England	Staffordshire	1941	1956	Renamed RAF Halfpenny Green in 1943, now Wolverhampton Airport
RAF Boddington		England	Gloucestershire	1940	2007	Transferred to Defence Communication Services Agency as ISS Boddington
RAF Bodney	BO	England	Norfolk	1940	1945	USAAF from 1943
RAF Bodorgan		Wales	Anglesey	1940	1945	No. 15 SLG, originally called Aberffraw until 15 May 1941
RAF Bognor		England	Sussex	1943	1944	ALG
RAF Bolt Head	OH	England	Devon	1941	1945	Second World War satellite airfield to RAF Exeter
RAF Booker		England	Buckinghamshire	1939	1951	near, now Wycombe Air Park
RAF Boreham	JM	England	Essex	1944	1945
RAF Boscombe Down	BD	England	Wiltshire	1917	2001	Airfield retained by the Ministry of Defence but operated by private contractor QinetiQ as MOD Boscombe Down. Home to the Aircraft Test and Evaluation Centre and Empire Test Pilots School.
RAF Bottesford	AQ	England	Leicestershire	1941	1945
RAF Bottisham	IM	England	Cambridgeshire	1940	1946	Largely now agricultural use and divided north–south by the A14. The North East corner of the airfield is now the Bottisham Airfield Museum.
RAF Boulmer		England	Northumberland	1940		RAF Boulmer remains open, but the present radar control station is at a different location from the wartime airfield. During the 1970s the former airfield communal site was redeveloped as an air-sea rescue helicopter base, which closed in 2015.
RAF Bourn	AU	England	Cambridgeshire	1941	1948	Became a recreational airfield, but is now planned to be developed into a village of 3500 homes.
RAF Bovingdon	BV	England	Hertfordshire	1942	1972	Now site of Bovingdon Radar, a major air navigation facility for London Heathrow Airport and the surrounding airspace.
RAF Bowmore		Scotland	Argyllshire	1940	1945	Flying boat base, satellite to RAF Oban
RAF Boxted	BX	England	Essex	1943	1947	A small museum is located on side of airfield.
RAF Bracebridge Heath		England	Lincolnshire	1916	1920	Adjacent to RAF Waddington. Site used to for the recovery and restoration damaged Lancaster bomber parts for reuse in WWII & construction site of Avro 707 prototype aircraft.
RAF Brackla		Scotland	Nairnshire	1941	1947
RAF Staff College Bracknell		England	Berkshire	1945	1997	Joint Services Command and Staff College established at the site, which later moved to MOD Shrivenham. The site was subsequently sold for redevelopment in 2004.
RAF Bradwell Bay		England	Essex	1941	1945
RAF Bramcote	RT	England	Warwickshire	1940	1946	Transferred to the Royal Navy in 1947 and became and in 1959 was transferred to the Army as Gamecock Barracks
RAF Brampton		England	Huntingdonshire	1942	2012	Transferred to Joint Forces Command and became Brampton Camp RAF Wyton. Site subsequently sold for redevelopment and station buildings demolished.
RAF Brampton Wyton Henlow		England	Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire	2001	2012	Tri-base area
RAF Bratton		England	Shropshire	1940	1945	Relief landing ground of RAF Shawbury & Home of RAF Training Command, 25 Group Advanced Flying Unit
RAF Brawdy	BW	Wales	Pembrokeshire	1944	1992	Transferred to the British Army in 1995 and became Cawdor Barracks.
RAF Breighton	AC	England	Yorkshire	1942	1946
RAF Brenzett		England	Kent	1943	1944	ALG, also known as Ivychurch
RAF Bridgnorth		England	Shropshire	1940		Former recruit training establishment
RAF Bridlington		England	East Riding of Yorkshire	1929	1980	Air gunnery and wireless operator courses held during the Second World War; No. 1104 MCU operated between 1929 and 1980
RAF Brizlee Wood		England	Northumberland	1968	1969	NATO forward Scatter Unit. transferred to the Royal Signals Regiment in 1969.
RAF Broadwell	JR	England	Oxfordshire	1943	1947
Brough Aerodrome		England	East Riding of Yorkshire
RAF Bruntingthorpe	BP	England	Leicestershire	1942	1962	now Bruntingthorpe Aerodrome and Proving Ground
RAF Brunton	BN	England	Northumberland	1942	1945	Built as satellite to RAF Milfield. Post-war use as GA field and parachute club base ceased by 2004. Disused apart from a small air defence radar outstation of RAF Boulmer.
RAF Buckminster		England	Lincolnshire	1916	1919	First World War Royal Flying Corps base
RAF Bungay	JO	England	Suffolk	1942	1955	Locally known as RAF Flixton. Allocated to USAAF & designated Station 125 during the Second World War. Following the war the station was transferred to the Royal Navy in 1945 to become HMS Europa, before control was returned to the RAF in 1946.
RAF Burgh Castle		England	Norfolk	1915	1919	First World War Landing Ground
RAF Burnaston		England	Derbyshire	1939	1953	Previously and later Derby Airport. Now a Toyota car plant.
RAF Burtonwood		England	Cheshire	1940	1994	Buildings demolished and site sold for redevelopment, including Omega Business Park and junction 8 of the M62 motorway.
RAF Burn	AZ	England	Yorkshire	1942	1945
RAF Bury St Edmunds	BU	England	Suffolk	1942	1948	Also designated to USAAF Station 468 at some point in WWII
RAF Butley		England	Suffolk	1942	1943	Former name for RAF Bentwaters
RAF Buttergask		Scotland	Perthshire	1941	1945	Relief landing ground for RAF Perth
RAF Bylaugh Hall		England	Norfolk	1943	1945	No. 100 Group H.Q.
RAF Caerau		Wales	Cardiff	1939	1944	HQ No. 14 Balloon Unit. Name changed to RAF Llandaff in 1946.
RAF Caerwent		Wales	Monmouthshire	1967	1993	Transferred to the Defence Training Estate and became the Caerwent Training Area, predominately used by the British Army.
RAF Caistor		England	Lincolnshire	1940	1963	Now returned to agricultural use
RAF Calshot	KT	England	Hampshire	1913	1961	Was No. 238 Maintenance Unit RAF. Maintained Air Sea Rescue launches. RAF Mount Batten took over this work upon closure.
RAF Calveley	KY	England	Cheshire	1942	1946
RAF Cambridge		England	Cambridgeshire	1938	1954	RAF use of Marshalls airfield at Teversham, now Cambridge Airport
RAF Cammeringham		England	Lincolnshire	1942	1945
RAF Cardington		England	Bedfordshire	1915	2000	Sold for residential redevelopment and various private uses. Former airship sheds remain and are designated as listed buildings. Part of the site is retained by the Ministry of Defence and leased to the Met Office.
RAF Carew Cheriton		Wales	Pembrokeshire	1939	1945
RAF Cark	KA	England	Lancashire	1941	1945
RAF Carnaby	KQ	England	Yorkshire	1944	1963
RAF Castle Archdale	QA	Northern Ireland	County Fermanagh	1941	1958	Flying boat station. Briefly known as RAF Loch Erne between 1941 – 1943.
RAF Castle Bromwich		England	Warwickshire	1915	1958	was the Castle Bromwich Aerodrome until 1958
RAF Castle Camps	CC	England	Cambridgeshire	1940	1946
RAF Castle Combe		England	Wiltshire	1941	1948	Second World War Practice Landing Ground for RAF Hullavington. Now Castle Combe Circuit.
RAF Castle Donington	CD	England	Leicestershire	1943	1946	Satellite airfield to RAF Wymeswold. Now East Midlands Airport.
RAF Castle Kennedy	QK	Scotland	Wigtownshire	1941	1945	Since 2004, Castle Kennedy has been made available for use General Aviation and commercial use within the applicable regulations. The airfield is unlicensed, and used at the pilots own risk and discretion. The airfield is strictly PPR.
RAF Castletown	AX	Scotland	Caithness	1940	1945
RAF Catfirth		Scotland	Shetland	1917	1919
RAF Catfoss	CA	England	Yorkshire	1932	1963
RAF Catterick	AK	England	Yorkshire	1914	1994	Transferred to the British Army and became Marne Barracks.
RAF Cattewater		England	Devon	1918	1923	Formally Royal Naval Air Station Cattewate. Re-opened in 1928 as RAF Mount Batten.
RAF Caxton Gibbet		England	Cambridgeshire	1940	1944	RLG
RAF Chailey		England	Sussex	1943	1945	ALG
RAF Chalgrove		England	Oxfordshire	1943	1947	Leased to ejection seat manufacturer Martin-Baker and known as Chalgrove Airfield. Ownership transferred to Homes England in 2016 with intention of redeveloping for 3,000 homes.
RAF Charlton Horethorne		England	Somerset	1941	1942	later RNAS Charlton Horethorne
RAF Charmy Down	CH	England	Somerset	1940	1946
RAF Charterhall	KH	Scotland	Berwickshire	1942	1946
RAF Chattis Hill		England	Hampshire	1917	1919
RAF Cheadle		England	Staffordshire	1939	1964	Operations transferred to Government Communications Headquarters and station became known as GCHQ Cheadle.
RAF Chedburgh	CU	England	Suffolk	1942	1952	Near Bury St Edmunds
RAF Cheddington	CZ	England	Buckinghamshire	1942	1952	USAAF from 1944
RAF Chedworth	YW	England	Gloucestershire	1942	1950	Primarily used for training. Now primarily agricultural land.
RAF Chelveston	CV	England	Northamptonshire	1941	1962	USAAF from 1944
RAF Cherhill		England	Wiltshire	1954	1958	Formerly and later RAF Yatesbury.
RAF Chepstow		Wales	Monmouthshire	1941	1945	Satellite Landing Ground, initially for No. 19 Maintenance Unit RAF at St. Athan before switching to the control of No 38 MU at Llandow.
RAF Chesil Bank		England	Dorset			Second World War Bombing Ranges Unit with an Emergency Landing Ground
RAF Chessington		England	Surrey	1938	1985	Formerly a Balloon station, latterly a research Hospital
RAF Chicksands		England	Bedfordshire	1936	1997	Transferred to the British Army and became the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre and the headquarters of the Intelligence Corps. Now the Joint Intelligence Training Group.
RAF Chigwell		England	Essex	1933	1958	Barrage balloon site
RAF Chilbolton	CI	England	Hampshire	1940	1945
RAF Chilmark		England	Wiltshire	1937	1995	Retained by the Ministry of Defence and later sold for various civilian uses.
RAF Chipping Norton		England	Oxfordshire	1940	1945	Satellite station primarily used for training
RAF Chipping Ongar	JC	England	Essex	1943	1946	USAAF from 1944
RAF Chipping Warden	CW	England	Oxfordshire	1941	1946
RAF Chivenor	IV	England	Devon	1940	1995	Transferred to the Royal Marines and became RMB Chivenor.
RAF Christchurch	CH	England	Hampshire	1940	1945	known as Christchurch Airfield in peacetime between 1926 and 1966.
RAF Church Broughton	CB	England	Derbyshire	1942	1963	Opened as a satellite station of RAF Lichfield
RAF Church Fenton	CF	England	North Yorkshire	1937	2013	Site sold and became Leeds East Airport.
RAF Church Lawford	CL	England	Warwickshire	1941	1955
RAF Church Stanton		England	Somerset	1941	1943	renamed RAF Culmhead
RAF Cleave		England	Cornwall	1939	1945
RAF Cluntoe	UK	Northern Ireland	County Tyrone	1942	1955	near Ardboe
RAF Clyffe Pypard		England	Wiltshire	1941	1947	Used as accommodation for by RAF Lyneham and later used by the British Army for battle practice until 1961. Now reclaimed as agricultural land.
RAF Coal Aston		England	Yorkshire	1918	1920	Opened as a Royal Flying Corps airfield in 1916
RAF Coleby Grange	CG	England	Lincolnshire	1940	1946
RAF Colerne	CQ	England	Wiltshire	1940	1976	Transferred to the British Army and became Azimghur Barracks. Airfield retained for occasional flying.
RAF Collinstown		Republic of Ireland	Dublin	1918	1922	now Dublin Airport.
RAF Collyweston		England	Northamptonshire	1918	1941	Landing ground, consumed when absorbed by the westerly runway extension at RAF Wittering to the east
RAF Coltishall	CS	England	Norfolk	1938	2006	Site sold for redevelopment including construction of HM Prison Bure and a solar farm. Majority of the station now designated as a conservation area and known as Scottow Enterprise Park. Former married quarters now known as Badersfield.
RAF Compton Basset		England	Wiltshire	1940	1947
RAF Condover	DV	England	Shropshire	1942	1945	Satellite station of RAF Shawbury & Relief Landing Ground for RAF Ternhill. Primarily use for fighter pilots training by both RAF & USAAF.
RAF Connel	KO	Scotland	Argyllshire		1945	Now Oban Airport.
RAF Cookstown		Republic of Ireland	Dublin.	1918	1922	now Cookstown Industrial Estate. *Aerodrome buildings were used by Urney's Chocolate factory for a period.
RAF Coolham	XQ	England	Sussex	1943	1944	ALG
RAF Copmanthorpe		England	Yorkshire	1918	1919	Opened as a Royal Flying Corps airfield in 1916
RAF Corsewall		Scotland	Wigtownshire	1942	1947	Marine Craft Training School
RAF Cottam	CM	England	Yorkshire	1939	1954	Satellite station to RAF Driffield
RAF Cottesmore	CT	England	Rutland	1938	2012	Transferred to the British Army and became Kendrew Barracks.
RAF Cottenham		England	Cambridgeshire	1918	1919	Former Royal Flying Corps airfield opened in 1916 as a night landing ground
RAF Covehithe		England	Suffolk	1918	1919	Former Royal Naval Air Service airfield opened in 1915
RAF Cowden		England	Yorkshire	1950	1998	Bombing range
RAF Crail		Scotland	Fife	1918	1919	Reopened by Royal Naval Fleet Air Arm in 1940
RAF Cramlington		England	Northumberland	1918	1919	Opened as a Royal Flying Corps airfield in 1915
RAF Cranage	RG	England	Cheshire	1940	1945
RAF Cranfield	CX	England	Bedfordshire	1937	1952	Now Cranfield University and Cranfield Airport
RAF Credenhill		England	Herefordshire	1940	1994	Transferred to the British Army and became Stirling Lines.
RAF Croft	CR	England	Yorkshire	1941	1956	Now Croft Circuit
RAF Croft		England	Cheshire	1956	1959	originally accommodation for Fleet Air Arm base HMS Gosling, the station was used as a processing & billeting centre for personnel traveling between the UK and US by USAF Burtonwood.
RAF Crosby on Eden	KX	England	Cumbria	1941	1944	Now Carlisle Lake District Airport
RAF Croydon		England	Surrey	1916	1946	Later Croydon Airport, now a retail/industrial estate
RAF Culham		England	Oxfordshire	1940	1953	as RNAS Culham
RAF Culmhead	UC	England	Somerset	1941	1946
RAF Dalcross	DZ	Scotland	Inverness-shire	1941	1953	Now Inverness Airport
RAF Dale		Wales	Pembrokeshire	1942	1943	became RNAS Dale
RAF Dallachy	DI	Scotland	Banffshire	1943	1945
RAF Dalton	DA	England	Yorkshire	1941	1945
RAF Darley Moor	DM	England	Derbyshire	1942	1955	Now Darley Moor Airfield
RAF Davidstow Moor	DD	England	Cornwall	1942	1945
RAF Daws Hill		England	Buckinghamshire	1944	2007	Site sold for residential redevelopment, most station buildings demolished, former bunker now listed.
RAF Deanland		England	Sussex	1943	1944	ALG
RAF Debach	DC	England	Suffolk	1944	1945
RAF Debden	DB	England	Essex	1937	1975	Used by both US 8th Air Force and RAF Fighter Command in Second World War. Now home to HQ Essex Wing RAF Air Cadets and Carver Barracks.
RAF Deenethorpe	DP	England	Northamptonshire	1943	1946
RAF Defford	DF	England	Worcestershire	1941	1957	RAF Defford museum is now housed within the National Trust property of Croome.
RAF Denham		England	Buckinghamshire	1915	1940s	Flight training base, now Denham Aerodrome
RAF Deopham Green	DG	England	Norfolk	1944	1948	Assigned to USAAF & designated Station 142
RAF Desborough	DS	England	Northamptonshire	1944	1948	Assigned to USAAF
RAF Desford		England	Leicestershire	1916	1953	Owned by Caterpillar Inc. since 1953, now an industrial site.
RAF Detling		England	Kent	1916	1959
RAF Digby	DJ	England	Lincolnshire	1918	1953	Known as RAF Scopwick, Joint Service Signals Organisation Digby from 1998.
RAF Dishforth	DH	England	North Yorkshire	1936	1992	Transferred to the British Army's Army Air Corps and became Dishforth Airfield.
RAF Docking	DK	England	Norfolk	1940	1958	Satellite station of RAF Bircham Newton, returned to agricultural use.
RAF Doncaster		England	Yorkshire	1916	1954	formerly RFC Doncaster Royal Flying Corps
RAF Donibristle		Scotland	Fife	1917	1939	Opened by Royal Naval Air Service in 1917 and returned to the Royal Navy in 1939 as RNAS Donibristle
RAF Donna Nook	ZN	England	Lincolnshire	1927	1999	now MOD Air Weapons Range
RAF Dornoch		Scotland	Sutherland	1941	1945	No. 40 Satellite Landing Ground.
RAF Dounreay	DN	Scotland	Caithness	1944	1954	Airfield built for RAF but not used. Transferred to Royal Navy later in 1944 but never commissioned, and subsequently returned to Air Ministry. Never having become operational, it closed in 1954 and the northern area was absorbed by the Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment.
RAF Dover		England	Kent	1918	1919	Airship and seaplane base
RAF Down Ampney	XA	England	Gloucestershire	1944	1946
RAF Downham Market	DO	England	Norfolk	1942	1946
RAF Drem	DE	Scotland	East Lothian	1916	1946	World War I landing ground known as West Fenton and subsequently RAF Gullane, which closed in 1919. Reopened as RAF Drem in 1939. Passed to Royal Navy as HMS Nighthawk in 1945–46.
RAF Driffield	DR	England	East Riding of Yorkshire	1918	1977	Formerly RAF Eastburn. Now British Army, Alamein Barracks.
RAF Dumfries	DU	Scotland	Dumfriesshire	1940	1957	aka RAF Tinwald Downs, now Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum
RAF Dundee		Scotland	Angus	1914	1919	Seaplane base inherited from Royal Naval Air Service in 1918, also known as Stannergate. Reopened by Royal Navy in 1940.
RAF Dundonald		Scotland	Ayrshire	1940	1945
RAF Dunholme Lodge	DL	England	Lincolnshire	1943	1964
RAF Dunino		Scotland	Fife	1941	1942	became RNAS Dunino in 1942
RAF Dunkeswell	DW	England	Devon	1943	1949	USN from 1944
RAF Dunsfold		England	Surrey	1942	1945	later BAE Systems Dunsfold, now Dunsfold Aerodrome, and Top Gear studio and race track
RAF Durrington		England	West Sussex	1941		Radar station. The former GCI radar station is being used as Palatine School, a school for those with special educational needs. The site underwent a major redevelopment in 2006 and was extended from the radar station building to accommodate more pupils.
RAF Duxford	DX	England	Cambridgeshire	1918	1963	Put on Care and Maintenance from end of First World War in 1918 until the formation of RAF Fighter Command. Used by Both RAF Fighter Command and the US 8th Air Force during the Second World War, then home to RAF Strike Command until closure. Now operated by the Imperial War Museum Duxford since falling derelict after making 'The Battle of Britain' film in 1968.
RAF Dyce	DY	Scotland	Aberdeenshire	1937	1957	Opened in 1934 as Aberdeen Airport, which it remains.
RAF Dymchurch		England	Kent	1915	1920	Balloon station, also aircraft. Site considered for WWII ALG
RAF Earls Colne	EC	England	Essex	1943	1947	now Earls Colne Airfield
RAF Eastbourne		England	Sussex	1914	1920
RAF East Fortune	EF	Scotland	East Lothian	1916	1960	Former Royal Naval Air Service station. Closed 1920 but reopened 1940.
RAF East Kirkby	EK	England	Lincolnshire	1943	1970
RAF East Moor	EM	England	Yorkshire	1942	1946	RCAF from 1944
RAF East Wretham	UT	England	Norfolk	1940	1946	USAAF from 1944
RAF Eastchurch		England	Kent	1912	1947	Now HMP Stamford Hill
RAF Eastleigh		England	Hampshire	1910	1920 1961	Was RNAS Raven when operated by the Royal Navy in WW2, reopened 1961, now Southampton Airport
RAF Edlesborough		England	Buckinghamshire	1939	2012	Communications site satellite of RAF Stanbridge
RAF Edgehill	EH	England	Oxfordshire	1941	1953	Gliding Club and Kart Track
RAF Edzell	EZ	Scotland	Angus	1940	1997	World War 1 airfield nearby operated 1918–19. New airfield opened 1940. Flying ceased 1957, thereafter to United States Navy for electronic surveillance, now in private use as a materials storage area.
RAF Eglinton	QM	Northern Ireland	County Londonderry	1941	1943	To Fleet Air Arm in 1943 as HMS Gannet. Now City of Derry Airport, Derry
RAF Elgin		Scotland	Morayshire	1940	1947
RAF Elsham Wolds	ES	England	Lincolnshire	1941	1947
RAF Elvington	EV	England	Yorkshire	1942	1958	Airfield retained until 1992 as a relief landing ground for RAF flying training schools at Church Fenton and Linton-on-Ouse, later sold in 1999. Technical site preserved as Yorkshire Air Museum, which opened in 1986.
RAF Ely		Wales	South Glamorgan			No. 14 Balloon Centre Cardiff
RAF Hospital Ely		England	Cambridgeshire	1939	1992	Transferred to NHS as Princess of Wales Hospital, Ely.
RAF Elmdon		England	Warwickshire	1939	1946	Previously and now Birmingham Airport
RAF Enstone	EN	England	Oxfordshire	1942	1947	now Enstone Airfield
RAF Errol	ER	Scotland	Perthshire	1942	1948
RAF Eshott		England	Northumberland	1942	1945
RAF Evanton	ET	Scotland	Ross and Cromarty	1922	1944	Known as RAF Novar until 1937. Transferred to Royal Navy as
RAF Exeter	EX	England	Devon	1937	1946	Previously and now Exeter International Airport
RAF Eye	EY	England	Suffolk	1944	1945	USAAF. Now an industrial estate.
RAF Fairoaks		England	Surrey	1937	1967	Now Fairoaks Airport