List of air stations of the Royal Navy

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Template:Inc-transport Template:Sidebar Template:Royal Navy This is a list of naval air stations of the Royal Navy. Naval air stations are shore establishments of the Fleet Air Arm (FAA), the branch of the Royal Navy (RN) responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

Historically, RNAS referred to the Royal Naval Air Service, which was the aviation branch of the Royal Navy. This merged in 1918 with the Royal Flying Corps, of the British Army, to form an independent service, the Royal Air Force (RAF). Currently the abbreviation RNAS stands for "Royal Naval Air Station", and in common with Royal Air Force station naming convention, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located.

Between 1918 and 1939, the Royal Air Force had provided the Fleet Air Arm to the Royal Navy, and Royal Naval Air Stations were consequently operated by Royal Air force personnel.

On 24 May 1939, operation of the Fleet Air Arm was returned to full Admiralty control under the Inskip Award, with Royal Air Force personnel replaced by Royal Naval personnel, or transferring to the Royal Navy.

As Coastal Command remained part of the Royal Air Force, Royal Naval Air Stations, since 1939, have generally operated ship-borne types of aircraft when it has been necessary for them to be operated from land bases.

Current naval air stations

RNAS Culdrose (HMS Seahawk)
RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron)

The current Fleet Air Arm front-line operations are centred on two main operating bases (MOBs), each with a nearby satellite airfield: (Bold denotes Royal Navy shore establishment, italics denotes other controlled airbase with Fleet Air Arm unit)

Other airbases

Fleet Air Arm front-line operations are supported by other airbases with activity at:

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Several former airbases are operated by defence contractor QinetiQ in the test and evaluation role, with these locations owned by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

  • The former Royal Air Force station at Boscombe Down in Wiltshire is the main facility, and this has a Fleet Air Arm presence.

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Map of stations within the UK

Map of the United Kingdom showing active naval air stations, including forward operating bases and satellite airfields, Ministry of Defence (MOD) airfields with a Royal Navy presence and Royal Air Force (RAF) stations with a Royal Navy presence. Template:Location map+

Former naval air stations

When control of the Fleet Air Arm was transferred from the Royal Air Force, four of its existing airbases, in the United Kingdom, were also transferred to the Fleet Air Arm, these were: Donibristle, Lee-on-Solent, Ford, and Worthy Down. At that time when operating overseas, the Fleet Air Arm still needed to rely on lodger facilities at Royal Air Force stations abroad.

During the early period of the Second World War the Royal Navy worked to acquire its own airfields, both in the UK and near to strategic bases abroad. Some of these were purpose built and others were transferred over from the Royal Air Force.<ref name="RNRA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

These lists covers Fleet Air Arm establishments, located both on the British Isles and overseas. It includes Air Stations, Air Sections, Air Maintenance & Repair Yards, Lodger units at RAF bases, and training establishments. The bases are listed alphabetically, by geographical location.

A loaded Fairey Barracuda torpedo bomber taxi-ing at RNAS Lee-on-Solent (HMS Daedalus)

Key to the types of establishments:

  • BCAS - British Commonwealth Air Station
  • MONAB - Mobile Naval Air Base
  • RAF - Royal Air Force
  • RAAF - Royal Australian Air Force
  • RCAF - Royal Canadian Air Force
  • RNAS - Royal Naval Air Station
  • RNAY - Royal Naval Air Yard
  • RNAMY - Royal Naval Aircraft Maintenance Yard
  • RNARY - Royal Naval Aircraft Repair Yard
  • RNADC - Royal Naval Aircraft Direction Centre
  • RNAE - Royal Naval Air Establishment
  • RNATE - Royal Naval Aircraft Training Establishment
  • RNTE - Royal Naval Training Establishment
  • SAAF - South African Air Force
  • TAMY - Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard
  • USAF - United States Air Force
  • USNAS - United States Naval Air Station
  • USNAF - United States Naval Air Facility

British Isles

This list is of former air stations of the Royal Navy within the British Isles, consisting of the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Inner and Outer Hebrides, the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland), and over six thousand smaller islands.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Channel Islands, off the north coast of France, are normally taken to be part of the British Isles.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary: "British Isles: a geographical term for the islands comprising Great Britain and Ireland with all their offshore islands including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands."</ref> The list includes airbases wholly operated by the Admiralty and those where RN lodger units operated, sometimes under a RN Air Section.

RNAS HMS RAF RN Years active Current county Country Notes
Abbotsinch Sanderling Abbotsinch 1943–1963 Renfrewshire Scotland Lodger facilities 1939–43. Now Glasgow Airport
n/a n/a Aldergrove 1939–40
1977–1982		 County Antrim Northern Ireland Naval units as lodgers on an RAF Base. Now Aldergrove Flying Station
Angle Goldcrest Angle 1943 Pembrokeshire Wales Farmland
Anglesey n/a Mona 1915–1918 Anglesey Wales Airship station
Anthorn Nuthatch Anthorn 1944–58 Cumbria England Now Anthorn Radio Station
Arbroath Condor n/a 1940–1971 Angus Scotland Now RM Condor
Ayr Wagtail Heathfield
Ayr		 1944–46 South Ayrshire Scotland
Bacton n/a Bacton 1915–19 Norfolk England
Ballyhalbert Corncrake Ballyhalbert 1945 County Down Northern Ireland
Ballykelly Sealion Ballykelly 1962–1971 County Londonderry Northern Ireland RAF station hosting Joint Ant-Submarine School from 1947, RN having lodger status. Joint RAF-RN station from 1962. Now Shackleton Barracks
Beccles Hornbill II Beccles 1945-53 Suffolk England Lodger facilities from No.16 Group RAF. Transferred on loan to the Admiralty in July 1945
Belfast Gadwall
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n/a n/a Benbecula Western Isles Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Benbecula Airport and RRH Benbecula.
n/a n/a Benson Oxfordshire England Lodger facilities only. Now RAF Benson
n/a n/a Bircham Newton Norfolk England Lodger facilities only.
n/a n/a Boscombe Down Wiltshire England RN Air Section. Now MoD Boscombe Down
Bramcote Gamecock Bramcote 1946–58 Warwickshire England Transferred from No.4 Group RAF to the Admiralty on 1 December 1946. Now Gamecock Barracks
n/a n/a Bratton 1943–44 Shropshire England Provided training facilities for RNAS Hinstock during 1943/44
Brawdy Goldcrest
Goldcrest II		 Brawdy 1946–1971 Pembrokeshire Wales Now Cawdor Barracks
Bungay Europa II Bungay
Flixton		 1945–46 Suffolk England Former USAAF airfield, transferred from the Air Ministry on loan in September 1945
Burscough Ringtail n/a 1943–46 Lancashire England
Bush Barn n/a Bush Barn
No. 44 SLG		 1944–45 Oxfordshire England Transferred from Ministry of Aircraft Production on loan July 1944. On the books of Kestrel.
Calshot n/a Calshot 1913–22 Hampshire England
Campbeltown Landrail
Landrail II		 n/a 1940–45 Argyll & Bute Scotland Located 1 mile SE of RAF Machrihanish, grass landing ground north of the B843.
Capel n/a Folkestone 1915–19 Kent England
Cattewater n/a Cattewater
Mount Batten		 1917–18 Devon England
Charlton Horethorne Heron II Charlton Horethorne 1942–45 Somerset England Originally lodger facility at RAF station. Transferred to Admiralty on loan July 1942.
Chingford n/a Chingford 1915–19 Greater London England Now William Girling Reservoir
n/a Raven Christchurch ?-1945 Dorset England Lodger facilities with a Naval Air Section and the Naval Air Radio Installation Unit.
n/a (Station in Reserve) n/a Cluntoe 1947-mid 1950s County Tyrone Northern Ireland Used occasionally.
Covehithe n/a Covehithe 1915–19 Suffolk England
Cowdray Park n/a n/a 1941–45 West Sussex England Private airfield requisitioned for the storage of obsolescent naval aircraft.
Crail Bruce
Jackdaw		 Crail 1940–1961 Fife Scotland
RNAS Training Establishment, Cranwell Daedalus
Thunderbolt		 Cranwell 1916–1918 Lincolnshire England Now Royal Air Force College
Culham Hornbill n/a 1944–1953 Oxfordshire England Now Culham Science Centre
Culmhead n/a Culmhead
Churchstanton		 Somerset England Lodger facilities only. Now Culmhead Business Centre
Dale Goldcrest Dale 1943–48 Pembrokeshire Wales Farmland/caravan sites
n/a n/a Defford Worcestershire England RN Air Section attached to Telecommunications Flying Unit RAF.
n/a n/a Detling 1940–41 Kent England Lodger facilities only.
n/a n/a Docking 1942–44 Norfolk England Lodger facilities only.
Donibristle Merlin Donibristle 1939–1959 Fife Scotland
Dounreay Tern III 1944–54 Highland Scotland Never commissioned.
Drem Nighthawk Drem 1945–46 East Lothian Scotland Lodger facilities until 1945.
Dundee Condor II Dundee 1941–44 Dundee City Scotland Seaplane base / repair depot.
n/a n/a Dundonald 1944 South Ayrshire Scotland Lodger facilities only.
Dunino Jackdaw II Dunino 1942–46 Fife Scotland
n/a n/a Duxford 1941–43 Cambridgeshire England Lodger facilities only.
East Fortune n/a East Fortune 1915–18 East Lothian Scotland National Museum of Flight
East Haven Peewit 1943–46 Angus Scotland
Eastchurch n/a Eastchurch 1910–1918 Kent England Now HM Prison Standford Hill
Eastleigh Raven Eastleigh
Southampton		 1917–20, 1935–39, 1939–1947 Hampshire England Now Southampton Airport
Eglinton Gannet Eglinton 1943–1959
1960–63		 County Londonderry Northern Ireland Now City of Derry Airport
Evanton Fieldfare Evanton
Novar		 1944–48 Highland Scotland
Fairlop n/a Fairlop 1916-18 Essex England Playing fields, to north of WW2 RAF Fairlop
Fearn Owl Fearn 1942–46 Highland Scotland
Felixstowe n/a Felixstowe 1913–19 Suffolk England See Seaplane Experimental Station
Fishguard n/a 1917–19 Pembrokeshire Wales
Ford Peregrine Ford
Ford Junction		 1939–1958 West Sussex England Now HM Prison Ford
n/a n/a Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire Scotland Lodger facilities only.
Goldhanger n/a Goldhanger 1915–16 Essex England Farmland
Gosport Siskin Gosport 1940–56 Hampshire England
Grimsetter Robin Grimsetter 1943–45 Orkney Scotland Now Kirkwall Airport
Haldon Heron II Haldon 1941–43 Devon England
Halesworth Sparrowhawk Halesworth 1945–46 Suffolk England Lodger facilities until 1945
Hatston Sparrowhawk
Tern II		 1939–1945 Orkney Scotland
Heath Row n/a Heathrow 1944–45 Greater London England Lodger facilities for a flight of 781 Naval Air Squadron only. Now Heathrow airport
Henstridge Dipper n/a 1943–46
1946–1954		 Somerset England Henstridge Airfield, One of only 2 RNAS stations with 5 runways (Arbroath being the other), one of which had a dummy deck landing area with arrestor system for carrier training
Hinstock Godwit Ollerton 1943–47 Shropshire England
Hornsea Mere n/a Atwick ?-1918 East Yorkshire England
Inskip Nightjar n/a 1943–46 Lancashire England
Jersey n/a Helier 1940 Jersey Channel Islands Requisitioned by the Admiralty. RN Air Section, on the books of Kestrel. Jersey Airport
Kete Harrier n/a 1945–1961 Pembrokeshire Wales
Kingsnorth n/a Kingsnorth 1914–25 Kent England WW1 airship station on Isle of Grain on south bank of R Thames
Kirkistown Corncrake II Kirkistown 1945–46 County Down Northern Ireland Lodger facilities only during WWII. Satellite airfield from July 1945.
n/a n/a Langham 1942–44 Norfolk England Lodger facilities only.
Lawrenny Ferry Daedalus II n/a 1942–43 Pembrokeshire Wales Riverbank slipway
Lee-on-Solent Ariel
Daedalus		 Lee-on-Solent 1939–1995 Hampshire England
n/a n/a Leuchars ?-1938
1972–78		 Fife Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Leuchars Station
Limavady n/a Limavady 1944
1945–?		 County Londonderry Northern Ireland Lodger facilities during 1944. Naval charge from 1945.
Long Kesh n/a Long Kesh 1944–45 County Antrim Northern Ireland Lodger facilities only.
Lossiemouth Fulmar Lossiemouth 1946–1972 Moray Scotland Now RAF Lossiemouth. RN lodger status 1972–79.
Luce Bay n/a West Freugh 1940–43 Dumfries and Galloway Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now MoD West Freugh
Ludham Flycatcher Ludham 1944–? Norfolk England Farmland/private airstrip
Lympne Buzzard
Daedalus II		 Lympne 1939–1940 Kent England Buzzard - Support of disembarked squadrons, Daedalus II - Technical training of Air Apprentices and Air Fitters
Machrihanish Landrail Machrihanish 1941–46
1951–52		 Argyll & Bute Scotland Now Campbeltown Airport
Macmerry Nighthawk II Macmerry 1945–46 East Lothian Scotland
Manston Manston 1933–35
WW2
1974		 Kent England Used by FAA squadron between 1933 and 1935. Lodger facilities during WW2 and used by 845 Naval Air Squadron briefly during early 1974. Now Manston Airport
Maydown Shrike
Gannet II		 Maydown 1943–45 County Londonderry Northern Ireland
Middle Wallop Flycatcher Middle Wallop 1945–46 Hampshire England Now Middle Wallop Flying Station
Milltown Fulmar II Milltown 1946–1972 Moray Scotland
Milton
Pembroke		 n/a Carew Cheriton
Pembroke		 1914–18 Pembrokeshire Wales
Narborough n/a Narborough Aug 1916-1916 Norfolk England Farmland to NE of RAF Marham
n/a n/a North Coates 1940–41 Lincolnshire England
Nutts Corner Pintail Nutts Corner 1945–46 County Antrim Northern Ireland
n/a n/a Pembroke Dock 1940–41 Pembrokeshire Wales Lodger facilities only.
Peplow Godwit II Peplow 1945–49 Shropshire England
n/a n/a Perranporth 1944 Cornwall England Lodger facilities only.
n/a n/a Peterhead 1942–44 Aberdeenshire Scotland Lodger facilities only.
Portland Osprey Portland 1959–1999 Dorset England Also previously HMS Sarepta
Prestwick Gannet Prestwick 1971–2016 South Ayrshire Scotland Now Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Pulham n/a Pulham 1915-1918 Norfolk England Airship station
Rattray Head
Rattray
Crimond		 Merganser Oct 1944–
Sept 1946		 Aberdeenshire Scotland
Redcar Redcar 1915–1919 North Yorkshire England
Roborough Drake II Roborough 1939–1942
Postwar		 Devon England Now Plymouth City Airport
Ronaldsway Urley Ronaldsway 1944–46 Isle of Man
Sandbanks Daedalus n/a 1940–43 Dorset England
n/a n/a St Davids 1947–1961 Pembrokeshire Wales Used by Airworks Air Direction Training Unit
n/a n/a St Mawgan
Trebelzue		 1954–56 Cornwall England Used by 744 Naval Air Squadron
St Merryn Curlew
Vulure		 1940–1956 Cornwall England
Skaebrae Tern II Skaebrae 1940–? Orkney Scotland Lodger facilities only initially.
n/a n/a Skitten 1940–41 Highland Scotland Lodger facilities only.
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Speke n/a Speke 1942–45 Merseyside England Lodger facilities only initially, housed a RN Air Section. Now Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Stornoway Mentor II Stornoway 1940–41
1943–44		 Western Isles Scotland Seaplanes operated from Stornoway harbour 1940–41. Subsequently, lodger facilities available at RAF Stornoway airfield.
Stretton Blackcap n/a 1942–1958 Cheshire England
Sullom Voe n/a Sullom Voe 1940–41 Shetland Scotland Lodger unit on an RAF seaplane base.
n/a n/a Sumburgh 1941–42 Shetland Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Sumburgh Airport
Tangmere n/a Tangmere 1942–50 West Sussex England Lodger facilities only initially, the Naval Air Fighting Development Unit was present at some point.
Thorney Island n/a Thorney Island 1940–48 West Sussex England Lodger facilities only initially, used by the Naval Air Sea Warfare Development Unit at some point. Now Baker Barracks
Tresco n/a Tresco 1917–19 Isles of Scilly, Cornwall England
n/a n/a Turnhouse 1942–44 City of Edinburgh Scotland Lodger facilities only. Now Edinburgh Airport
Twatt Tern n/a 1941–1957 Orkney Scotland Purpose built by the Admiralty, on books of Sparrowhawk, then independent Command Tern
Walmer n/a Walmer 1917–1918 Kent England Hawkshill Freedown (open land)
Woodvale Ringtail II Woodvale 1942–45
1945–46		 Merseyside England Lodger facilities only initially, satellite airfield postwar.
Worthy Down Kestrel
Ariel		 Worthy Down 1938–39
1939–1950
1952–1960		 Hampshire England Lodger facilities only pre WWII. Now Worthy Down Camp
Zeals Hummingbird Zeals 1945–46 Wiltshire England

Weapons Ranges

List of former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm air weapons ranges (AWR) within the United Kingdom,although FAA aircraft have used other weapons ranges in the UK and abroad, operated by other authorities:Template:Sfn

Name Commissioned RAF RN Years active Current county Country Notes
RNAS Banff n/a RAF Banff 1947-72 Aberdeenshire Scotland Used for simulated bombing by RNAS Lossiemouth units. Unmanned satellite to RNAS Lossiemouth.<ref name="RNAS-Banff">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Royal Navy Aircraft Range Lilstock n/a n/a - 2014 Somerset England Coastal range on Bridgwater Bay, controlled by RNAS Yeovilton. From 1995 the site was reclassified as a helicopter gunnery range only.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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RNAS Tain n/a RAF Tain 1946–72 Highland Scotland Tain Air Weapons Range. Parented by RNAS Lossiemouth, transferred from RAF at the same time. Air-to-ground weapons range on coast next to Tain airfield.
RNAS Treligga Vulture II n/a 1940-55 Cornwall England Fleet Air Arm live firing range & emergency landing ground under control of RNAS St Merryn, then RNAS Culdrose from 1953.

Overseas

Supermarine Walrus at Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda at Boaz Island

This list is of former air stations of the Royal Navy located outside of the British Isles. The list includes airbases wholly operated by the Admiralty and those where lodger facilities from the RAF were granted and operated under a RN Air Section.

RNAS HMS RAF RN Years active Current county Country Notes
Aboukir Nile II Aboukir 1935–42 Template:Flagicon Egypt Lodger facilities for a RN Air Section on RAF Station
Addu Atoll Haitian
Maraga		 Gan 1942-45 Template:Flagicon Maldives Purpose built for the Admiralty. Now Gan International Airport
Andrakaka Ironclad Andrakaka 1942-43 Template:Flagicon Madagascar Captured Vichy French airfield, RN Air Section
Archerfield Nabsford
Nabreekie		 n/a 1945–46 Queensland Template:Flagicon Australia RNAMY Archerfield used for:
TAMY I (Transportable Aircraft Maintenance Yard No. 1)
MONAB VII
Argentia Avalon III n/a 1943–44 Newfoundland Template:Flagicon Canada Lodger facilities for RN Air Section at US Naval Air Station Argentia, now Naval Station Argentia
Bankstown Nabberley n/a 1944–46 New South Wales Template:Flagicon Australia MONAB II. Now Bankstown Airport
Bermuda Template:HMS n/a 1939-44 Sandys Parish Template:Flagicon Bermuda Operated from North Yard of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda on Ireland Island until relocating to Boaz Island in 1940. Care-and-maintenance status by 1945. Disposed of with other Admiralty and War Office land in 1950s
Brunswick Saker n/a 1943-45 Maine Template:Flagicon United States U.S. Naval Air Station loaned to the Admiralty
Coimbatore Garuda n/a 1942–46 Cochin Template:Flagicon British Indian Empire Aircraft Repair Yard. Parent station to: RN Air Section Cochin, RN Air Station Sulur. Now Coimbatore International Airport
Colombo Racecourse Bherunda Colombo Racecourse 1943–45 Colombo Template:Flagicon British Ceylon Now Colombo Racecourse
Dartmouth Seaborn n/a 1940–46 Nova Scotia Template:Flagicon Canada Lodger facilities for an RN air section at an RCAF base only. Now CFB Shearwater
Dekheila Grebe
Nile II		 LG-34/LG-235 1940–46 Template:Flagicon Egypt
Durban Kongoni n/a 1940-46 Durban Template:Flagicon image South Africa R.N. Air Section Durban at S.A.A.F. Station, Stamford Hill
Fayid Phoenix Fayid 1941-46 Template:Flagicon Egypt R.N. Aircraft Repair Yard. RAF station transferred to Admiralty control
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Hal Far Falcon Hal Far 1929–50
1952–67		 Template:Flagicon image Malta
Hastings Spurwing Hastings 1943–44 Template:Flagicon image British Sierra Leone Lodger facilities until 1943
Hiswa Rapax Hiswa Template:Flagicon Aden Protectorate Lodger facility for an RN Air Section on RAF station. Transferred to the Admiralty for development as Royal Naval Air Station
Jervis Bay Nabswick n/a 1945–46 New South Wales Template:Flagicon Australia MONAB V
Kai Tak Nabcatcher
Flycatcher		 Kai Tak 1938–40
1945-78		 Kowloon Bay Template:Flagicon Hong Kong MONAB VIII. Lodger facilities 1948 - 1978
Kaldadarnes Baldur II Kaldadarnes 1943 Template:Flagicon image Iceland Lodger facilities for an RN Air Section
Katukurunda Ukussa Katukurunda 1942-46 Katukurunda Template:Flagicon British Ceylon.<ref>Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association, FAAOA</ref> Transferred from the Royal Air Force in 1942 and returned in 1946. Now Katukurunda Airport
Kilindini Kipanga n/a 1942–44 Mombasa Template:Flagicon Kenya
Komenda Wara Takoradi Oct–Dec 1943 Template:Flagicon Gold Coast Now Takoradi Airport
Lewiston Saker n/a 1943–45 Maine Template:Flagicon United States Now Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport
Mackinnon Road Tana
Kipanga II		 n/a 1942–44 Taita-Taveta Template:Flagicon Kenya Now Mackinnon Road Airport
Maharagama Monara n/a 1943–46 Maharagama Template:Flagicon British Ceylon Royal Naval Air Ceylonese Training Establishment in Maharagama which was later taken over by the National Teachers' Training College.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Maryborough Nabstock n/a 1945–46 Queensland Template:Flagicon Australia MONAB VI
Minnerya n/a Minnerya 1942–46 Template:Flagicon British Ceylon Lodger facilities only. Now Hingurakgoda Airport
Nairobi Korongo n/a 1942-44 Nairobi Template:Flagicon Kenya R.N. Aircraft Repair Yard. Reserve aircraft storage
Norfolk Saker n/a Template:Flagicon United States Lodger facilities at a US Naval Station Norfolk Chambers Field for FAA squadrons and an Air Section.<ref name="RNAirSection-Norfolk">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Nowra Nabbington
Nabswick		 n/a Jan–Nov 1945
1945–1946		 New South Wales Template:Flagicon Australia MONAB I
MONAB V. Now HMAS Albatross (air station)
Palisadoes Malabar III
Buzzard		 n/a 1941–43 Kingston Template:Flagicon Jamaica Now Norman Manley International Airport
Piarco Malabar II
Goshawk		 n/a 1940–46 Template:Flag Now Piarco International Airport
Ponam Nabaron n/a Apr–Nov 1945 Admiralty Islands Template:Flagicon image Papua New Guinea MONAB IV. Former United States Navy airstrip transferred to the RN on loan
Port Reitz Kipanga Port Reitz 1942-44 Mombasa Template:Flagicon Kenya Lodger facilities for an RN Air Section at an RAF station. Now Moi International Airport
Puttalam Rajaliya n/a 1942–45 Puttalam District Template:Flagicon British Ceylon Now SLAF Palavi (Sri Lanka Air Force Palavi).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Quonset Point Asbury n/a 1942–43 Rhode Island Template:Flagicon United States Now Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
Ras el-Tin Point Nile Apr 1939–
Jun 1946		 Alexandria Template:Flagicon Egypt
Schofields Nabthorpe
Nabstock		 n/a Feb–Nov 1945
Nov 1945–June 1946		 New South Wales Template:Flagicon Australia MONAB III
MONAB VI. Now HMAS Nirimba, up for sale.
Sembawang Simbang
Nabrock		 Sembawang 1939-71 Template:Flagicon image Singapore MONAB IX. Now Sembawang Air Base
Sigiriya n/a Sigiriya Template:Flagicon British Ceylon Lodger facilities only. Now Sigiriya Airport
Squantum Saker n/a 1943-44 Norfolk County, Massachusetts Template:Flagicon United States US Naval Air Station Squantum loaned to the Admiralty.<ref name="RNAS-Squantum">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Sulur Vairi n/a 1944-46 Template:Flagicon British Indian Empire Now Sulur Air Force Station
Tafaraouri Cormorant II n/a 1943-44 Template:Flagicon Algeria Lodger facility for an RN Air Section on Twelfth Air Force fighter station. Later Lodger rights for one squadron.<ref name="RNAirSection-Tafaraouri">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation CitationClass=web

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Takali Goldfinch
St Angelo		 Ta Kali 1945–53 Template:Flagicon image Malta 1943 RN Lodger unit, 1944 Transferred to RN on temporary loan in February, 1945 Full control transferred to Admiralty in April
Tambaram Valluru Tambaram 1944–45 Madras Template:Flagicon British Indian Empire Now Tambaram Air Force Station
Tanga Kilele n/a 1942–44 Template:Flagicon image Tanganyika Now Tanga Airport
Trincomalee Bambara China Bay 1940-50 Trincomalee Template:Flagicon British Ceylon Lodger facility for RN Air Section from August 1940. Station transferred to the Admiralty on 15 November 1944 and renamed RNAS Trincomalee. Now China Bay Airport
Vizagapatam n/a Vizagapatam 1944-45 Template:Flagicon British Indian Empire Lodger facilities for an RN Fleet Requirements Unit. Now Visakhapatnam Airport
Voi Tana
Kipanga II		 n/a 1944 Template:Flagicon Kenya Never commissioned
Wingfield Malagas n/a 1942–46 Western Cape Template:Flagicon image South Africa Now SAS Wingfield
Yarmouth Canada
Seaborn		 n/a 1943-45 Nova Scotia Template:Flagicon Canada Lodger facilities for an RN air section at an RCAF base only. RCAF Station Yarmouth

Mobile Naval Air Base

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Unit name Ship's name Commissioned Paid Off Located
MONAB I Template:HMS 28 October 1944 15 November 1945 Nowra, Australia
MONAB II Template:HMS 18 November 1944 31 March 1946 Bankstown, Australia
MONAB III Template:HMS 4 December 1944 15 November 1945 Schofields, New South Wales, Australia
MONAB IV Template:HMS 1 January 1945 10 November 1945

Ponam, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands

MONAB V Template:HMS 1 Feb 1945 18 Mar 1946 Jervis Bay, Australia
MONAB VI Template:HMS 1 Apr 1945 9 Jun 1946 Maryborough, Queensland, Australia
MONAB VII Template:HMS 1 Jun 1945 5 Nov 1945 Meeandah, Brisbane, Australia
MONAB VIII Template:HMS 1 Jul 1945 1 Apr 1947 Kai Tak, Hong Kong
MONAB IX Template:HMS 1 Aug 1945 15 Dec 1945 Sembawang, Singapore
MONAB X Template:HMS 1 Sep1945 12 Oct 1945 Middle Wallop, Hampshire, England
TAMY I Template:HMS 1 Feb 1945 31 Mar 1946 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Former naval air stations by ship name (HMS xxx)

HMS means His Majesty's Ship (or Her Majesty's Ship).

Some smaller and some very early Naval Air Stations in the list above were not commissioned as HM Ship(s). Those below were commissioned and, therefore, have a ship's name. Royal Navy shore bases and naval air stations have traditionally been named in the same manner as seagoing ships.

Officers were appointed to HMS xxx rather than to RNAS xxx and, similarly, ratings' Service Certificates will show only the name of the ship when drafted to a Naval Air Station. Thus, this list may help when researching family history records.Template:Citation needed

HMS Nearest Town County Country Current use
Template:HMS South Wonston Hampshire England
Template:HMS Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire England Solent Airport Daedalus
Template:HMS Winchester Hampshire England
Template:HMS Quonset Point Rhode Island United States Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
Template:HMS Trincomalee Ceylon China Bay Airport
Template:HMS Colombo Ceylon Colombo Racecourse
HMS Blackcap Stretton Cheshire England
HMS Buzzard Lympne Kent England Industrial estate
Template:HMS Palisadoes Kingston Jamaica
HMS Condor Arbroath Angus Scotland RM Condor
HMS Corncrake Ballyhalbert County Down Northern Ireland Housing
HMS Corncrake II Portavogie County Down Northern Ireland Kirkistown Circuit
Template:HMS St Merryn Cornwall England Farmland
Template:HMS Lee-on-the-Solent Hampshire England Solent Airport Daedalus
Template:HMS Lympne Kent England Industrial Estate
Template:HMS Sandbanks Dorset England in Poole Harbour
Template:HMS Lawrenny Pembrokeshire Wales Riverbank slipway
Template:HMS Templecombe Dorset England
Template:HMS Bungay Suffolk England Farmland
HMS Falcon Ħal Far Malta Industrial Estate
Template:HMS Evanton Ross and Cromarty Scotland Industrial Estate
Template:HMS Ludham Norfolk England Farmland/private airstrip
Template:HMS Middle Wallop Hampshire England AAC Middle Wallop
Template:HMS Kai Tak Kowloon Bay Hong Kong Kai Tak Development
Template:HMS Lossiemouth Morayshire Scotland RAF Lossiemouth
Template:HMS Elgin Morayshire Scotland Milltown airfield
Template:HMS Sydenham Belfast Northern Ireland Sydenham Airport 1938–1941, RAF Belfast 1941-1943 and 1973–1978, Belfast City Airport (George Best Belfast City Airport) 1978-present
Template:HMS Bramcote Warwickshire England Gamecock Barracks
Template:HMS Eglinton Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland City of Derry Airport
HMS Gannet Prestwick South Ayrshire Scotland Glasgow Prestwick Airport
Template:HMS Maydown Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Industry
HMS Gannet III Sydenham Belfast Northern Ireland George Best Belfast City Airport
Template:HMS Coimbatore India
Template:HMS Ollerton Shropshire England
HMS Godwit Peplow Shropshire England
Template:HMS Weston-under-Lizard Shropshire England Ground in Weston Park
Template:HMS Angle Pembrokeshire Wales Farmland
Template:HMS Brawdy Pembrokeshire Wales Cawdor Barracks
Template:HMS Dale Pembrokeshire Wales
Template:HMS Brawdy Pembrokeshire Wales Cawdor Barracks
Template:HMS Ta' Qali Malta Park
Template:HMS Piarco Trinidad Piarco International Airport
Template:HMS Alexandria Egypt
Template:HMS Charlton Horethorne Somerset England Farmland
Template:HMS Haldon Hills Devon England
Template:HMS Culham, Abingdon Oxfordshire England Fusion research facility
Template:HMS Beccles Suffolk England Various
Template:HMS Zeals Wiltshire England Farmland
Template:HMS Scapa Flow Orkney Scotland ?
Template:HMS Crail Fife Scotland
Template:HMS Kingsbarns Fife Scotland
Template:HMS Cochin India
Template:HMS South Wonston Hampshire England Worthy Down Camp
Template:HMS Tanga Tanzania
Template:HMS Kilindini Mombasa County Kenya
Template:HMS Mackinnon Road Taita-Taveta County Kenya
Template:HMS Moi International Airport Mombasa County Kenya Moi International Airport
Template:HMS Durban South Africa
Template:HMS Nairobi Kenya
HMS Landrail Machrihanish Argyllshire Scotland Campbeltown Airport
Template:HMS Campbeltown Argyllshire Scotland
HMS Malabar Boaz Island Sandys Parish Bermuda All shore personnel at Bermuda, including RNAS, belonged to the stone frigate HMS Malabar. Operated from North Yard of Royal Naval Dockyard, Bermuda on Ireland Island until relocating to Boaz Island in 1940. Care-and-maintenance status by 1945. Disposed of with other Admiralty and War Office land in 1950s. Housing.
Template:HMS Cape Town Western Cape South Africa Wingfield Aerodrome
Template:HMS Stornoway Outer Hebrides Scotland Stornoway Airport
HMS Merganser Rattray Aberdeenshire Scotland Long range radio station
Template:HMS Donibristle Fife Scotland Dalgety Bay
Template:HMS Ponam Island Papua New Guinea
Template:HMS Bankstown Australia Bankstown Airport
Template:HMS Nowra Australia HMAS Albatross
Template:HMS Kowloon Bay Kowloon Peninsula Hong Kong
Template:HMS Middle Wallop Hampshire England
Template:HMS Pinkenba Brisbane Australia
Template:HMS Sembawang Singapore
Template:HMS Brisbane Queensland Australia Archerfield Airport
Template:HMS Maryborough Queensland Australia
Template:HMS Jervis Bay New South Wales Australia Jervis Bay Airfield
Template:HMS Schofields New South Wales Australia RAAF Station Schofields
Template:HMS Drem East Lothian Scotland Farmland/industry/RAF Drem Museum
Template:HMS Haddington East Lothian Scotland Farmland/industry
Template:HMS Inskip Lancashire England Farmland/industry
Template:HMS Alexandria Egypt Farmland
Template:HMS Anthorn Cumbria England Anthorn Radio Station
HMS Osprey Portland Dorset England Coastguard base
Template:HMS Fearn Ross and Cromarty Scotland
Template:HMS East Haven Angus Scotland
HMS Peregrine Ford West Sussex England
Template:HMS Fayed Ismailia Governorate Egypt
Template:HMS Crumlin Co. Antrim Northern Ireland
Template:HMS Puttalam North Western Province Ceylon
Template:HMS Hiswa Aden Protectorate
Template:HMS Eastleigh Hampshire England Southampton International Airport
Template:HMS Burscough/Ormskirk Lancashire England
Template:HMS Woodvale Merseyside England
Template:HMS Kirkwall Orkney Scotland Kirkwall Airport
HMS Sanderling Abbotsinch Renfrewshire Scotland Glasgow Airport
Template:HMS Quonset Point Rhode Island United States Quonset Point Air National Guard Station
Template:HMS Plaine Magnien Mauritius Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport
Template:HMS Portland Dorset England
Template:HMS Halifax Nova Scotia Canada CFB Shearwater
Template:HMS Ballykelly Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Shackleton Barracks
Template:HMS Ratmalana Western Province Sri Lanka Ratmalana Airport
Template:HMS Maydown Co. Londonderry Northern Ireland Industry
Template:HMS Sembawang Singapore Sembawang Air Base
HMS Siskin Gosport Hampshire England Template:HMS
Template:HMS Kirkwall Orkney Scotland Industrial Estate
HMS Sparrowhawk Halesworth Suffolk England agricultural use
Template:HMS Hastings Western Area Sierra Leone
HMS Tern Twatt Orkney Scotland
Template:HMS Kirkwall Orkney Scotland Industrial Estate
HMS Tern III Dounreay Caithness Scotland Vulcan Naval Reactor Test Establishment
Template:HMS Kalutara Western Province Ceylon Katukurunda Airport
Template:HMS Ronaldsway Isle of Man Isle of Man Airport
Template:HMS Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India Sulur Air Force Station
Template:HMS Madras Madras State India Tambaram Air Force Station
Template:HMS St Merryn Cornwall England Farmland
HMS Vulture II Treligga Cornwall England Farmland
Template:HMS Heathfield South Ayrshire Scotland Housing estate
Template:HMS Sekondi-Takoradi Ghana Takoradi Airport

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