List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations
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This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
The history of the Royal Canadian Air Force begins in 1920, when the air force was created as the Canadian Air Force . In 1924 the CAF was renamed the Royal Canadian Air Force and granted royal sanction by King George V. The RCAF existed as an independent service until 1968...

 (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces
The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces."...

 on February 1, 1968.

Some of the RCAF stations listed in this article link to facility descriptions containing the prefix "CFB" (Canadian Forces Base
Canadian Forces base
A Canadian Forces Base or CFB is a military installation of the Canadian Forces. For a facility to qualify as a Canadian Forces Base, it must station one or more major units .Minor installations are named Canadian Forces Station or CFS A Canadian Forces Base or CFB (French Base des forces...

) or "CFS" (Canadian Forces Station). These facilities were at one time RCAF stations, but changed to CFBs or CFSs following unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968. Most former RCAF stations still in use by the Canadian Forces are still operated by the RCAF (renamed from Air Command or AIRCOM in 2011). During the 1990s, most RCAF squadrons on Canadian Forces Bases were reorganized into "wings" as the primary lodger unit. Consequently, many Canadian Forces Bases used as air force bases are frequently referred to without the prefix CFB, e.g., "CFB Greenwood
CFB Greenwood
Canadian Forces Base Greenwood , commonly referred to as "14 Wing Greenwood" or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora...

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is also referred to as "14 Wing Greenwood", with 14 Wing being the primary lodger unit at CFB Greenwood.

Before 1968, all RCAF facilities followed the naming tradition of the Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed.

Alberta

  • RCAF Station Bowden
  • RCAF Station Calgary
    RCAF Station Calgary
    What is referred to here as RCAF Station Calgary was actually a collection of Royal Canadian Air Force training establishments and other facilities that operated in Calgary, Alberta, Canada from the mid-1930s to the mid-1960s....

  • RCAF Station Claresholm
    RCAF Station Claresholm
    RCAF Station Claresholm was initially a British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station that trained pilots for wartime service. The station was located near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada. No. 15 Service Flying Training School was opened on June 9, 1941, and closed in March 1945. Ansons and Cessna...

  • RCAF Station De Winton
    RCAF Station De Winton
    RCAF Station De Winton was a World War II air training station located south of Calgary, and east of De Winton, Alberta, Canada. The station was built by the Royal Canadian Air Force for use by the Royal Air Force , who established No. 31 Elementary Flying Training School...

  • RCAF Station Edmonton
    CFB Edmonton
    CFB Edmonton is a Canadian Forces base located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is also known as Edmonton Garrison or "Steele Barracks".-History:...

  • RCAF Detachment Edmonton
  • RCAF Station Fort Macleod
    RCAF Station Fort Macleod
    RCAF Station Fort Macleod was a World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan flying training station. Administrative and operational control was the responsibility of the Royal Canadian Air Force . The old station is located south of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.No...


  • RCAF Station High River
    RCAF Station High River
    RCAF Station High River was a station of the Royal Canadian Air Force located at High River, Alberta, Canada.The Canadian Air Board began operating the High River Air Station in January 1921 after having moved the station from Morley, Alberta, where the weather was discovered to be too erratic and...

  • RCAF Station Lethbridge
    Lethbridge County Airport
    Lethbridge County Airport or Lethbridge Airport, , is located south southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It is 10-15 driving minutes from the downtown area and has scheduled service to the Alberta cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA...

  • RCAF Detachment Lethbridge
    Lethbridge County Airport
    Lethbridge County Airport or Lethbridge Airport, , is located south southeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. It is 10-15 driving minutes from the downtown area and has scheduled service to the Alberta cities of Calgary and Edmonton. The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA...

  • RCAF Station Pearce
    RCAF Station Pearce
    RCAF Station Pearce or RCAF Aerodrome Pearce or BCATP Station Pearce, was a Second World War training air station of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan . It was located northeast of Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada....

  • RCAF Station Penhold
  • RCAF Station Vulcan
    RCAF Station Vulcan
    RCAF Station Vulcan, also referred to as RCAF Aerodrome Vulcan, was a Second World War flying training station located southwest of the town of Vulcan, Alberta, Canada. It was one station of many that were established in Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan.The Vulcan aerodrome...

  • RCAF Station Wainwright
    CFB Wainwright
    Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, commonly referred to as CFB Wainwright is a Canadian Forces Base located in Denwood, Alberta, adjacent to the town of Wainwright.-Military Camp Wainwright:...



British Columbia

  • RCAF Station Abbotsford
    Abbotsford International Airport
    Abbotsford International Airport is located in the City of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, southwest of the city centre.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency...

  • RCAF Station Alliford Bay
  • RCAF Station Bella Bella
  • RCAF Station Boundary Bay
    Boundary Bay Airport
    Boundary Bay Airport is located beside Boundary Bay and east of Ladner in Delta, British Columbia, Canada, south of Vancouver and close to the U.S. border. The airport, which opened 11 July 1983, serves mostly general aviation and includes facilities for aircraft maintenance, flight training,...

  • RCAF Station Coal Harbour
  • RCAF Station Comox
    CFB Comox
    Canadian Forces Base Comox , commonly referred to as CFB Comox, is a Canadian Forces Base located north northeast of Comox, British Columbia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora...

  • RCAF Station Jericho Beach
    RCAF Station Jericho Beach
    RCAF Station Jericho Beach, originally known as the Jericho Beach Air Station, was one of the first Canadian air stations opened by the Canadian Air Board. Jericho Beach is located in Vancouver, British Columbia....


  • RCAF Station Patricia Bay
    Victoria International Airport
    Victoria International Airport serves Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. It is north northwest of the city, in North Saanich, quite close to the town of Sidney on the Saanich Peninsula...

  • RCAF Station Port Hardy
  • RCAF Station Prince Rupert
  • RCAF Station Sea Island
    RCAF Station Sea Island
    RCAF Station Sea Island began as a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station. No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School began operation here on July 22, 1940...

  • RCAF Station Tofino
    RCAF Station Tofino
    When Japan entered the Second World War the emphasis shifted from Europe to the Pacific Ocean. On Vancouver Island we had a sea plane base at Patricia Bay. The RCAF, due to the threat of Japanese incendiary balloons established an airfield at Tofino BC. First access was by logging road and water...

  • RCAF Station Terrace
  • RCAF Station Ucluelet


Manitoba

  • RCAF Station Brandon
    Brandon Airport
    Brandon Airport or Brandon Municipal Airport , also known as McGill Field, is a municipal airport located north of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada....

  • RCAF Station Carberry
    RCAF Station Carberry
    RCAF Station Carberry was a Second World War air training station located near Carberry, Manitoba, Canada. The Royal Air Force , opened No. 33 Service Flying Training School here in December 1940...

  • RCAF Station Dauphin
  • RCAF Station Gimli
    RCAF Station Gimli
    RCAF Station Gimli was an air station of the Royal Canadian Air Force located near Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.On September 6, 1943, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan established No. 18 Service Flying Training School to train aircrew for Second World War operations using the Avro Anson. No...

  • RCAF Station Macdonald
    RCAF Station Macdonald
    RCAF Station Macdonald was a World War II air training station located forty miles northwest of Portage La Prairie, Manitoba. The station was built by the Royal Canadian Air Force as a satellite facility of #14 Elementary Flying Training School, located at Portage La Prairie.Owing to its close...

  • RCAF Station Neepawa

  • RCAF Station Paulson
  • RCAF Station Portage La Prairie
    Portage La Prairie/Southport Airport
    Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport, , is located adjacent to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. It is the Southport Aerospace Centre, a commercial-industrial centre.. It is now commercially operated. It was formerly Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie....

  • RCAF Station Rivers, Canadian Joint Air Training Command (CJATC) New Sarum
  • RCAF Station Souris
    RCAF Station Souris
    RCAF Station Souris was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station located near Souris, Manitoba, Canada. It was operated and administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force ....

  • RCAF Station Virden
    RCAF Station Virden
    RCAF Station Virden was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan flying training station located north of Virden, Manitoba, Canada. It was operated and administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is now the site of Virden/R.J. Andrew Field Regional Aerodrome.Virden hosted...

  • RCAF Station Winnipeg
    CFB Winnipeg
    Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg , is a Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Co-located at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CFB Winnipeg is home to many flight operations support divisions, as well as several training schools...

  • RCAF Detachment Winnipeg


New Brunswick

  • RCAF Station Chatham
    CFB Chatham
    Canadian Forces Base Chatham or CFB Chatham was a Canadian Forces Base located immediately south of the town of Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada. Parts are now operating as Miramichi Municipal Airport since 1974 with a partial runway available .From 1970 until 1985 Chatham had a Base Rescue Flight...

  • RCAF Station Moncton
    Greater Moncton International Airport
    Greater Moncton International Airport or Moncton/Greater Moncton International Airport is located in the city of Dieppe east northeast of downtown Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada...


  • RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge
    RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge
    RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge was a Royal Canadian Air Force training base located in coastal Charlotte County, New Brunswick in the hamlet of Pennfield Ridge....

  • RCAF Station Saint John
  • RCAF Station Scoudoc


Nova Scotia

  • RCAF Station Dartmouth
    CFB Shearwater
    Canadian Forces Base Shearwater , commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater, was a Canadian Forces Base located in Shearwater, Nova Scotia on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality....

  • RCAF Station Debert
    CFS Debert
    Canadian Forces Station Debert was a Canadian Forces station located in Debert, Nova Scotia. It was most recently used during the Cold War as a communications facility and was home to a "Regional Emergency Government Headquarters" complex.Originally this facility was developed with an airfield...

  • RCAF Station Greenwood
    CFB Greenwood
    Canadian Forces Base Greenwood , commonly referred to as "14 Wing Greenwood" or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora...

  • RCAF Station Halifax
  • RCAF Station Stanley
  • RCAF Station Maitland

  • RCAF Station Shelburne
  • RCAF Station Sydney
  • RCAF Station Yarmouth
  • Sydney River Base (Sydney River, Nova Scotia
    Sydney River, Nova Scotia
    Sydney River is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.- Location :The community is located at the southern end of Sydney Harbour's South Arm at the mouth of the Sydney River, from which it derives its name.Sydney River is at the interchange between Highway 125 and Trunk....

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  • Kelly Beach (North Sydney, Nova Scotia
    North Sydney, Nova Scotia
    North Sydney is a community in Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality.Located on the north side of Sydney Harbour, along the eastern coast of Cape Breton Island, North Sydney is an important port in Atlantic Canada as it is the western terminus of the Marine Atlantic ferry service...

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Ontario

  • RCAF Detachment Alliston
    RCAF Detachment Alliston
    Royal Canadian Air Force Detachment Alliston was opened in July 1940 near the village of Alliston, Ontario , this small aerodrome served as the No. 2 Relief Landing Field for No. 1 Service Flying Training School of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, located at RCAF Station Camp Borden...

  • RCAF Detachment Armstrong Station
    CFS Armstrong
    Canadian Forces Station Armstrong is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of Armstrong, Ontario. It was closed in 1974.It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network controlled by NORAD.-Origins:...

  • RCAF Station Aylmer
    RCAF Station Aylmer
    RCAF Station Aylmer was a Royal Canadian Air Force training base that was established on July 3, 1941 just north-east of Aylmer, Ontario, Canada. It was one of many built across Canada under the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan during World War II....

  • RCAF Station Arnprior
    Arnprior/South Renfrew Municipal Airport
    Arnprior/South Renfrew Municipal Airport or Arnprior Airport, , is a registered aerodrome located south of the town of Arnprior, Ontario, Canada directly behind Arnprior Aerospace Inc. ....

  • RCAF Station Belleville
  • RCAF Station Brantford
    Brantford Airport
    Brantford Airport , also known as Brantford Municipal Airport, is a registered aerodrome located west southwest of the City of Brantford, in The County of Brant, Ontario, Canada. Brantford Flight Centre is the fixed base operator run by the Brantford Flying Club, and provides flight training,...

  • RCAF Station Camp Borden
    CFB Borden
    Canadian Forces Base Borden is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CFB Borden is the largest training facility in the Canadian Forces...

  • RCAF Station Clinton
    CFB Clinton
    Canadian Forces Base Clinton was a Canadian Forces Base located near Clinton, Ontario.-History:Established by the Royal Air Force as RAF Station Clinton in 1941, the base hosted the No. 31 Radio Direction Finding School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan .In July 1943, No. 31...

  • RCAF Station Deseronto
    Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport
    Tyendinaga Airport is a registered aerodrome that is open to the public and caters mainly to general aviation. The aerodrome is located southwest of Tyendinaga, Ontario, Canada, north of the Bay of Quinte between Kingston and Belleville.-History:...

  • RCAF Station Dunnville
    Dunnville Airport
    Dunnville Airport, , is a registered aerodrome located south of Dunnville, Ontario, Canada. It was first built as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan and was home to No.6 Service Flying Training School. There is a museum at the airport commemorating the training school.-External...

  • RCAF Detachment Edenvale
  • RCAF Station Edgar
    RCAF Station Edgar
    RCAF Station Edgar was part of the Pinetree Line of radar stations and was located at Edgar, Ontario Canada, about 20 kilometres northeast of Barrie. Built in 1952, the site was home to the 31st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron and was operational in its intended role between 1952 and 1964...

  • RCAF Station Fingal
    RCAF Station Fingal
    RCAF Station Fingal was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan station located near Fingal, Ontario, Canada. It was operated and administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force ....

  • RCAF Detachment Gananoque
    RCAF Detachment Gananoque
    RCAF Detachment Gananoque was a relief landing field for the Royal Air Force's No. 31 Service Flying Training School located at Kingston during the Second World War. The airfield was located north of Gananoque, Ontario, Canada...

  • RCAF Station Guelph
  • RCAF Station Hagersville

  • RCAF Station Hamilton
    RCAF Station Hamilton
    RCAF Station Hamilton was a station of the Royal Canadian Air Force located at Mount Hope, Ontario, Canada, south of the City of Hamilton.During the Second World War, it was a base for the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, teaching pilots from allied commonwealth nations the art of combat...

  • RCAF Station Jarvis
  • RCAF Detachment Kapuskasing
  • RCAF Station Kingston
    RCAF Station Kingston
    RCAF Station Kingston was a Second World War air training station built in 1940 at Collins Bay near Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The station was originally built by the Royal Canadian Air Force for use by the Royal Air Force . Like other RAF schools in Canada, it was subject to RCAF administrative...

  • RCAF Station Leaside
    Leaside Aerodrome
    Leaside Aerodrome was an airport in the Town of Leaside, Ontario . It opened in 1917 as a Royal Flying Corps airfield during the First World War....

  • RCAF Station London
    London International Airport
    London International Airport or London Airport is located northeast of the city of London, Ontario, Canada.In 2009, the airport handled 501,835 passengers, and, in 2010, was the 9th busiest in Canada in terms of aircraft movements, with 141,001. Air Canada, Air Canada Express, United Express ,...

  • RCAF Detachment Malton
  • RCAF Station Mountain View
  • RCAF Detachment North Bay
    North Bay/Jack Garland Airport
    North Bay Airport or North Bay/Jack Garland Airport in North Bay, Ontario, Canada is located at Hornell Heights, north-northeast of the city. The airport serves as a North American Aerospace Defense Command base....

  • RCAF Station Oshawa
    RCAF Station Oshawa
    RCAF Station Oshawa was a training station of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan located near Oshawa, Ontario, Canada.The No. 20 Elementary Flying Training School was located in Oshawa from June 1941 to December 1944. Student flyers used Tiger Moth aircraft and were trained by civilian...

  • RCAF Station Pendleton
    Pendleton Airport
    Pendleton Airport, , is located northwest of Pendleton, Ontario, Canada, east of Ottawa. The airfield is currently operated by the Gatineau Gliding Club.-History:...

  • RCAF Station Picton
    CFB Picton
    Canadian Forces Base Picton was a military installation located in Picton, Ontario. The base was active from the Second World War to 1969 and served the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Canadian Army. Today the site functions as the Picton Airport.-Second World War:The base at Picton...

  • RCAF Station Port Albert
  • RCAF Station Rockcliffe
    CFB Rockcliffe
    Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe is a former Canadian Forces Base located in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario, now used for Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum....

  • RCAF Station Trenton
    CFB Trenton
    Canadian Forces Base Trenton , is a Canadian Forces base located northeast of Trenton, Ontario. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is the hub for air transport operations in Canada and abroad...

  • RCAF Station Uplands


Prince Edward Island

  • RCAF Station Charlottetown
    RCAF Station Charlottetown
    RCAF Station Charlottetown was a Royal Canadian Air Force station located in Sherwood, Prince Edward Island. Today's Charlottetown Airport maintains a remnant of the base's runways near its general aviation terminal, however all buildings and most infrastructure from the base has been...

  • RCAF Station Mount Pleasant
    RCAF Station Mount Pleasant
    RCAF Station Mount Pleasant was a Royal Canadian Air Force station in Mount Pleasant, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Two of its runways remain in use by members of the Experimental Aircraft Association....


  • RCAF Station Summerside
    CFB Summerside
    Canadian Forces Base Summerside was an air force base located in St. Eleanors, Prince Edward Island, Canada, now part of the city of Summerside.-RCAF Station Summerside:...



Quebec

  • RCAF Station Bagotville
    CFB Bagotville
    Canadian Forces Base Bagotville , commonly referred to as CFB Bagotville, is a Canadian Forces Base located west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay, Quebec. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CF-18 Hornet...

  • RCAF Station Parent
  • RCAF Station Gaspé
  • RCAF Station Lachine
    RCAF Station Lachine
    RCAF Station Lachine was a Royal Canadian Air Force station located near Lachine and Dorval, Quebec, Canada, to the west of Montreal. The location of the station was Dorval Airport, which became the Montréal-Dorval International Airport .RCAF Station Lachine began operation in 1941 as a transit...

  • RCAF Station Mont-Joli
    Mont-Joli Airport
    -External links:...

  • RCAF Station Montreal

  • RCAF Station Sept-Iles
  • RCAF Station St Hubert
    RCAF Station St Hubert
    Canadian Forces Base St. Hubert was a Canadian Forces Base in the town of Saint-Hubert, Quebec. The base was closed in 1997, but the site is still active and under the administration of CFB Montreal. 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron operates from the former base's airfield.-History:RCAF Station St...

  • RCAF Station St Jean
  • RCAF Station Victoriaville
  • RCAF Detachment Montreal
  • RCAF Detachment Megantic


Saskatchewan

  • RCAF Station Assiniboia
    RCAF Station Assiniboia
    RCAF Station Assiniboia was a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan flying training station located near Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was operated and administered by the Royal Canadian Air Force ....

  • RCAF Station Caron
  • RCAF Station Dafoe
    RCAF Station Dafoe
    RCAF Station Dafoe was a Second World War Royal Canadian Air Force station located near Dafoe, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station was home to the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan's No. 5 Bomber and Gunnery School. The school opened January 1941 and closed January 1945...

  • RCAF Station Davidson
  • RCAF Station Estevan
  • RCAF Station Moose Jaw
    CFB Moose Jaw
    Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw , commonly referred to as 15 Wing Moose Jaw and CFB Moose Jaw, is a Canadian Forces Base located south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan...

  • RCAF Station Mossbank
    RCAF Station Mossbank
    RCAF Station Mossbank was home to No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School, a Second World War British Commonwealth Air Training Plan training facility located near Mossbank, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was similar to the gunnery school at Dafoe Saskatchewan. The proximity to a lake was important since the...


  • RCAF Station North Battleford
    North Battleford (Cameron McIntosh) Airport
    North Battleford Airport, , is located east of North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. The airport is named after Cameron Ross McIntosh, previously the airport was the site of RCAF Station North Battleford...

  • RCAF Station Prince Albert
  • RCAF Station Regina
  • RCAF Station Saskatoon
    RCAF Station Saskatoon
    RCAF Station Saskatoon was a World War II British Commonwealth Air Training Plan base operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force . It was located at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada....

  • RCAF Station Swift Current
    Swift Current Airport
    Swift Current Regional Airport is located east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada. This airport had scheduled service throughout the 1950s and '60s. At the moment , it has no scheduled service, but plans for expansion have recently been accepted. In its current state, the largest aircraft it...

  • RCAF Station Yorkton
    Yorkton Municipal Airport
    Yorkton Municipal Airport, , is located north of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.-History:During World War II Yorkton Airport was home to No. 23 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 11 Service Flying Training School - both schools being a part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan...

  • RCAF Station Weyburn
    Weyburn Airport
    Weyburn Airport, , is located northeast of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.During World War II the aerodrome was constructed in 1941 as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan graduated 1,055 pilots and recorded more than 180,000 hours of flight time over the before being abandoned in...



Alaska

  • Annette Island Army Airfield
    Annette Island
    Annette Island, or Taak'w Aan, is an island in Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago of the Pacific Ocean on the southeastern coast of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is at . It is about long and about wide. The land area is...

  • Cape Field at Fort Glenn
    Cape Field at Fort Glenn
    Cape Field at Fort Glenn also known as Umnak Airport, is a site significant for its role in World War II fighting. It "provided aerial defensive cover for the U.S...

     (Umnak)
  • Chiniak
    Chiniak, Alaska
    Chiniak is a census-designated place in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, United States. The population was 50 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Chiniak is located at ....

  • Elmendorf Army Airfield
    Elmendorf Air Force Base
    Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson is a United States military facility adjacent to Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. It is an amalgamation of the former United States Air Force Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010.-Overview:The...

     (Anchorage)

  • Kiska Army Airfield
    Kiska
    Kiska is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska located at . It is about long and varies in width from - Discovery :...

  • Marks Air Force Base
    Nome Airport
    Nome Airport is a state-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles west of the central business district of Nome, a city in the Nome Census Area of the U.S...

     (Nome)
  • Naval Air Station Adak
    Adak Airport
    -Top Destinations:-See also:* Alaska World War II Army AirfieldsAmerican airlines Boeing 777-200 From Dallas Fort Worth Airport enroute to Tokyo Narita diverted to Adak Airport Due to A fire Warning in the cargo hold.-References:...

  • Naval Air Station Kodiak
    Integrated Support Command Kodiak
    Base Support Unit Kodiak is the host command for a large shore installation of the United States Coast Guard, located in Kodiak, Alaska. The largest tenant unit on the base is Air Station Kodiak. It is also the home port for several cutters...



Newfoundland

  • Botwood
    Botwood, Newfoundland and Labrador
    Northwest: Point LeamingtonNorth: Northern ArmNortheast: Bay of Exploits, Burnt Arm, LaurencetonWest: Division No. 6, Subd. CBotwoodEast: Bay of Exploits, Division No. 6, Subd. A...

  • Gander
    Gander International Airport
    Gander International Airport is located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and is currently run by the Gander Airport Authority. Canadian Forces Base Gander shares the airfield but is a separate entity from the airport.-Early years and prominence:...


  • Torbay
    St. John's International Airport
    St. John's International Airport is an international airport located northwest of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that serves the St. John's Metro Area and the Avalon Peninsula. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by St...

  • Stephenville


England

  • RAF Acklington
    RAF Acklington
    The former Royal Air Force Station Acklington, commonly known as RAF Acklington, was a Royal Air Force airfield airbase situated near Acklington, in Northumberland, England....

  • RAF Andover
    RAF Andover
    Andover Airfield is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station. The ICAO code for the airfield is EGWA and the IATA code is ADV...

  • RAF Ashford
    RAF Ashford
    RAF Station Ashford is a former World War II airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located approximately west of Ashford; about southeast of London...

  • RAF Baginton
    Coventry Airport
    Coventry Airport is located south southeast of Coventry city centre, in the village of Baginton, Warwickshire, England, and about outside Coventry boundaries...

  • RAF Balderton
    RAF Balderton
    thumb|Douglas C-47A of the 84th Troop Carrier Squadron.thumb|Douglas C-47A-80-DL Serial 43-15159 of the 94th Troop Carrier Squadron in Normady Invasion Markings.RAF Balderton was a World War II airfield in England...

  • RAF Bassingbourn
    RAF Bassingbourn
    RAF Bassingbourn is a former military airbase located in Cambridgeshire approximately north of Royston, Hertfordshire and south west of Cambridge. During World War II it served first as an RAF station and then as a bomber base of the U.S. Eighth Air Force...

  • RAF Beaulieu
    RAF Beaulieu
    RAF Station Beaulieu was a World War II airfield in the New Forest, Hampshire, England. It was also known as Beaulieu airfield, Beaulieu aerodrome and USAAF Station AAF 408...

  • RAF Biggin Hill
    London Biggin Hill Airport
    London Biggin Hill Airport is an airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south southeast of Central London, United Kingdom...

  • RAF Bircham Newton
    RAF Bircham Newton
    RAF Bircham Newton was a Royal Air Force airfield in the west of the county of Norfolk in the United Kingdom, eight miles west of Fakenham.-History:...

  • RAF Blakehill Farm
    RAF Blakehill Farm
    RAF Blakehill Farm was an RAF base situated in Wiltshire, England. The station was opened in 1944 as a base for transport aircraft of No. 46 Group Transport Command. In 1948 the airfield was a satellite of RAF South Cerney and used by training aircraft before the airfield closed in 1952 and was...

  • RAF Bournemouth
  • RAF Bradwell Bay
  • RAF Burn
    RAF Burn
    RAF Burn was a Second World War air station located southwest of Selby and immediately east of Burn in North Yorkshire, England.The airfield was opened in 1942 and first hosted No. 431 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force as part of 4 Group RAF Bomber Command. No. 431 Squadron flew Wellington Mark X...

  • RAF Castle Camps
    RAF Castle Camps
    -World War II:RAF Castle Camps was listed as being in Cambridgeshire as it is close to its namesake Cambridgeshire village. It is very near the Suffolk border and the airfield straddled the Essex and Cambridgeshire county border. Construction of the station was started in September 1939...

  • RAF Catterick
    RAF Catterick
    RAF Catterick is a former Royal Air Force airfield located near Catterick, North Yorkshire in England.-History:Catterick airfield first opened in 1914 as a Royal Flying Corps aerodrome with the role of training pilots and to assist in the defence of the North East of England...

  • RAF Charmy Down
    RAF Charmy Down
    RAF Station Charmy Down is a former World War II airfield in Somerset, England. The airfield is located approximately north-northeast of Bath; about west of London...

  • RAF Chivenor
    Royal Marines Base Chivenor
    Royal Marines Base Chivenor is a British military base used primarily by the Royal Marines. It is situated on the northern shore of the Taw estuary, adjacent to the South West Coast Path, on the north coast of Devon, England....

  • RAF Coleby Grange
  • RAF Colerne
    RAF Colerne
    RAF Colerne now known as Colerne Airfield or AEF Colerne is a former World War II RAF Fighter Command and Bomber Command airfield located on the outskirts of the village of Colerne, Wiltshire...

  • RAF Croft
    RAF Croft
    RAF Croft, known locally as Croft Aerodrome or Neasham, opened in 1941 and served as a Second World War RAF Bomber Command station. In 1943, Croft became a sub-station of RAF Middleton St. George which was allocated to No. 6 Group, Royal Canadian Air Force . After the RCAF left in 1945, Croft saw...

  • RAF Croydon
    Croydon Airport
    Croydon Airport was an airport in South London which straddled the boundary between what are now the London boroughs of Croydon and Sutton. It was the main airport for London before it was replaced by Northolt Aerodrome, London Heathrow Airport and London Gatwick Airport...

  • RAF Dalton
    RAF Dalton
    RAF Dalton was an airfield used by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. It was a satellite or sub-station of nearby RAF Topcliffe and actually nearer to the village of Topcliffe than the station so named.-History:...

  • RAF Davidstow Moor
    RAF Davidstow Moor
    RAF Davidstow Moor was an airbase at Davidstow near Camelford in Cornwall, United Kingdom from late 1942 until 1945. Despite a few periods of intense activity it was one of Coastal Command's less-used airfields.-History:...

  • RAF Debden
    RAF Debden
    RAF Debden is a former RAF airfield in England. The field is located 3 miles SE of Saffron Walden and approximately 1 mile north of the village of Debden in North Essex.-RAF Fighter Command:...

  • RAF Digby
    RAF Digby
    RAF Digby is a Royal Air Force station which, since March 2005, has been operated by the Ministry of Defence's Joint Service Signals Organisation, part of the Intelligence Collection Group. Formerly a training and fighter airfield, it is currently a tri-service military signals installation located...

  • RAF Dishforth
    RAF Dishforth
    Dishforth Airfield is a Royal Air Force/British Army station in North Yorkshire, England. It is currently an Army Air Corps helicopter base and a Relief Landing Ground for RAF Linton-on-Ouse. It is located next to the A1 at Junction 49 with the A168. Dishforth airfield is built over part of the...

  • RAF Docking
    RAF Docking
    RAF Docking was a RAF Station of the Second World War a few miles from Bircham Newton in Norfolk.It was a satellite airfield for the RAF Coastal Command station at RAF Bircham Newton and was mostly used for overflow from there....

  • RAF Down Ampney
    RAF Down Ampney
    RAF Down Ampney was a Royal Air Force station near Cricklade, Gloucestershire during World War II from February 1944 to February 1947.Down Ampney was part of a group of 3 airfields with RAF Broadwell and RAF Blakehill Farm dedicated to air transportation....

  • RAF Driffield
    RAF Driffield
    RAF Driffield was a Royal Air Force station situated near Driffield in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Situated between Kelleythorpe and Eastburn on the A614 road, there stands an aerodrome. In recent times, it was known as Alamein Barracks and used as an Army driving school...

  • RAF Dunsfold
    Dunsfold Aerodrome
    Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey, England, near the village of Cranleigh, was built by the Canadian Army and civilian contractors as a Class A Bomber Airfield for Army Co-operation Command...

  • RAF East Moor
    RAF East Moor
    RAF East Moor was a Royal Air Force air station operated by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The station was located near Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, UK and was a sub-station of RAF Linton-on-Ouse.-History:...

  • RAF Eastchurch
    RAF Eastchurch
    RAF Eastchurch was a Royal Air Force station near Eastchurch village in the English County of Kent. The history of aviation at Eastchurch stretches back to the first decade of the 20th century when it was used as an airfield by members of the Royal Aero Club...

  • RAF Exeter
    Exeter International Airport
    Exeter International Airport is an airport located at Clyst Honiton in the District of East Devon close to the city of Exeter and within the county of Devon, South West England....

  • RAF Ford
  • RAF Friston
  • RAF Funtington
  • RAF Gatwick
    London Gatwick Airport
    Gatwick Airport is located 3.1 miles north of the centre of Crawley, West Sussex, and south of Central London. Previously known as London Gatwick,In 2010, the name changed from London Gatwick Airport to Gatwick Airport...

  • RAF Gransden Lodge
    Gransden Lodge Airfield
    Gransden Lodge Airfield is a former wartime airfield from Cambridge, England.The Cambridge Gliding Centre moved to Gransden Lodge in October 1991, having previously shared Duxford Airfield with the Imperial War Museum Duxford-RAF Gransden Lodge:...

  • RAF Gravesend
    Gravesend Airport
    Gravesend Airport, located to the east of the town of Gravesend, Kent, England operated from 1932 until 1956. It was initially a civil airfield, and became a Royal Air Force station shortly after opening.-Civil operation:...

  • RAF Hartford Bridge
    RAF Blackbushe
    RAF Blackbushe was a Royal Air Force station in Hampshire, England, during World War II. It is now known as Blackbushe Airport.-History:The station was opened on 1 November 1942 as RAF Hartford Bridge and it was used throughout the remainder of Second World War for reconnaissance, defence and...

  • RAF Harrowbeer
    RAF Harrowbeer
    RAF Harrowbeer was a World War II Royal Air Force airfield situated in the parish of Buckland Monachorum, Devon in the UK.-Location:RAF Harrowbeer was located approximately nine miles NNE of the city of Plymouth and approximately six miles south of Tavistock, and also sits within the boundary of...

  • RAF Halton
    RAF Halton
    RAF Halton is one of the largest Royal Air Force stations in the United Kingdom, located near the village of Halton near Wendover, Buckinghamshire.HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Halton.-History:...

  • RAF Hawkinge
    RAF Hawkinge
    RAF Hawkinge was an airfield in Kent, near to the south coast and the closest airfield to the French coast.It took part in the Battle of Britain and it was home to No. 79 Squadron RAF. After the war, the station hosted the Home Command Gliding Centre, and is fondly remembered by many Air Cadets as...

  • RAF Headcorn
    RAF Headcorn
    RAF Headcorn was a World War II airfield in Kent, England. The airfield was located approximately east-northeast of Headcorn; about southeast of London...

  • RAF High Post
  • RAF Holmsley South
    RAF Holmsley South
    RAF Station Holmsley South is a former World War II airfield in Hampshire, England. The airfield is located approximately northeast of Christchurch; about southwest of London...

  • RAF Hornchurch
    RAF Hornchurch
    RAF Hornchurch was an airfield in the south of Hornchurch in what is now the London Borough of Havering. Known as Sutton's Farm during the First World War, it occupied of the farm of the same name and was situated east north-east of Charing Cross...

  • RAF Horne
  • RAF Hunsdon
    Hunsdon Airfield
    Hunsdon Airfield is a largely defunct airfield near Hunsdon, Hertfordshire , England. The airfield was operational between 1941 and 1945.- History :...


  • RAF Hurn
    RAF Hurn
    RAF Station Hurn is a former World War II airfield in Dorset, England. The airfield is located approximately north east of Christchurch; about southwest of LondonOpened in 1941, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Force...

  • RAF Kenley
    RAF Kenley
    The former Royal Air Force Station Kenley, more commonly known as RAF Kenley was a station of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I and the RAF in World War II. It is located near Kenley, London, England.-History:...

  • RAF Lashenden
  • RAF Leeming
    RAF Leeming
    RAF Leeming is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire, UK.HRH The Duchess of Cornwall is the Honorary Air Commodore of RAF Leeming. The Station Commander is Group Captain Anthony Innes....

  • RAF Lindholme
    RAF Lindholme
    RAF Lindholme is a former Royal Air Force base near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England and was initially called RAF Hatfield Woodhouse.-Early years:...

  • RAF Linton-on-Ouse
    RAF Linton-on-Ouse
    RAF Linton-on-Ouse is a Royal Air Force station at Linton-on-Ouse near York in Yorkshire, England. It is currently a major flying training centre, one of the RAF's busiest airfields...

  • RAF Lympe
  • RAF Manston
    RAF Manston
    RAF Manston was an RAF station in the north-east of Kent, at on the Isle of Thanet from 1916 until 1996. The site is now split between a commercial airport Kent International Airport and a continuing military use by the Defence Fire Training and Development Centre , following on from a long...

  • RAF Martlesham Heath
    RAF Martlesham Heath
    RAF Martlesham Heath is a former Royal Air Force airfield in England. The field is located 1½ miles SW of Woodbridge, Suffolk.- RFC/RAF prewar use:Martlesham Heath was first used as a Royal Flying Corps airfield during World War I...

  • RAF Merston
  • RAF Middle Wallop
    Army Air Corps Middle Wallop
    Army Air Corps Middle Wallop is a British Army base near the Hampshire village of Middle Wallop. The base hosts 2 Regiment Army Air Corps and the School of Army Aviation. The role of 2 Regiment is training and so AAC Middle Wallop is the base where most Army Air Corps pilots begin their careers...

  • RAF Middleton St. George
    RAF Middleton St. George
    RAF Middleton St. George was a Royal Air Force Bomber Command station during World War II. It was located in County Durham, five miles east of Darlington, England....

  • RAF Mildenhall
    RAF Mildenhall
    RAF Mildenhall is a Royal Air Force station located at Mildenhall in Suffolk, England. Despite its status as an RAF station, it primarily supports United States Air Force operations and is currently the home of the 100th Air Refueling Wing...

  • RAF Molesworth
    RAF Molesworth
    RAF Molesworth is a Royal Air Force station located near Molesworth, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom with a history dating back to 1917.Its runway and flight line facilities were closed in 1973 and demolished to support ground-launched cruise missile operations in the early 1980s...

  • RAF North Coates
  • RAF North Luffenham
    RAF North Luffenham
    RAF North Luffenham was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, 1940 - 1998. It is near to the villages of Edith Weston and North Luffenham....

  • RAF North Weald
    North Weald Airfield
    North Weald Airfield is an operational airfield, near the village of North Weald Bassett in Epping Forest, Essex, England. It was an important fighter station during the Battle of Britain, when it was known as the RAF Station RAF North Weald. It is the home of North Weald Airfield Museum...

  • RAF Odiham
    RAF Odiham
    RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the historic small village of Odiham in Hampshire, England. It is the home of the Royal Air Force's heavy lift helicopter, the Chinook HC2, HC2A and HC3...

  • RAF Old Sarum
    Old Sarum Airfield
    Old Sarum Airfield is located north northeast of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.The aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee . The aerodrome is not licensed for night use.The site is a...

  • RAF Penshurst
  • RAF Perranporth
    RAF Perranporth
    RAF Perranporth was an RAF airfield situated near Perranporth, Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The 330 acre airfield was built as an RAF Spitfire station in World War II in 1941 and is situated on Cligga cliffs in the north of Cornwall....

  • RAF Pocklington
    RAF Pocklington
    RAF Pocklington was an operational flying station of the Royal Air Force during World War II, forming part of Bomber command, and operating primarily Wellington and Halifax bombers. The station, adjacent to the village of Pocklington at , opened in 1941, and was closed in 1946...

  • RAF Portreath
    RRH Portreath
    RRH Portreath is a Remote Radar Head operated by the Royal Air Force. It is situated at Nancekuke Common on the clifftops to the north of Portreath beach and southwest of Porthtowan in Cornwall...

  • RAF Predannack
    Predannack Airfield
    Predannack Airfield is situated near Mullion on Cornwall's Lizard Peninsula in the United Kingdom. The runways are operated by the Royal Navy and today it is used as a satellite airfield and relief landing ground for nearby RNAS Culdrose.-World War II:...

  • RAF Redhill
    Redhill Aerodrome
    Redhill Aerodrome is located southeast of Redhill, Surrey, England, in green belt land.Redhill Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee .-Early history:The airfield came into use in the...

  • RAF Scorton
    RAF Scorton
    RAF Scorton was a satellite station of RAF Catterick during World War II. It was located near the village of Scorton in North Yorkshire, England...

  • RAF Skipton-on-Swale
    RAF Skipton-on-Swale
    RAF Skipton-on-Swale was a Royal Air Force air station operated by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The station was located at Skipton-on-Swale four miles west of Thirsk , North Yorkshire, England. The village of Sandhutton is located just to the east...

  • RAF Southend
    London Southend Airport
    London Southend Airport or Southend Airport is a regional airport in the district of Rochford within Essex, England.During the 1960s, Southend was the third-busiest airport in the United Kingdom. It remained London's third-busiest airport in terms of passengers handled until the end of the 1970s,...

  • RAF St Eval
    RAF St Eval
    RAF St Eval was a strategic airbase for the RAF Coastal Command in the Second World War . St Eval's primary role was to provided anti-submarine and anti-shipping patrols off the south west coast of England...

  • RAF Staplehurst
    RAF Staplehurst
    RAF Staplehurst is a former World War II airfield in Kent, England. The airfield is located approximately northeast of Staplehurst; about southeast of London...

  • RAF Strubby
  • RAF Syerston
    RAF Syerston
    RAF Syerston is a Royal Air Force station in the parish of Flintham, near Newark, Nottinghamshire. It was used as a bomber base during World War II.-Bomber Command:...

  • RAF Tangmere
    RAF Tangmere
    RAF Tangmere was a Royal Air Force station famous for its role in the Battle of Britain, located at Tangmere village about 3 miles east of Chichester in West Sussex, England. American RAF pilot Billy Fiske died at Tangmere and was the first American aviator to die during World War II...

  • RAF Topcliffe
    RAF Topcliffe
    RAF Topcliffe is a Royal Air Force station in North Yorkshire. It is a satellite station of RAF Linton-on-Ouse.Topcliffe opened in September 1940 as a bomber station in RAF Bomber Command and was home to 77 and 102 Squadrons flying the Whitley heavy bomber. There was a decoy site at Raskelf...

  • RAF Tempsford
    RAF Tempsford
    RAF Tempsford in Bedfordshire, England was perhaps the most secret Royal Air Force airfield in World War II. It was home to the Special Duties Squadrons, No. 138, which dropped Special Operations Executive agents and their supplies into occupied Europe, and No...

  • RAF Ternhill
    RAF Ternhill
    RAF Ternhill is a small Royal Air Force station at Ternhill in Shropshire, near the towns of Newport and Market Drayton. The station, home of Volunteer Gliding Squadron 632, was a helicopter base but is now principally used as an outpost for the tri-service helicopter training establishment at RAF...

  • RAF Tholthorpe
    RAF Tholthorpe
    RAF Tholthorpe was a Royal Air Force air station operated by RAF Bomber Command during the Second World War. The station, which had been opened in the late 1930s as a grass airfield, was located near Easingwold, North Yorkshire, UK...

  • RAF Thorney Island
    Thorney Island (West Sussex)
    Thorney Island is an island that juts into Chichester Harbour in West Sussex. It is separated from the mainland by a narrow channel called the Great Deep. The village of West Thorney lies on the east coast of the island and has been incorporated into the military base...

  • RAF Trebulzue
  • RAF Waddington
    RAF Waddington
    RAF Waddington is a Royal Air Force station in Lincolnshire, England.-Formation:Waddington opened as a Royal Flying Corps flying training station in 1916 until 1920, when the station went into care and maintenance....

  • RAF Warmwood
  • RAF Wellingore
  • RAF West Malling
    RAF West Malling
    RAF West Malling was a Royal Air Force station near West Malling in Kent, England.Originally used as a landing area during the first World War, the site opened as a private landing ground and in 1930, then known as Kingshill, home to the Maidstone School of Flying, before being renamed West Malling...

  • RAF Westhampnett
    RAF Westhampnett
    Royal Air Force Station Westhampnett, more commonly known as RAF Westhampnett, was a Royal Air Force station, located in the village of Westhampnett near Chichester, in the English County of West Sussex....

  • RAF Weston Zoyland
    RAF Weston Zoyland
    thumb|C-47s of the 306th Troop Carrier SquadronRAF Station Weston Zoyland is a former World War II airfield in Somerset, England. The airfield is located approximately east-southeast of Bridgwater; about west-southwest of London...

  • RAF Winkleigh
  • RAF Wittering
    RAF Wittering
    RAF Wittering is a Royal Air Force station within the unitary authority area of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. Although Stamford in Lincolnshire is the nearest town, the runways of RAF Wittering cross the boundary between Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire....

  • RAF Wombleton
    RAF Wombleton
    RAF Wombleton was a World War II training airfield located in the county of North Yorkshire, about 1/2 mile south of Wombleton, England.Wombleton opened in 1943 as a sub-station of RAF Topcliffe. It was part of RAF Bomber Command's No. 6 Group RCAF, and along with the main station at Topcliffe and...

  • RAF Woodchurch
    RAF Woodchurch
    thumb|410th Fighter Squadron Republic P-47D-28-RA Thunderbolt42-28473RAF Station Woodchurch is a former World War II airfield in Kent, England...

  • RAF Zeals
    RAF Zeals
    RAF Zeals was a wartime Royal Air Force station in Wiltshire.The station was sited to the north of the village of Zeals, next to the village of Stourton and the Stourhead estate.The station was only in operation from 1942 to 1946...



Northern Ireland

  • RAF Castle Archdale
    RAF Castle Archdale
    RAF Castle Archdale, also known for a while as RAF Lough Erne was a Royal Air Force station used by the RAF and the Royal Canadian Air Force station in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.-WWII History:...


  • RAF Limavady


Scotland

  • RAF Ayr
  • RAF Banff
  • RAF Castletown
    RAF Castletown
    RAF Castletown was a Royal Air Force flying station that operated during World War II. Built near to Castletown in Caithness, Scotland the station opened in 1940 and closed in 1945...

  • RAF Dallachy
    RAF Dallachy
    The former Royal Air Force Station Dallachy, commonly known as RAF Dallachy, was a British Royal Air Force airbase situated east of Elgin, in Moray, Scotland. During World War II it was a fighter station, used by 18 Group Coastal Ops....

  • RAF Dundonald
    RAF Dundonald
    RAF Dundonald was an aerodrome in Ayrshire, Scotland, some miles inland from the coastal town of Troon. It was used by 516 Squadron during World War II for training with commando and assault troops. The former site of the Dundonald aerodrome is now an industrial estate named Olympic Business Park...

  • RAF Dyce
    Aberdeen Airport
    Aberdeen Airport is an international airport, located at Dyce, a suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland, approximately northwest of Aberdeen city centre. 2.76 million passengers used Aberdeen Airport in 2010, a reduction of 7.4% compared with 2009, making it the 15th busiest airport in the UK...

  • RAF Leuchars
    RAF Leuchars
    RAF Leuchars is the most northerly air defence station in the United Kingdom. It is located in Leuchars, Fife, on the east coast of Scotland, near to the university town of St Andrews.-Operations:...

  • RAF Oban
    RAF Oban
    RAF Oban was a Royal Air Force flying boat base located at the northern end of the island of Kerrera, in Ardantrive Bay west of Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland during World War II.-History:...


  • RAF Peterhead
  • RAF Prestwick
    RAF Prestwick
    RAF Prestwick is the home of the "Scottish Air Traffic Control Centre ", and is located within the NATS air traffic control facility at Prestwick, in Ayrshire, Scotland....

  • RAF Skeabrae
  • RAF Skitten
  • RAF Stranraer
  • RAF Sullom Voe
  • RAF Sumburgh
    RAF Sumburgh
    RAF Sumburgh was located on the southern tip of the mainland island of the Shetland Islands, and was home to half of No. 404 Squadron RCAF, ....

  • RAF Tain
    RAF Tain
    RAF Tain is a Ministry of Defence air weapons range on the Moray Firth near Tain in Scotland. Royal Air Force aircrews from RAF Lossiemouth and RAF Leuchars are trained in air weaponry on the range, along with NATO aircrew.-Facilities:...

  • RAF Wick


Wales

  • RAF Angle
    RAF Angle
    RAF Angle was a World War II RAF station in South West Wales, near the village of Angle, Pembrokeshire. It was opened in December 1941 and closed in early 1945....

  • RAF Fairwood Common
    RAF Fairwood Common
    RAF Fairwood Common was a World War II aerodrome located at Fairwood Common on the Gower Peninsula to the west of Swansea. It is now the location of Swansea Airport.-History:...


  • RAF Valley
    RAF Valley
    RAF Valley is a Royal Air Force station on the island of Anglesey, Wales, and which is also used as Anglesey Airport. It provides fast-jet training using the BAE Hawk and provides training for aircrew working with Search and Rescue. Unofficially the motto for RAF Valley is 'One Valley, Training...

  • RAF Pembroke Dock


Belgium

  • Base 90 Kleine-Brogel
    Kleine Brogel Air Base
    Kleine Brogel Air Base is a Belgian Air Component military airfield located in Kleine Brogel, a municipality of Belgium. It is home to the 10th Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighting Falcons.It has been subject to much political controversy because of U.S...

  • Base 56 Evere
  • Base 58 Melsbroek
    Melsbroek Air Base
    Melsbroek Air Base is a Belgian Air Component facility in Zaventem, Belgium. It is located on the northern side of the same site as Brussels Airport, with which it shares runways and ground and air control facilities....

  • Base 64 Diest

  • Base 66 Blankenburg
  • Base 68 Le Culot
  • Base 70 Antwerp
  • Base 71 Koksijde
    Koksijde Air Base
    Koksijde Air Base is a Belgian Air Component facility in Koksijde, Belgium. 40 sqn operating 5 Westland Sea King Mk.48 helicopters for search and rescue duties. Also based at Koksijde Air Base are Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopters...

  • Base 75 Nivelles


France

  • ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) Wormhout
    ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) Wormhout
    ALG Wormhout was the home base of 'B' Flight, 665 Squadron RCAF, which operated from April to June, 1945 during Second World War. The base was located twelve miles southeast of Dunkirk, France....

  • Base 2 Bazenville
  • Base 3 Ste Croix-sur-Mer
  • Base 4 Beny-sur-Mer
  • Base 8 Sommervieu
  • Base 9 Lantheuil
  • Base 11 Longues
  • Base 17 Carpiquet
  • Base 18 Cristot
  • Base 19 Lingevres

  • Base 21 Ste-Honorine-de-Ducy
  • Base 24 St Andre
  • Base 25 Illiers l'Eveque
  • Base 28 Evreux
  • Base 34 Avrilly
  • Base 40 Beauvais
  • Base 44 Poix
  • Base 48 Glisy
  • Base 51 Vendeville
  • Base 52 Douai


Germany

  • Base 100 Goch
  • Base 108 Rheine
  • Base 110 Osnabruck
  • Base 114 Diepholz
  • Base 116 Wunstorf
  • Base 118 Celle

  • Base 150 Hustedt
  • Base 152 Fassberg
  • Base 154 Soltau
  • Base 156 Luneburg
  • Base 166 Flensburg
  • Base 174 Uetersen
  • Base Y-75 Frankfurt
    Base Y-75 Frankfurt
    Y-75 Frankfurt airfield was where No. 665 Squadron RCAF maintained one aircraft section from May to July, 1945.- History :Initially assigned to A-620 Reims, France, 'Irwin' section, 'B' Flight, No. 665 Squadron RCAF was stationed at Y-75 Frankfurt, Germany From 27 May 1945, to 1 July 1945. The...



The Netherlands

  • ALG Arnhem
  • ALG Breda
  • ALG Nijmegen
  • ALG Tilburg
  • Base 77 Gilze-Rijen
  • Base 78 Eindhoven

  • Base 80 Volkel
  • Base 82 Grave
  • Base 84 Rips
  • Base 88 Heesch
  • Base 106 Twente
  • 'JOE' Airfield (Apeldoorn)


Southern Europe and Mediterranean Sea operating locations

  • Gibraltar
    Gibraltar
    Gibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...


  • Luga
    Luga
    Luga is a town and the administrative center of Luzhsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Luga River south of St. Petersburg. Population:...

    , Malta
    Malta
    Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...



Italy

  • Bellaria
    Bellaria-Igea Marina
    Bellaria – Igea Marina is a town and comune in the province of Rimini, northern Italy, with approximately 18,300 inhabitants....

  • Canne
  • Cassibile
  • Fano
    Fano
    Fano is a town and comune of the province of Pesaro and Urbino in the Marche region of Italy. It is a beach resort 12 km southeast of Pesaro, located where the Via Flaminia reaches the Adriatic Sea...

  • Fabrica
  • Foggia
    Foggia
    Foggia is a city and comune of Apulia, Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known as the "granary of Italy".-History:...

  • Gioia del Colle
    Gioia del Colle
    Gioia del Colle is a town and comune in the province of Bari, Apulia, Italy. The town is located on the Murge plateau at 360 metres above sea level.- History :...

  • Grottaglie
    Grottaglie
    Grottaglie is a town and comune in the province of Taranto, Puglia, southern Italy.-Geography:Grottaglie is located in the Salento peninsula, a whole rock of limestone dividing Adriatic sea from Ionian sea. The countryside around the city is scattered with vast and deep ravines that open the ground...


  • India Anzio
  • Lentini West
    Lentini
    Lentini , historically Leontini, Leontinoi , or Leontium, is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, southeast Sicily .-History:...

  • Littorio, Rome, Italy
  • Loreto
    Loreto (AN)
    Loreto is a hilltown and comune of the Italian province of Ancona, in the Marche. It is mostly famous as the seat of the Basilica della Santa Casa, a popular Catholic pilgrimage site.-Location:...

  • Perugia
    Perugia
    Perugia is the capital city of the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the River Tiber, and the capital of the province of Perugia. The city is located about north of Rome. It covers a high hilltop and part of the valleys around the area....

  • Treviso
    Treviso
    Treviso is a city and comune in Veneto, northern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Treviso and the municipality has 82,854 inhabitants : some 3,000 live within the Venetian walls or in the historical and monumental center, some 80,000 live in the urban center proper, while the city...

  • Triolo
  • Tulihal
  • Venafro
    Venafro
    Venafro is a comune in the province of Isernia, region of Molise, Italy. It has a population of around 12,000, having expanded quickly in the post-war period.-Geography:...



North Africa

  • Devesoir, Egypt
  • Kafareet, Egypt
  • Idku, Egypt
    Idku
    Idku, also spelt Edkou is a town in Al Buhayrah Governorate, Egypt....

  • Shandur, Egypt
  • Mellaha, Libya
  • Tripoli

  • Rabat-Sale, Morocco
  • Ben Gardane, Tunisia
    Ben Gardane
    Ben Gardane is a commune and coastal town in south eastern Tunisia, close to the border with Libya. It is located at around .The town is part of the Medenine governorate. Located 423 km - 559 km by road - from Tunis, it is the city furthest from the capital....

  • Goubrine South, Tunisia
  • Hani East Landing Ground, Tunisia
  • Kairouan/Zina, Tunisia
    Kairouan
    Kairouan , also known as Kirwan or al-Qayrawan , is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia. Referred to as the Islamic Cultural Capital, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was founded by the Arabs around 670...

  • Kairouan/Pavilllier, Tunisia
    Kairouan
    Kairouan , also known as Kirwan or al-Qayrawan , is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia. Referred to as the Islamic Cultural Capital, it is a UNESCO World Heritage site. The city was founded by the Arabs around 670...



Indian Ocean

  • Kinmagan, Burma
  • Kyaukpyu, Burma
    Kyaukpyu
    Kyaukpyu is a major town in Rakhine State, in western Myanmar. It is located on the north western corner of Yanbye Island on Combermere Bay, and is 250 miles northwest of Yangon. The town is situated on a superb natural harbor which connects the rice trade between Calcutta and Yangon...

  • Mawnubyin, Burma

  • Koggala, Ceylon
  • Gujrat, India
    Gujrat
    Gujrat is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which adjoins Pakistan...

  • Kanglatongbi, India
  • Addu Atoll, Seychelles Islands
    Addu Atoll
    Addu City is a city in Maldives consisting of the inhabited islands of the southernmost atoll of the archipelago....



Africa

  • Langebaan, South Africa
    Langebaan
    Langebaan is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa on the eastern shore of Langebaan Lagoon.Langebaan is situated 120 km north of Cape Town, just off the R27, about 28km from Vredenburg and 20km from Saldanha Bay...


  • Mombasa, Kenya
    Mombasa
    Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....



Alberta

  • RCAF Station Cold Lake
    CFB Cold Lake
    Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake , commonly referred to as CFB Cold Lake, is a Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CF-18 Hornet fighter/interceptor...

  • RCAF Station Penhold

  • RCAF Station Edmonton
    CFB Edmonton
    CFB Edmonton is a Canadian Forces base located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is also known as Edmonton Garrison or "Steele Barracks".-History:...



British Columbia

  • RCAF Station Comox
    CFB Comox
    Canadian Forces Base Comox , commonly referred to as CFB Comox, is a Canadian Forces Base located north northeast of Comox, British Columbia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora...

  • RCAF Station Holberg
  • RCAF Station Sea Island

Manitoba

  • RCAF Station Portage La Prairie
    Portage La Prairie/Southport Airport
    Portage la Prairie/Southport Airport, , is located adjacent to Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. It is the Southport Aerospace Centre, a commercial-industrial centre.. It is now commercially operated. It was formerly Canadian Forces Base Portage la Prairie....


  • RCAF Station Winnipeg
    CFB Winnipeg
    Canadian Forces Base Winnipeg , is a Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Co-located at the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport, CFB Winnipeg is home to many flight operations support divisions, as well as several training schools...



Newfoundland

  • RCAF Station Gander
    CFB Gander
    Canadian Forces Base Gander , is a Canadian Forces Base located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home to air/marine search and rescue operations that cover a vast swath of the western North Atlantic and southern Arctic...


  • RCAF Station Goose Bay
    CFB Goose Bay
    Canadian Forces Base Goose Bay , is a Canadian Forces Base located in the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador....



Nova Scotia

  • RCAF Station Greenwood
    CFB Greenwood
    Canadian Forces Base Greenwood , commonly referred to as "14 Wing Greenwood" or CFB Greenwood, is a Canadian Forces Base located in Greenwood, Nova Scotia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora...


  • RCAF Station Shearwater
    CFB Shearwater
    Canadian Forces Base Shearwater , commonly referred to as CFB Shearwater, was a Canadian Forces Base located in Shearwater, Nova Scotia on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour in the Halifax Regional Municipality....



Ontario

  • RCAF Station Borden
    CFB Borden
    Canadian Forces Base Borden is a Canadian Forces base located in Ontario.The historic birthplace of the Royal Canadian Air Force, CFB Borden is the largest training facility in the Canadian Forces...

  • RCAF Station North Bay
    CFB North Bay
    Canadian Forces Base North Bay, also CFB North Bay, is an air force base located at the City of North Bay, Ontario about north of Toronto. The base is subordinate to 1 Canadian Air Division, Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is the centre for North American Aerospace Defense Command operations in Canada,...

  • RCAF Station Trenton
    CFB Trenton
    Canadian Forces Base Trenton , is a Canadian Forces base located northeast of Trenton, Ontario. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is the hub for air transport operations in Canada and abroad...


  • RCAF Station Uplands
  • RCAF Station Rockcliffe
    CFB Rockcliffe
    Canadian Forces Base Rockcliffe is a former Canadian Forces Base located in the eastern part of Ottawa, Ontario, now used for Ottawa/Rockcliffe Airport and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum....

  • RCAF Station Downsview
    CFB Downsview
    Canadian Forces Base Downsview is a former Canadian Forces base in Toronto, Ontario. The airfield is currently operated as Toronto/Downsview Airport.-RCAF Station Downsview:...



Quebec

  • RCAF Station Bagotville
    CFB Bagotville
    Canadian Forces Base Bagotville , commonly referred to as CFB Bagotville, is a Canadian Forces Base located west of Bagotville in the city of Saguenay, Quebec. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CF-18 Hornet...


  • RCAF Station St Hubert
    RCAF Station St Hubert
    Canadian Forces Base St. Hubert was a Canadian Forces Base in the town of Saint-Hubert, Quebec. The base was closed in 1997, but the site is still active and under the administration of CFB Montreal. 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron operates from the former base's airfield.-History:RCAF Station St...


  • RCAF Station Parent
  • RCAF Station Senneterre
  • RCAF Station Lac St Denis
  • RCAF Station Lamacaza

Manitoba

  • RCAF Station Rivers Canadian Joint Air Training Command (CJATC) New Sarum

  • RCAF Station Gimli
    RCAF Station Gimli
    RCAF Station Gimli was an air station of the Royal Canadian Air Force located near Gimli, Manitoba, Canada.On September 6, 1943, the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan established No. 18 Service Flying Training School to train aircrew for Second World War operations using the Avro Anson. No...



Ontario

  • RCAF Station Clinton
    CFB Clinton
    Canadian Forces Base Clinton was a Canadian Forces Base located near Clinton, Ontario.-History:Established by the Royal Air Force as RAF Station Clinton in 1941, the base hosted the No. 31 Radio Direction Finding School as part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan .In July 1943, No. 31...


  • RCAF Station Centralia
    RCAF Station Centralia
    RCAF Station Centralia was a Royal Canadian Air Force training base located just outside the village of Centralia near Exeter, Ontario, Canada. It became one of the largest training stations in Canada....



Quebec

  • RCAF Station Dorval
  • RCAF Station La Macaza
    Rivière Rouge/Mont-Tremblant International Inc Airport
    La Macaza – Mont Tremblant International Airport , commonly Mont-Tremblant International and formerly Rivière Rouge – Mont Tremblant International Airport, is a single runway airport located in the township of La Macaza, about north of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, Canada.-Military Base:The airport was...


  • RCAF Station Val d'Or


British Columbia

  • Port Hardy
    Port Hardy Airport
    Port Hardy Airport, , is located southeast of Port Hardy, British Columbia, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more...

  • Puntzi Mountain
    Puntzi Mountain Airport
    Puntzi Mountain Airport, , is located west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.-History:The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a base of the Pine Tree Line, part of the DEW system. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time and thirteen D8...


  • Tofino
    Tofino Airport
    Tofino/Long Beach Airport, , is located southeast of Tofino, British Columbia, Canada.It is used by private and small commercial planes. Coastal fog is a common morning phenomenon in the summer, complicating access by air until the weather clears. Several IFR approaches are available including GPS...



Ontario

  • Earlton
    Earlton (Timiskaming Regional) Airport
    Earlton Airport, , is located southwest of Earlton, Ontario. The airport has a paved runway oriented east-west, and a gravel/snow runway oriented north-south.-External links:** on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...

  • RCAF Detachment Grand Bend
    RCAF Detachment Grand Bend
    RCAF Detachment Grand Bend, located near Grand Bend, Ontario, was built in 1942 as a relief, or emergency, aerodrome for student pilots training with No. 9 Service Flying Training School at RCAF Station Centralia. Grand Bend was home to No. 1 Flying Control School from 1951 - 1957. The station was...

  • Gore Bay
    Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport
    Gore Bay-Manitoulin Airport, , is located west southwest of Gore Bay, in the township of Gordon/Barrie Island, Ontario, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle ...

  • Killaloe
    Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport
    Killaloe/Bonnechere Airport , near Killaloe, Ontario, Canada, was built by the Canadian Department of Transportation in 1952 as a Cold War airstrip for interceptors...


  • Muskoka
    Muskoka Airport
    Muskoka Airport, , is located south of Muskoka, Ontario, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency. CBSA officers at this airport currently can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers....

  • Sudbury
  • Timmins
  • Wiarton
    Wiarton Airport
    Wiarton Airport, , is located east of Wiarton, Ontario, Canada.The airport is classified as an airport of entry by NAV CANADA and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency.-Services:...


Quebec

  • Casey
  • Lac-des-Loups
  • L'Ancienne-Lorette
    L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec
    L'Ancienne-Lorette is a city in central Quebec, Canada. It is a suburb of and an enclave within Quebec City. It was merged with Quebec City from January 1, 2002, to December 31, 2005, but was re-established as a separate city on January 1, 2006....


  • La Tuque
    La Tuque Airport
    La Tuque Airport, , is located adjacent to La Tuque, Quebec, Canada....

  • RCAF Station Mont-Joli
    Mont-Joli Airport
    -External links:...

  • Val-d'Or
    Val-d'Or Airport
    Val-d'Or Airport, , is located south of Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada.-Airlines and destinations:-Accidents and incidents:*On 19 June 1970, Douglas C-47A CF-AAC of Austin Airways was written off in an accident....



DEW Line radar stations

This covers 1946-1968. Nunavut was created in 1999. Stations are listed from west to east.

Yukon

  • Komakuk Beach
    Komakuk Beach, Yukon
    Komakuk Beach was the site of a DEW Line station, located on the Arctic coast of Canada's Yukon Territory. The station was closed in 1993 pursuant to the general policy of dismantling such stations that was adopted following the collapse of the Soviet Union, which effectively ended the Cold War...

  • Stokes Point

  • Shingle Point


Northwest Territories

  • Tununuk Camp
  • Tuktoyaktuk
  • Atkinson Point
  • Nicholson Peninsula
    Nicholson Peninsula
    Nicholson Peninsula is a broad ice-covered peninsula about 15 nautical miles long, between Couzens Bay and Matterson Inlet on the west side of Ross Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Captain M.W. Nicholson, U.S. Navy, chief of staff to the U.S. Antarctic Projects...

  • Horton River
  • Cape Parry
    Cape Parry
    Cape Parry is a headland in Canada's Northwest Territories. Located at the northern tip of the Parry Peninsula, it projects into Amundsen Gulf, from the North Pole. The nearest settlement is Paulatuk, to the south, and Fiji Island is located to the west...

  • Pearce Point
  • Clinton Point
  • Clifton Point
  • Cape Young
  • Bernard Harbour
  • Lady Franklin Point
    Lady Franklin Point
    Lady Franklin Point is a landform in the Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut. It is located on southwestern Victoria Island in the Coronation Gulf by Austin Bay at the eastern entrance of Dolphin and Union Strait....

  • Ross Point
  • Byron Bay
  • Cape Peel
  • Cambridge Bay
    Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
    Cambridge Bay, named for Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge, is a hamlet located in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut, Canada...

  • Sturt Point
  • Jenny Lind Island
    Jenny Lind Island
    -History:The island is uninhabited but still has an active North Warning System. Originally part of the Distant Early Warning Line, the site is known as CAM-1.-References:***...

  • Hat Island
  • Gladman Point

  • Matheson Point
  • Shepherd Bay
  • Simpson Lake
  • Pelly Bay
    Kugaaruk, Nunavut
    -Culture:The historical inhabitants were Arviligjuarmiut. Kugaaruk is a traditional "Central Inuit" community. Until 1968, the people followed a nomadic lifestyle. The population is approximately 97% Inuit and most people self-identify as Netsilik Inuit. The residents blend a land based lifestyle...

  • Keith Bay
  • Mackar Inlet
  • Scarpa Lake
  • Hall Beach
    Hall Beach, Nunavut
    Hall Beach is an Inuit settlement, Qikiqtaaluk Region in Nunavut, Canada, established in 1957 during the construction of a Distant Early Warning site...

  • Rowley Island
    Rowley Island
    Rowley Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of .Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at , and an Automated Surface Observing System.It is named...

  • Bray Island
    Bray Island
    Bray Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands located in Nunavut, Canada along the southern coast of Baffin Island. It is located in Foxe Basin, at 69°16'N 77°00'W, and has an area of ....

  • Longstaff Bluff
  • Nudluardjuk Lake
  • Dewar Lakes
  • Ekalugad
  • Cape Hooper
  • Kivitoo
    Kivitoo, Nunavut
    Kivitoo, Nunavut is an abandoned Inuit community and a former whaling station on the northeast shore of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada. Kivitoo's Inuit families moved to Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, approximately to the south, in the 1950s.-History:...

  • Broughton Island
    Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut
    -External links:* *...

  • Durban Island
    Durban Island
    Durban Island is a Canadian Arctic island located in Nunavut, Canada. It is one of Baffin Island's northeast offshore islands within Davis Strait's Merchants Bay. It is in size. Durban Harbour is on the island's southeast facing side...

  • Cape Dyer
  • Brevoort Island
    Brevoort Island
    Brevoort Island is a small, uninhabited island located in the Labrador Sea off the eastern coast of Baffin Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of northern Canada's territory of Nunavut. The island is a member of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago and lies north of Cape Murchison, opposite the Cumberland...

  • Resolution Island
    Resolution Island (Nunavut)
    Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Hudson Strait. It has an area of...



Manitoba

  • RCAF Station Bird

  • RCAF Station Cranberry Portage
    RCAF Station Cranberry Portage
    Royal Canadian Air Force Station Cranberry Portage was a military installation located in Cranberry Portage, Manitoba....



Quebec

  • RCAF Station Knob Lake

  • RCAF Station Great Whale River
    Whapmagoostui, Quebec
    Whapmagoostui |beluga]]") is the northernmost Cree village in Quebec, located at the mouth of the Great Whale River on the coast of Hudson Bay in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. About 500 people, mostly Inuit, live in the neighbouring northern village of Kuujjuarapik. The community is only accessible by...



Newfoundland and Labrador

  • RCAF Station Saglek
    RCAF Station Saglek
    Canadian Forces Station Saglek is a Canadian Forces Air Command radar base in the Mid-Canada Line, located near Saglek Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. located north-northwest of CFB Goose Bay. -History:...


  • RCAF Station Hopedale
    Hopedale Airport
    Hopedale Airport is west of Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-Airlines:The following airlines fly to Hopedale Airport:*Air Labrador *Provincial Airlines...



Alberta

  • RCAF Station Beaverlodge
    Beaverlodge Airport
    Beaverlodge Airport, is located south of Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada. It is home to the Grande Prairie Soaring Society.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory*...

  • RCAF Station Cold Lake
    CFB Cold Lake
    Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake , commonly referred to as CFB Cold Lake, is a Canadian Forces Base located within the City of Cold Lake, Alberta. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CF-18 Hornet fighter/interceptor...


  • RCAF Station Penhold


British Columbia

  • RCAF Station Baldy Hughes
  • RCAF Station Comox
    CFB Comox
    Canadian Forces Base Comox , commonly referred to as CFB Comox, is a Canadian Forces Base located north northeast of Comox, British Columbia. It is primarily operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is one of two bases in the country using the CP-140 Aurora...

  • RCAF Station Holberg

  • RCAF Station Kamloops
    Kamloops Airport
    Kamloops Airport is an airport located in the Brocklehurst area of Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada and is located west northwest of the town. It is owned and operated by Kamloops Airport Ltd. and YVRAS . In 2009, YKA served 260,371 passengers and in 2010 had 36,094 Aircraft movements...

  • RCAF Station Puntzi Mountain
    Puntzi Mountain Airport
    Puntzi Mountain Airport, , is located west of Puntzi Mountain, British Columbia, Canada.-History:The airport was established in 1951 to provide access to a base of the Pine Tree Line, part of the DEW system. It was the second-longest airstrip in British Columbia at the time and thirteen D8...

  • RCAF Station Tofino
    RCAF Station Tofino
    When Japan entered the Second World War the emphasis shifted from Europe to the Pacific Ocean. On Vancouver Island we had a sea plane base at Patricia Bay. The RCAF, due to the threat of Japanese incendiary balloons established an airfield at Tofino BC. First access was by logging road and water...



Manitoba

  • RCAF Station Beausejour

  • RCAF Station Gypsumville


Labrador

  • RCAF Station Cartwright
    Cartwright Airport
    Cartwright Airport is southwest of Cartwright, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-External links:* on COPA's Places to Fly airport directory...

  • RCAF Station Hopedale
    Hopedale Airport
    Hopedale Airport is west of Hopedale, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.-Airlines:The following airlines fly to Hopedale Airport:*Air Labrador *Provincial Airlines...


  • RCAF Station Melville


Newfoundland

  • RCAF Station Stephenville
  • RCAF Station St. Anthony
    St. Anthony Airport
    St. Anthony Airport is located west northwest of St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Provincial Airlines provide scheduled flights in and out of St. Anthony Airport.-External links:...


  • RCAF Station Gander
    CFB Gander
    Canadian Forces Base Gander , is a Canadian Forces Base located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador. It is operated as an air force base by the Royal Canadian Air Force and is home to air/marine search and rescue operations that cover a vast swath of the western North Atlantic and southern Arctic...

  • RCAF Station St. John's
    St. John's International Airport
    St. John's International Airport is an international airport located northwest of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada that serves the St. John's Metro Area and the Avalon Peninsula. The airport is part of the National Airports System, and is operated by St...



Nova Scotia

  • RCAF Station Beaverbank
    RCAF Station Beaverbank
    RCAF Station Beaverbank was a long-range Pinetree Line early warning radar station operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force, located in central Nova Scotia near the community of Beaverbank. The site is now known as Beaverbank Villa.-Base history:...

  • RCAF Station Barrington
    CFS Barrington
    Canadian Forces Station Barrington, also referred to as CFS Barrington, was a Canadian Forces Station located in the unincorporated community of Baccaro, Nova Scotia at Baccaro Point near the southwestern-most point of the province.-History:...


  • RCAF Station Sydney
    CFS Sydney
    Canadian Forces Station Sydney, also known as CFS Sydney, is a former Canadian Forces Station located in the community of Lingan Road, Nova Scotia.It was operational as a Pinetree Line radar station from April 1954 to January 1991.-RCAF Station Sydney:...



Northwest Territories

  • RCAF Station Frobisher Bay
    Iqaluit Airport
    Iqaluit Airport serves Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada and is located adjacent to the town. It is operated by the government of Nunavut. It hosts scheduled passenger service from Ottawa, Montreal, Rankin Inlet and Kuujjuaq on carriers such as First Air and Canadian North, as well as from smaller...


  • RCAF Station Resolution Island
    Resolution Island (Nunavut)
    Resolution Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Hudson Strait. It has an area of...



Ontario

  • RCAF Station Armstrong
    CFS Armstrong
    Canadian Forces Station Armstrong is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east of Armstrong, Ontario. It was closed in 1974.It was operated as part of the Pinetree Line network controlled by NORAD.-Origins:...

  • RCAF Station Edgar
    RCAF Station Edgar
    RCAF Station Edgar was part of the Pinetree Line of radar stations and was located at Edgar, Ontario Canada, about 20 kilometres northeast of Barrie. Built in 1952, the site was home to the 31st Aircraft Control & Warning Squadron and was operational in its intended role between 1952 and 1964...

  • RCAF Station Falconbridge
    CFS Falconbridge
    Canadian Forces Station Falconbridge was a military radar station in the Canadian province of Ontario, active from 1952 to 1985....

  • RCAF Station Foymount
    CFS Foymount
    Canadian Forces Station Foymount was a military radar station in Foymount, Ontario .RCAF Station Foymount was opened in 1952 as part of the Pinetree Line of NORAD radar stations. The radar itself was situated at the top of a 523 metre hill, one of the highest points in southern Ontario. The main...


  • RCAF Station Lowther
    CFS Lowther
    Canadian Forces Station Lowther is a closed General Surveillance Radar station. It is located east-southeast of Mattice-Val Côté, Ontario...

  • RCAF Station Moosonee
    CFS Moosonee
    Canadian Forces Station Moosonee was a military installation located in Moosonee, Ontario.RCAF Station Moosonee was opened in 1962 as part of NORAD's Pinetree Line chain of radar stations. Moosonee was one of five stations built to close radar coverage gaps in the original Pinetree system...

  • RCAF Station Pagwa
    RCAF Station Pagwa
    Royal Canadian Air Force Station Pagwa is a General Surveillance Radar station that was closed in 1966. It was located at the unincorporated place and railway point of Pagwa in geographic Bicknell Township, Unorganized North Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.It was operated as...

  • RCAF Station Ramore
  • RCAF Station Sioux Lookout
    Sioux Lookout Airport
    Sioux Lookout Airport, , is a regional airport based in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, Canada. The airport opened in 1933. It was, at the time, the second busiest airport in North America next to Chicago Midway International Airport...



Quebec

  • RCAF Station Chibougamau
    Chibougamau/Chapais Airport
    Chibougamau/Chapais Airport is located southwest of Chibougamau, Quebec, Canada, or about halfway to Chapais along Route 113.-Incidents:On October 25, 2007 at approximately 0900 local. A Beech King Air 100A operating as "Cree" 501 crashed on approach into Chibougamau . Both pilots were fatally...

  • RCAF Station Moisie
  • RCAF Station Mont Apica
    RCAF Station Mont Apica
    RCAF Mont Apica was a radar station of the Pinetree Line, located in Mont-Apica, Quebec, Canada, during the Cold War. The station opened in 1952 and had a staff of some 500 persons at its peak. Political and technological changes made the station redundant and it closed in 1990. The radar...


  • RCAF Station Lac St. Denis
    CFS Lac St. Denis
    Canadian Forces Station Lac St. Denis is a former Canadian Forces Station that was located by Lac St. Denis, 60 miles north of Montreal in the Laurentian Mountains.-Construction:...

  • RCAF Station Parent
  • RCAF Station Senneterre
    Senneterre Airport
    Senneterre Airport, , is located southeast of Senneterre, Quebec, Canada....

  • RCAF Station St. Sylvestre


Saskatchewan

  • RCAF Station Alsask
    CFD Alsask
    Canadian Forces Detachment Alsask was a military radar station in Alsask, Saskatchewan.RCAF Station Station Alsask was opened in 1963 as part of the Pinetree Line of NORAD radar stations. The station was later renamed CFD Alsask when the military branches were merged together. The station was...

  • RCAF Station Dana
    CFS Dana
    Canadian Forces Station Dana was a military radar station 35 miles east of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in the Rural Municipality of Bayne, Saskatchewan....


  • RCAF Station Yorkton
    Yorkton Municipal Airport
    Yorkton Municipal Airport, , is located north of Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada.-History:During World War II Yorkton Airport was home to No. 23 Elementary Flying Training School and No. 11 Service Flying Training School - both schools being a part of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan...



England

  • RCAF Station North Luffenham
    RAF North Luffenham
    RAF North Luffenham was a Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, 1940 - 1998. It is near to the villages of Edith Weston and North Luffenham....


  • RAF Odiham
    RAF Odiham
    RAF Odiham is a Royal Air Force station situated a little to the south of the historic small village of Odiham in Hampshire, England. It is the home of the Royal Air Force's heavy lift helicopter, the Chinook HC2, HC2A and HC3...



France

  • RCAF Station Marville
    RCAF Station Marville
    RCAF Station Marville was a Royal Canadian Air Force station located near Marville in the Meuse department, Lorraine, northeastern France. It was one of four RCAF wings consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in Europe in the early 1950s to support the goals of NATO in Europe...

  • RCAF Station Grostenquin
    RCAF Station Grostenquin
    RCAF Station Grostenquin, also known as 2 Wing or 2 Wing, was a Royal Canadian Air Force station located five km north of the town of Grostenquin in the Moselle department, Lorraine, northeastern France. It was one of four RCAF wings, consisting of three fighter squadrons each, established in...


  • RCAF Metz, France
    RCAF Metz, France
    No. 1 Air Division, Royal Canadian Air Force was an organization of Canadian operational fighter aircraft squadrons in Europe in the 1950s and early 1960s during the Cold War. Headquarters were located at Metz, France....



Germany

  • RCAF Station Baden-Soellingen
  • RCAF Station Lahr
    Canadian Forces Base Lahr
    Canadian Forces Base Lahr was a military owned and operated commercial airport located in Lahr, Germany. It was operated primarily as an air force base, and later as an army base, beginning in the late 1960s. The military base was closed in 1994 and converted to civilian use...


  • RCAF Station Zweibrücken
    Zweibrücken Air Base
    Zweibrücken Air Base was a NATO air base in West Germany . It was located 35 miles SSW of Kaiserslautern and 2 miles mi SE of Zweibrücken. It was assigned to the Royal Canadian Air Force and the United States Air Forces in Europe during its operational lifetime.The facility was closed in...

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