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A list of airfields of the Royal Flying Corps.

British Isles

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NameFromToCurrent countyCountryCurrent use
AndoverAugust 19171 April 1918HampshireEnglandBritish Army Headquarters
AnwickSeptember 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
AshingtonOctober 19161 April 1918NorthumberlandEnglandPotland Burn Surface Mine
Ayr19171 April 1918AyrshireScotlandAyr Racecourse
Bacton19161 April 1918NorfolkEngland
Baldonnel19171 April 1918Co. DublinIrelandHeadquarters Irish Air Corps
Beaulieu19141 April 1918HampshireEnglandOpen land
Beaumont Night Landing GroundApril 1916August 1916Essexfarmland
Beddington AerodromeJanuary 19161 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandHousing
Bekesbourne19161 April 1918KentEnglandHousing/Farmland
Beverley Aerodrome19161 April 1918East YorkshireEnglandBeverley Racecourse{{cite web|url=http://www.hullandeastridingatwar.co.uk/index.php/erairfieldss/rfcbev|title=RFC Beverley|author=Administrator|work=hullandeastridingatwar.co.uk}}
BicesterJanuary 19171 April 1918OxfordshireEnglandBicester Airfield
Biggin Hill19161 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandLondon Biggin Hill Airport
Blackheath Common NLGMarch 1915July 1919Essexfarmland (army)
Bogton19171 April 1918AyrshireScotland
Boscombe Down19171 April 1918WiltshireEnglandMilitary airfield
Bournes Green day LGMay 1917June 1917Essexfarmland
Bracebridge Heath Landing Ground19181 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandIndustry/Agriculture
Braceby Landing Ground19161 April 1918LincolnshireEngland
Braintree NLGend of January 1917October 1918Essexfarmland/housing estate roads
Bramham Moor Aerodrome19151 April 1918YorkshireEnglandNow farmland
Brattleby (Cliff)19161917LincolnshireEnglandRAF Scampton (flying)
Brentingby19161916LeicestershireEnglandFarmland
Brooklands Landing Ground19141 April 1918SurreyEnglandBrooklands Museum
Broomfield Court NLGAugust 1916August 1919Essexfarmland
Brough Landing Ground19161916East YorkshireEngland
Buckminster1 October 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
Burgh Castle Landing Ground19151 April 1918SuffolkEngland
Burnham-on-Crouch FS1915July 1919EssexFarmland
Bury/RamseySeptember 19171 April 1918CambridgeshireEnglandFarmland/Housing/Industry
Bury St Edmunds Landing Ground19161916SuffolkEngland
Calshot Naval Air Station29 March 1913July 1914Isle of WightEnglandCalshot Activities Centre
Castle Bromwich19181 April 1918West MidlandsEnglandIndustry/ Housing
CatterickSeptember 19141 April 1918North YorkshireEnglandMarne Barracks
Chattis Hill19171918HampshireEngland
Chiddingstone CausewayDecember 19161 April 1918KentEnglandOpen land
Chingford FSDecember 1914March 1919Essexreservoirs
Clacton seaplane stationAugust 1914Autumn 1916Essexseafront
Coal Aston19161 April 1918YorkshireEngland
Collinstown1 April 1918Co. DublinIrelandDublin Airport
Copmanthorpe19161 April 1918North YorkshireEngland
Coventry (Radford)19161 April 1918WarwickshireEngland
Cramlington19151 April 1918NorthumberlandEngland
Curragh Camp19131 April 1918Co. KildareIrelandIrish Army barracks
Detling19171 April 1918KentEngland
Didsbury19171 April 1918LancashireEngland
Doncaster19161918South YorkshireEnglandDoncaster Racecourse
Dover (Swingate Down)19141 April 1918KentEngland
Earsham

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Eastburn19171 April 1918East YorkshireEnglandAlamein Barracks
EasingtonOct 1916Mar 1919Co. DurhamEnglandfarmland
EasthorpeApril 1916December 1919EssexEnglandfarmland
Eastleigh19101 April 1918HampshireEnglandSouthampton Airport{{cite web|url=http://www.hampshireairfields.co.uk/airfields/nos21.html|title=Naval Air Station Eastleigh|accessdate=29 March 2022}}
Easton-on-the-Hill19171 April 1918NorthamptonshireEnglandRAF Wittering (flying)
East Hanningfield NLGApril 1916January 1917EssexEngland

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East Retford19161 April 1918NottinghamshireEngland
Edzell19161 April 1918AngusScotlandFarmland
Elmswell (Great Ashfield)19171 April 1918SuffolkEngland
Elsham19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Industrial estate
Fairlop FS1916summer 1919Essexsports fields/car sales/WW1 officers' bungalows remain
Farnborough19121 April 1918HampshireEnglandFarnborough Airport
Feltwell19171 April 1918NorfolkEngland
Fermoy19171 April 1918Co. CorkIreland
Filton19151 April 1918GloucestershireEnglandBristol Filton Airport
Finningley19151 April 1918South YorkshireEnglandRobin Hood Airport Doncaster Sheffield
Folkestone/Hawkinge19151 April 1918KentEnglandHousing/Kent Battle of Britain Museum
Ford Farm/Old SarumAugust 19171 April 1918WiltshireEnglandOld Sarum Airfield
Ford (Junction)/Yapton1 March 19181 April 1918West SussexEnglandHM Prison Ford
Fyfield NLGOctober 1916December 1919Essexfarmland
Goldhanger FSAugust 1915March 1919Essexfarmland
Goldington AerodromeOctober 19161 April 1918BedfordshireEnglandHousing
Gormanstown19171 April 1918Co. MeathIrelandIrish Army barracks
Gosberton1 October 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEngland
Gosport, Fort GrangeJuly 19141 April 1918HampshireEnglandHMS Sultan
Goxhill?1 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Industrial estate
Grantham19151 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandPrince William of Gloucester Barracks
Hainault Farm FSOctober 1914December 1919was Essex, now Greater Londonfarmland
Halton19171 April 1918BuckinghamshireEnglandRAF Halton (flying)
Harpswell19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/ Museum
HarlaxtonNov 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
HarrietshamDecember 1916?KentEngland?
Helperby19161920North YorkshireEnglandFarmland{{cite web |title=Helperby (Brafferton) - Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust UK |url=https://www.abct.org.uk/airfields/airfield-finder/helperby-brafferton/ |website=www.abct.org.uk |access-date=19 November 2021}}
Hendon AerodromeNovember 19161 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandRoyal Air Force Museum London
Housing
Heathfield19171 April 1918AyrshireScotlandHousing/Retail
Hingham19161917NorfolkEngland
Hooton Park19171 April 1918CheshireEnglandMuseum & Vauxhall car factory
Horndon-on-the-HillApril 1916early 1918Essexfarmland
HoveEast SussexEngland
Hucknall Aerodrome19161 April 1918NottinghamshireEnglandHousing
Hounslow Heath Aerodrome14 October 19141 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandOpen land
HyltonOctober 19161 April 1918Tyne & WearEnglandNissan car factory
North East Land, Sea and Air Museums
Jesson (Hythe)September 19161 April 1918KentEnglandFarmland
Joyce Green14 July 1911December 1919KentEnglandOpen land
Kenley19171 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandRAF Kenley
Lake Down19171919WiltshireEnglandOpen land
Larkhill19121914WiltshireEngland(MoD land) – Artillery training
LeadenhamSeptember 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Quarry
Leavesden AerodromeHertfordshireEnglandWarner Bros. Studios, Leavesden
Housing
Leighterton1916 to 1918GloucestershireEnglandFarmland []CWG Cemetery located there with 24 graves.

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19151 April 1918WarwickshireEnglandOpen land
Little Clacton NLGOctober 1916July 1919Essexsports grounds/housing
London Colney19161 April 1918HertfordshireEnglandde Havilland Aircraft Museum
Lopcombe Corner19171 April 1918WiltshireEngland
Lydd St Mary19171 April 1918KentEngland
Lympne19161 April 1918KentEngland
Manston19151 April 1918KentEnglandManston Airport
MantonDecember 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
MardenJanuary 19171 April 1918KentEnglandFarmland
Marham19161 April 1918NorfolkEnglandRAF Marham (flying){{cite web| url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/events/rafmarham191619.cfm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070713232231/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/events/rafmarham191619.cfm| archive-date = 2007-07-13| title = RAF Marham - RAF Marham 1916 - 1919}}
Marske-by-the-SeaDecember 19171 April 1918North YorkshireEnglandHousing
Martlesham HeathOctober 19161 April 1918SuffolkEnglandHousing
Mattishall19151 April 1918NorfolkEngland
Melton Mowbray19161 April 1918LeicestershireEngland
Mill Farm Night Landing Ground19171 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
Molesworth19171 April 1918CambridgeshireEnglandRAF Molesworth (non-flying)
Montrose Air Station26 February 19131 April 1918AngusScotlandMontrose Air Station Heritage Centre
Mountnessing NLGApril 1916December 1916Essexfarmland
NarboroughAugust 19151 April 1918NorfolkEnglandRAF Marham (flying){{cite web| url = http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/narboroughaerodrome.cfm| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071029032547/http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafmarham/aboutus/narboroughaerodrome.cfm| archive-date = 2007-10-29| title = RAF Marham - Narborough Aerodrome}}
Netheravon16 June 19131 April 1918WiltshireEnglandAAC Netheravon until 2012
North Benfleet NLGApril 1916March 1919Essexfarmland/new arterial road
North Coates Fitties19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Housing
North Coates Flying Club
North KillingholmeJuly 19141 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland/Industry
North Ockendon NLGApril 1916October 1916Essexfarmland
North Weald FSApril 1916December 1919Essexpost-WW1 RAF/private flying/markets
Northolt3 May 19151 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandRAF Northolt (flying)
Orsett NLGOctober 1916December 1919Essexfarmland/housing/golf course
Perton19161 April 1918StaffordshireEnglandHousing
PlungarLeicestershireEngland
Redcar19151 April 1918North YorkshireEnglandHousing
Red House Farm19171 April 1918WiltshireEnglandMoD Boscombe Down (flying)
Ripon15 September 19161 April 1918North YorkshireEnglandRipon Racecourse
Rochford FSAutumn 19151920Essexairfield
Runwell NLGAugust 1917March 1920Essexfarmland
Sadberge{{cite web|url=http://www.nelsam.org.uk/NEAR/Airfields/Histories/Sadberge.htm|title=Sadberge Landing Ground}}Co. DurhamEnglandFarmland
Saundby Aerodrome (Gainsborough){{cite web|url=http://www.beckingham-northnotts.org.uk/history/saundbyaero.html|title=Beckingham cum Saundby ....}}December 19161 April 1918NottinghamshireEnglandFarmland
Scalford19161 April 1918LeicestershireEngland
Seaton Carew19161 April 1918Co. DurhamEnglandIndustrial estate
Sedgeford19161 April 1918NorfolkEnglandFarmland
Shawbury19171 April 1918ShropshireEnglandRAF Shawbury (flying)
Shenfield (Palmers Farm) NLGSeptember 1916February 1919Essexfarmland
Shotwick19161 April 1918FlintshireWalesMoD Sealand (non-flying)
Sible Hedingham NLGApril 1916June 1919Essexfarmland
South CarltonNovember 19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
Southfields19161 April 1918NorthumberlandEnglandHM Prisons Acklington & Castington
Stirling19161918StirlingScotlandFarmland
Stow Maries AerodromeAugust 1916March 1919EssexEnglandairfield/Heritage Site
Sutton's Farm FSsummer 1915June 1919was Essex, now Greater Londonpart housing, part public open space
SwinsteadLeicestershireEngland
Tallaght1918South DublinIreland
Tangmere19171 April 1918West SussexEnglandTangmere Military Aviation Museum
Thaxted NLGJanuary 1917summer 1918Essexfarmland
Throwley AerodromeOctober 19161 April 1918KentEnglandFarmland
Ternhill19161 April 1918ShropshireEnglandRAF Ternhill/Clive Barracks
Turnberry19171 April 1918AyrshireScotlandTurnberry Golf Course
Turnhouse Aerodrome19151 April 1918City of EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh Airport
Tydd St MaryAugust 19171 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
Upavon19 June 19121 April 1918WiltshireEnglandTrenchard Lines
Uxbridge19 November 19171 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandRAF Uxbridge/Housing
Vale Farm, Thornaby (Yarm)19141 April 1918North YorkshireEnglandHousing/Industry
Waddington19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandRAF Waddington (flying)
Waddon Aerodrome19181 April 1918Greater LondonEnglandHousing
Wellingore Heath19171 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandFarmland
West Fenton Aerodrome/Gullane19161 April 1918East LothianScotlandMuseum
Weston-on-the-Green19161 April 1918OxfordshireEnglandRAF Weston-on-the-Green (flying)
Widford NLGDecember 1914summer 1916Essexpart farmland, part industry
Stamford19161 April 1918LincolnshireEnglandRAF Wittering (flying)
|Wormingford NLGDecember 1916June 1919EssexEnglandfarmland/WW2 airfield/gliding
Worthy Down19171 April 1918HampshireEnglandWorthy Down Barracks
Writtle NLGOctober 1914November 1916Essexfarmland/nurseries
WyeMay 19161 April 1918KentEnglandFarmland
Wyton19161 April 1918HuntingdonshireEnglandRAF Wyton (flying)
Yatesbury19161 April 1918WiltshireEngland
Yokes CourtFebruary 1917November 1917KentEngland

France

  • Saint-Omer, France, 1914–1918 (Headquarters) - now Saint-Omer Wizernes Airport and site of British Air Services Memorial
  • Candas No 2 Aircraft Depot (2AD) formed 13.12.15 - Spring 1918{{cite book |title=RAF Flying Training And Support Units since 1912 |publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) |year=2007 |isbn=978-0-85130-365-9}}
  • Fienvillers No 2 Aeroplane Supply Depot (2ASD) formed 1.11.17
  • Rang-du-Fliers 2AD moved after German Spring Offensive
  • St Andre aux Bois/Verton 2ASD moved after German Spring Offensive
  • Saint-Léger-lès-Authie{{cite book |last=Philpott |first=Ian |title=The Birth of the Royal Air Force |year=2013 |isbn=978-1781593332 |publisher=Pen & Sword |page=452}}
  • Sombrin (Vaulx-Vraucourt)Cross & Cockade Vol 4 No 3 1973 pp. 114–117 and papers of Lt H. Rhodes (12 Squadron).

Canada

{{further|Royal Flying Corps Canada}}

The Royal Flying Corps Canada was established by the RFC in 1917 to train aircrew in Canada. Air stations were established in southern Ontario at the following locations:

  • Camp Borden 1917–1918
  • Armour Heights Field 1917–1918 (pilot training, School of Special Flying to train instructors)
  • Leaside Aerodrome 1917–1918 (Artillery Cooperation School)
  • Long Branch Aerodrome 1917–1918
  • Curtiss School of Aviation (flying-boat station with temporary wooden hangar on the beach at Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island 1915–1918; main school, airstrip and metal hangar facilities at Long Branch)
  • Camp Rathbun, Deseronto 1917–1918 (pilot training)
  • Camp Mohawk (now Tyendinaga (Mohawk) Airport) 1917-1918 – located at the Tyendinaga Indian Reserve (now Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory) near Belleville 1917–1918 (pilot training)
  • Hamilton (Armament School) 1917–1918
  • Beamsville Camp (School of Aerial Fighting) 1917-1918 - located at 4222 Saan Road in Beamsville, Ontario; hangar remains and property now used by Global Horticultural Incorporated

Other locations

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