This is a list of stations operated by the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), or stations where RCAF units existed, from 1924 until unification into the Canadian 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) 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, from the use "air element" 1968–2011). 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" 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, whereby the prefix RCAF (vs. RAF) was affixed.
Operating locations (1924–1939)
Primary Canadian stations
Alberta High River
British Columbia Vancouver
Manitoba Winnipeg
Nova Scotia Dartmouth
Ontario Camp Borden Ottawa Quinte West
Operating locations (1939–1945)
Primary Canadian stations
Alberta
RCAF Station Bowden RCAF Station Calgary RCAF Station Claresholm RCAF Station De Winton RCAF Station Edmonton RCAF Detachment Edmonton RCAF Station Fort Macleod
RCAF Station High River RCAF Station Lethbridge RCAF Detachment Lethbridge RCAF Detachment Netook RCAF Station Pearce RCAF Station Penhold RCAF Station Vulcan RCAF Station Wainwright
British Columbia
RCAF Station Abbotsford RCAF Station Alliford Bay RCAF Station Bella Bella RCAF Station Boundary Bay RCAF Station Coal Harbour RCAF Station Comox RCAF Station Dog Creek RCAF Station Fort Nelson RCAF Station Fort St. John RCAF Station Hope RCAF Station Holberg RCAF Station Jericho Beach RCAF Station Midway
RCAF Station Oliver RCAF Station Patricia Bay RCAF Station Penticton RCAF Station Port Hardy RCAF Station Prince George RCAF Station Prince Rupert RCAF Station Princeton RCAF Station Sea Island RCAF Station Smithers RCAF Station Terrace RCAF Station Tofino RCAF Station Quesnel RCAF Station Ucluelet
Manitoba
RCAF Station Brandon RCAF Station Carberry RCAF Station Dauphin RCAF Station Gimli RCAF Station Macdonald RCAF Station Neepawa
RCAF Station Paulson RCAF Station Portage la Prairie RCAF Station Rivers, Canadian Joint Air Training Command (CJATC) New Sarum RCAF Station Souris RCAF Station Virden RCAF Station Winnipeg RCAF Detachment Winnipeg
New Brunswick
RCAF Station Chatham RCAF Station Moncton
RCAF Station Pennfield Ridge RCAF Station Saint John RCAF Station Scoudoc
Nova Scotia
RCAF Station Dartmouth RCAF Station Debert RCAF Station Greenwood RCAF Station Halifax RCAF Station Maitland RCAF Aerodrome New Glasgow & TrentonStaff Writer c.1942, p. 22
RCAF Station Stanley RCAF Station Shelburne RCAF Station Sydney RCAF Station Yarmouth Sydney River Base (Sydney River, Nova Scotia) Kelly Beach (North Sydney, Nova Scotia)
Ontario
RCAF Detachment Alliston RCAF Detachment Armstrong Station RCAF Station Aylmer RCAF Station Arnprior RCAF Station Belleville RCAF Station Brantford RCAF Station Camp Borden RCAF Detachment Cayuga RCAF Station Centralia RCAF Station Clinton RCAF Station Crumlin RCAF Station Deseronto RCAF Station Dunnville RCAF Detachment Edenvale RCAF Station Edgar RCAF Station Fingal RCAF Station Guelph RCAF Station Hagersville
RCAF Station Hamilton RCAF Station Jarvis RCAF Detachment Kapuskasing RCAF Station Kingston RCAF Station Leaside RCAF Station London RCAF Detachment Malton RCAF Station Mountain View RCAF Station North Bay RCAF Station Oshawa RCAF Station Pendleton RCAF Station Picton RCAF Station Port Albert RCAF Station Rockcliffe RCAF Station Trenton RCAF Station Uplands RCAF Detachment Welland
Prince Edward Island
RCAF Station Charlottetown RCAF Station Mount Pleasant
RCAF Station Summerside
Quebec
RCAF Station Bagotville RCAF Station Parent RCAF Station Gaspé RCAF Station Lachine RCAF Station Mont-Joli RCAF Station Montreal
RCAF Station Sept-Îles RCAF Station St Hubert RCAF Station St Jean RCAF Station Victoriaville RCAF Detachment Montreal RCAF Detachment Megantic
Saskatchewan
RCAF Station Assiniboia RCAF Station Caron RCAF Station Dafoe RCAF Station Davidson RCAF Station Estevan RCAF Station Moose Jaw RCAF Station Mossbank
RCAF Station North Battleford RCAF Station Prince Albert RCAF Station Regina RCAF Station Saskatoon RCAF Station Swift Current RCAF Station Yorkton RCAF Station Weyburn
Non-Canadian North American operating locations
Alaska
Annette Island Army Airfield Fort Glenn Army Airfield (Umnak) Kiska Army Airfield Elmendorf Army Airfield (Anchorage)
Marks Air Force Base (Nome) Miller Army Airfield Naval Air Station Adak Naval Air Station Kodiak
Bermuda Hamilton
Newfoundland RCAF Station Botwood RCAF Station Gander RCAF Brig Harbour RCAF Cape Bauld RCAF Cape Ray RCAF Station Torbay RCAF Port aux Basques
United Kingdom operating locations
England
RAF Acklington RAF Andover RAF Ashford RAF Baginton RAF Balderton RAF Bassingbourn RAF Beaulieu RAF Biggin Hill RAF Bircham Newton RAF Blakehill Farm RAF Bradwell Bay RAF Burn RAF Castle Camps RAF Catterick RAF Charmy Down RAF Chivenor RAF Coleby Grange RAF Colerne RAF Croft RAF Croydon RAF Dalton RAF Davidstow Moor RAF Debden RAF Digby RAF Dishforth RAF Docking RAF Down Ampney RAF Driffield RAF Dunsfold RAF East Moor RAF Eastchurch RAF Exeter RAF Ford RAF Friston RAF Funtington RAF Gatwick RAF Gransden Lodge RAF Gravesend RAF Hartford Bridge RAF Harrowbeer RAF Halton RAF Hawkinge RAF Headcorn RAF High Post RAF Holmsley South RAF Hornchurch RAF Horne RAF Hunsdon
RAF Hurn/Bournemouth RAF Kenley RAF Lashenden RAF Leeming RAF Lindholme RAF Linton-on-Ouse RAF Lympne RAF Manston RAF Martlesham Heath RAF Merston RAF Middle Wallop RAF Middleton St. George RAF Mildenhall RAF Molesworth RAF North Coates RAF North Luffenham RAF North Weald RAF Odiham RAF Old Sarum RAF Penshurst RAF Perranporth RAF Pocklington RAF Portreath RAF Predannack RAF Redhill RAF Scorton RAF Skipton-on-Swale RAF Southend RAF St Eval RAF Staplehurst RAF Strubby RAF Syerston RAF Tangmere RAF Topcliffe RAF Tempsford RAF Ternhill RAF Tholthorpe RAF Thorney Island RAF Trebulzue RAF Waddington RAF Warmwood RAF Wellingore RAF West Malling RAF Westhampnett RAF Weston Zoyland RAF Winkleigh RAF Wittering RAF Wombleton RAF Woodchurch RAF Zeals
Northern Ireland
RAF Castle Archdale
RAF Limavady
Scotland
RAF Ayr RAF Banff RAF Castletown RAF Dallachy RAF Dundonald RAF Dyce RAF Leuchars RAF Oban
RAF Peterhead RAF Prestwick RAF Skeabrae RAF Skitten RAF Stranraer RAF Sullom Voe RAF Sumburgh RAF Tain RAF Wick
Wales
RAF Angle RAF Fairwood Common
RAF Valley RAF Pembroke Dock
Northern Europe operating locations
Belgium
Base 90 Kleine-Brogel Base 56 Evere Base 58 Melsbroek Base 64 Diest
Base 66 Blankenburg Base 68 Le Culot Base 70 Antwerp Base 71 Koksijde Base 75 Nivelles
Denmark Base 160 Copenhagen
France
ALG (Advanced Landing Ground) Wormhout 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
Iceland Reykjavík
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)
Norway Oslo, Norway
Southern Europe and Mediterranean Sea operating locations
Gibraltar
Luga, Malta
Italy
Bellaria Canne Cassibile Fano Fabrica Foggia Gioia del Colle Grottaglie
India Anzio Lentini West Littorio, Rome, Italy Loreto Perugia Treviso Triolo Tulihal Venafro
North Africa
Devesoir, Egypt Kafareet, Egypt Idku, Egypt Shandur, Egypt Mellaha, Libya Tripoli
Rabat-Sale, Morocco Ben Gardane, Tunisia Goubrine South, Tunisia Hani East Landing Ground, Tunisia Kairouan/Zina, Tunisia Kairouan/Pavilllier, Tunisia
Other operating locations
Indian Ocean
Kinmagan, Burma Kyaukpyu, Burma Mawnubyin, Burma
Koggala, Ceylon Gujrat, India Kanglatongbi, India Addu Atoll, Seychelles Islands
Persian Gulf Bahrain
Africa
Langebaan, South Africa
Mombasa, Kenya
Operating locations (1946–1968)
Primary Canadian stations
Alberta
RCAF Station Cold Lake RCAF Station Penhold
RCAF Station Edmonton
British Columbia RCAF Station Comox RCAF Station Holberg RCAF Station Sea Island
Manitoba
RCAF Station Portage la Prairie
RCAF Station Winnipeg
New Brunswick RCAF Station Chatham
Newfoundland
RCAF Station Gander
RCAF Station Goose Bay
Nova Scotia
RCAF Station Greenwood
RCAF Station Shearwater
Ontario
RCAF Station Borden RCAF Station North Bay RCAF Station Trenton
RCAF Station Uplands RCAF Station Rockcliffe RCAF Station Downsview
Prince Edward Island RCAF Station Summerside
Quebec
RCAF Station Bagotville
RCAF Station St Hubert
RCAF Station Parent RCAF Station Senneterre RCAF Station Lac St Denis RCAF Station Lamacaza RCAF Station Val d'Or
Saskatchewan RCAF Station Moose Jaw
Auxiliary Canadian stations
Alberta RCAF Station Namao
Manitoba
RCAF Station Rivers Canadian Joint Air Training Command (CJATC) New Sarum
RCAF Station Gimli
Newfoundland RCAF Station Torbay
Northwest Territories RCAF Station Resolute Bay
Nova Scotia RCAF Station Debert
Ontario
RCAF Station Clinton
RCAF Station Centralia
Quebec
RCAF Station Dorval RCAF Station La Macaza
RCAF Station Val d'Or
Yukon RCAF Station Whitehorse
Emergency Canadian airfields
British Columbia
Port Hardy Puntzi Mountain
Tofino
Ontario
Earlton RCAF Detachment Grand Bend Gore Bay Killaloe
Muskoka Sudbury Timmins Wiarton
Quebec
Casey Lac-des-Loups L'Ancienne-Lorette
La Tuque RCAF Station Mont-Joli Val-d'Or
DEW Line radar stations This covers 1946–1968. Nunavut was created in 1999. Stations are listed from west to east.
Yukon
Komakuk Beach Stokes Point
Shingle Point
Northwest Territories
Tununuk Camp Tuktoyaktuk Atkinson Point Nicholson Peninsula Horton River Cape Parry Pearce Point Clinton Point Clifton Point Cape Young Bernard Harbour Lady Franklin Point Ross Point Byron Bay Cape Peel Cambridge Bay Sturt Point Jenny Lind Island Hat Island Gladman Point
Matheson Point Shepherd Bay Simpson Lake Pelly Bay Keith Bay Mackar Inlet Scarpa Lake Hall Beach Rowley Island Bray Island Longstaff Bluff Nudluardjuk Lake Dewar Lakes Ekalugad Cape Hooper Kivitoo Broughton Island Durban Island Cape Dyer Brevoort Island Resolution Island
Mid-Canada Line radar stations
Alberta RCAF Station Stoney Mountain
British Columbia RCAF Station Dawson Creek
Manitoba
RCAF Station Bird
RCAF Station Cranberry Portage
Newfoundland and Labrador Border Beacon Hopedale Air Station
Ontario RCAF Station Winisk
Quebec
RCAF Station Knob Lake
RCAF Station Great Whale River