List of air stations of the Royal Navy


This is a list of Naval Air Stations of the Royal Navy. Naval Air Stations are land bases of the Fleet Air Arm, the branch of the Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft.

Current Naval Air Stations

Currently RNAS means "Royal Naval Air Station" and, in common with the Royal Air Force, is always followed by a geographical place in which the air station is located.

Former Naval Air Stations by ship name (HMS xxx)

HMS means Her Majesty's Ship.
Some smaller and some very early Naval Air Stations in the list above were not commissioned as HM Ships. Those below were commissioned and, therefore, have a ship's name. Royal Navy shore bases and naval air stations have traditionally been named in the same manner as seagoing ships.
Officers were appointed to HMS xxx rather than to RNAS xxx and, similarly, ratings' Service Certificates will show only the name of the ship when drafted to a Naval Air Station. Thus, this list may help when researching family history records.
HMSNearest TownCountyCountryCurrent use
HMS ArielSouth WonstonHampshireEngland
HMS ArielLee-on-the-SolentHampshireEngland
HMS BlackcapStrettonCheshireEngland
HMS BuzzardLympneKentEnglandIndustrial estate
HMS BuzzardPalisadoesKingstonJamaica
HMS CondorArbroathAngusScotlandRM Condor
HMS CorncrakeBallyhalbertCo. DownNorthern IrelandHousing
HMS CurlewSt MerrynCornwallEnglandFarmland
HMS Daedalus IILympneKentEnglandIndustrial Estate
HMS Daedalus IISandbanksDorsetEngland
HMS Daedalus IILawrenny FerryPembrokeshireWales
HMS Daedalus IIILee-on-the-SolentHampshireEnglandLee-on-Solent Airfield
HMS Europa IIBungaySuffolkEngland
HMS FalconĦal FarMaltaIndustrial Estate
HMS FieldfareEvantonRoss and CromartyScotlandIndustrial Estate
HMS FlycatcherLudhamNorfolkEnglandFarmland
HMS FlycatcherMiddle WallopHampshireEnglandAAC Middle Wallop
HMS FlycatcherKai TakKowloon BayHong KongKai Tak Development
HMS FulmarLossiemouthMorayshireScotlandRAF Lossiemouth
HMS GadwallSydenhamBelfastNorthern IrelandGeorge Best Belfast City Airport
HMS GamecockBramcoteWarwickshireEnglandGamecock Barracks
HMS GannetEglintonCo. LondonderryNorthern IrelandCity of Derry Airport
HMS GannetPrestwickSouth AyrshireScotlandGlasgow Prestwick Airport
HMS Gannet IIMaydownCo. LondonderryNorthern IrelandIndustry
HMS Gannet IIIBelfastCo. AntrimNorthern IrelandGeorge Best Belfast City Airport
HMS GodwitOllertonShropshireEngland
HMS GoldcrestAnglePembrokeshireWalesCawdor Barracks
HMS GoldfinchTa' QaliMaltaPark
HMS GrebeAlexandriaEgypt
HMS Heron IICharlton HorethorneSomersetEnglandFarmland
HMS Heron IIHaldon HillsDevonEngland
HMS HornbillCulham, AbingdonOxfordshireEnglandFusion research facility
HMS Hornbill IIBecclesSuffolkEnglandVarious
HMS HummingbirdZealsWiltshireEnglandFarmland
HMS IcarusScapa FlowOrkneyScotland?
HMS Jackdaw IIKingsbarnsFifeScotland
HMS KipangaKilindiniMombasa CountyKenya
HMS Kipanga IIMackinnon RoadTaita-Taveta CountyKenya
HMS Kipanga IIMoi International AirportMombasa CountyKenyaMoi International Airport
HMS KestrelSouth WonstonHampshireEnglandWorthy Down Barracks
HMS LandrailMachrihanishArgyllshireScotlandCampbeltown Airport
HMS MalabarBoaz IslandSandys ParishBermudaHousing
HMS MerganserRattrayAberdeenshireScotlandLong range radio station
HMS Mentor IIStornowayOuter HebridesScotlandStornoway Airport
HMS MerlinDonibristleFifeScotlandDalgety Bay
HMS NabaronPonam IslandPapua New Guinea
HMS NabberleyBankstownAustraliaBankstown Airport
HMS NabbingtonNowraAustraliaHMAS Albatross
HMS NabcatcherKowloon BayKowloon PeninsulaHong Kong
HMS NabhurstMiddle WallopHampshireEngland
HMS NabreekiePinkenbaBrisbaneAustralia
HMS NabrockSembawangSingapore
HMS NabstockMaryboroughQueenslandAustralia
HMS NabswickJervis BayNew South WalesAustralia
HMS NabthorpeSchofieldsNew South WalesAustraliaRAAF Station Schofields
HMS NighthawkDremEast LothianScotlandRAF Drem Museum
HMS NightjarInskipLancashireEngland
HMS NuthatchAnthornCumbriaEnglandAnthorn Radio Station
HMS OspreyPortlandDorsetEnglandCoastguard base
HMS OwlFearnRoss and CromartyScotland
HMS PeewitEast HavenAngusScotland
HMS PeregrineFordWest SussexEngland
HMS PintailCrumlinCo. AntrimNorthern Ireland
HMS RavenEastleighHampshireEnglandSouthampton International Airport
HMS RingtailBurscough/OrmskirkLancashireEngland
HMS RobinKirkwallOrkneyScotlandKirkwall Airport
HMS SanderlingAbbotsinchRenfrewshireScotlandGlasgow Airport
HMS SeabornHalifaxNova ScotiaCanadaCFB Shearwater
HMS SealionBallykellyCo. LondonderryNorthern IrelandShackleton Barracks
HMS ShrikeMaydownCo. LondonderryNorthern IrelandIndustry
HMS SimbangSembawangSingaporeSembawang Air Base
HMS SiskinGosportHampshireEnglandHMS Sultan
HMS SparrowhawkKirkwallOrkneyScotlandIndustrial Estate
HMS SpurwingHastingsWestern AreaSierra Leone
HMS TernTwattOrkneyScotland
HMS UkussaKalutaraWestern ProvinceSri LankaKatukurunda Airport
HMS UrleyRonaldswayIsle of ManIsle of Man Airport
HMS VultureSt MerrynCornwallEnglandFarmland
HMS Vulture IITreliggaCornwallEnglandFarmland
HMS WagtailHeathfieldSouth AyrshireScotland