List of Royal Canadian Air Force stations
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)
[edit]Primary Canadian stations
[edit]Alberta
[edit]British Columbia
[edit]Manitoba
[edit]Nova Scotia
[edit]Ontario
[edit]Operating locations (1939–1945)
[edit]Primary Canadian stations
[edit]Alberta
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British Columbia
[edit]Manitoba
[edit]New Brunswick
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Nova Scotia
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Ontario
[edit]Prince Edward Island
[edit]Quebec
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Saskatchewan
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Non-Canadian North American operating locations
[edit]Alaska
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Bermuda
[edit]Newfoundland
[edit]- 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
[edit]England
[edit]Northern Ireland
[edit]Scotland
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Wales
[edit]Northern Europe operating locations
[edit]Belgium
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Denmark
[edit]France
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Germany
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Iceland
[edit]The Netherlands
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Norway
[edit]Southern Europe and Mediterranean Sea operating locations
[edit]Italy
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North Africa
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Other operating locations
[edit]Indian Ocean
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Persian Gulf
[edit]Africa
[edit]Operating locations (1946–1968)
[edit]Primary Canadian stations
[edit]Alberta
[edit]British Columbia
[edit]- RCAF Station Comox
- RCAF Station Holberg
- RCAF Station Sea Island
Manitoba
[edit]New Brunswick
[edit]Newfoundland
[edit]Nova Scotia
[edit]Ontario
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Prince Edward Island
[edit]Quebec
[edit]- RCAF Station Parent
- RCAF Station Senneterre
- RCAF Station Lac St Denis
- RCAF Station Lamacaza
RCAF Station Val d'Or
Saskatchewan
[edit]Auxiliary Canadian stations
[edit]Alberta
[edit]Manitoba
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Newfoundland
[edit]Northwest Territories
[edit]Nova Scotia
[edit]Ontario
[edit]Quebec
[edit]Yukon
[edit]Emergency Canadian airfields
[edit]British Columbia
[edit]Ontario
[edit]Quebec
[edit]DEW Line radar stations
[edit]This covers 1946–1968. Nunavut was created in 1999. Stations are listed from west to east.[2]
Yukon
[edit]Northwest Territories
[edit]Mid-Canada Line radar stations
[edit]Alberta
[edit]British Columbia
[edit]Manitoba
[edit]Newfoundland and Labrador
[edit]Ontario
[edit]Quebec
[edit]Pinetree Line radar stations
[edit]Alberta
[edit]British Columbia
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Manitoba
[edit]New Brunswick
[edit]Newfoundland & Labrador
[edit]Nova Scotia
[edit]Northwest Territories
[edit]Ontario
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Quebec
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Saskatchewan
[edit]Primary overseas stations
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]France
[edit]Germany
[edit]Afghanistan
[edit]British Commonwealth Air Training Plan relief airfields
[edit]- Relief airfield for No. 6 Service Flying Training School/RCAF Station Dunnville
- RCAF Detachment Gananoque
References
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- ^ Staff Writer c.1942, p. 22
- ^ The DEW LINE Sites in Canada, Alaska & Greenland
- Staff writer (c. 1942). Pilots Handbook of Aerodromes and Seaplane Bases Vol. 1. Royal Canadian Air Force.