This is a list of current or former military airfields within the English county of Norfolk, East Anglia. They may have been used by the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Air Force (RAF), Army Air Corps (AAC), Fleet Air Arm (FAA), United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) or the United States Air Force (USAF).

For a list of current RAF stations in the UK and abroad, see List of Royal Air Force stations and for former stations see List of former Royal Air Force stations.

NameAlt NameUsed byDatesCurrent useNotes
RAF AttlebridgeUSAAF Station 120 (Eighth Air Force)RAF, USAAFJune 1941 – 5 August 1956Farmland[1]
RAF BactonRNAS BactonRNAS, RAF1915 – March 1919FarmlandFirst World War Landing Ground.[2]
RAF Barton BendishRAFSeptember 1939 – October 1942FarmlandSecond World War Landing Ground (satellite to Marham).[3]
RAF Bircham NewtonRAF, FAAMay 1918 – December 1962Now a training establishment to the civil Construction Industry Training BoardSecond World War Landing Ground.[4]
RAF BodneyUSAAF Station 141 (8th AF)RAF, USAAFMarch 1940 – November 1945FarmlandSecond World War Landing Ground.[5]
RAF Burgh CastleRNAS Burgh CastleRNAS, RAF1915–1919Open LandFirst World War Landing Ground.[6]
RAF Bylaugh HallRAF1943–1945Private ownershipHeadquarters of No. 100 Group RAF.
RAF ColtishallUSAAF Station 355 (8th AF)RAF, USAAFMay 1940 – November 2006HMP BureThe last operational WW2 airfield, closed in 2006, known as MoD Coltishall until its disposal.[7]
RAF Deopham GreenUSAAF Station 142 (8th AF)RAF, USAAFJanuary 1944 – January 1948FarmlandSecond World War Landing Ground.[8]
RAF DockingRAFJuly 1940 – September 1946Farmland[9]
RAF Downham MarketRAF1942 – October 1946Bexwell Industrial Estate[10]
RAF East WrethamUSAAF Station 133 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1940 – July 1948British Army use[11]
RAF FeltwellRFC, RAF, USAFNovember 1917 – PresentHousing and education for USAF personnel[12]
RAF FersfieldUSAAF Station 140 / 554 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1944 – March 1946Farmland[13]
RAF FoulshamRAFMay 1942 – June 1962Farmland/Industry[14]
RAF Great MassinghamRAFJuly 1940 – November 1950 (closed to flying)Farmland/Limited FlyingBomber station.[15]
RAF Great YarmouthRNAS Great Yarmouth[16]RNAS, RAFApril 1913 – November 1920Camp Site[17]Land and seaplane base during WWI.[18] In WW2 used by No. 16 Recruits Centre from 1941–1946 (AIR 29/504)[19]
RAF HardwickUSAAF Station 104 (8th AF)RAF, USAAFSeptember 1942 – August 1946Farmland/Limited Flying[20]
RAF Harling RoadRFC Harling RoadRFC, RAFDecember 1916 – March 1920IndustryFirst World War.[21]
RAF HethelUSAAF Station 114 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1942 – June 1948Lotus Cars/Hethel Engineering Centre[22]
RNAS Hickling BroadsRAFAugust 1918 – September 1919Moorings[23]
RAF HinghamRFC HinghamRFC, RAF1916–1919FarmlandFirst World War Landing Ground.[24]
RAF HoltRNAS HoltRNAS, RAFNovember 1915 – 1920sFarming/ Open landFirst World War Landing Ground.[25]
RAF Horsham St FaithUSAAF Station 123 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1940–1967.[26]Norwich International Airport[27]
RAF KnettishallUSAAF Station 136 (8th AF)RAF, USAAFJanuary 1943 – 1957Farmland[28]
RAF LanghamRAF, FAA1940–1961Turkey farm/Heritage siteJoint Fleet Air Arm/RAF.[29]
RAF Little SnoringRAF1943–1958Private airfieldBomber station.[30]
RAF LudhamRNAS Ludham (HMS Flycatcher)RAF, RNASNovember 1941 – April 1946Farmland/housing/landing stripAllocated to US 8th AF as Station 177, but not used.[31][32]
RAF MarhamRFC MarhamRFC, RAF1916–1919, 1935–presentCurrent home to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II[33]
RAF MatlaskeUSAAF Station 178 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1940–1946Farmland[34]
RAF MattishallRFC MattishallRFC, RAFNovember 1915 – May 1919FarmlandFirst World War.[35]
RAF MethwoldRAF1938–1958Farmland/industry[36]
RAF Mousehold HeathRFC Mousehold Heath, Norwich Municipal AirportRFC, Civil, RAF1914–1933Housing Estate & Light Industry[37]
RAF NarboroughRNAS Narborough, RFC NarboroughRNAS, RFC, RAFAugust 1915 – December 1919Farmland[38]
RAF North CreakeCode Name: WORKERRAF (No. 100 Group, 199 & 171 Sqns)1943–1947Farmland/housing/industryThe Control Tower is now a bed and breakfast,[39] with the rest of the site in agricultural use with some light industry in the former airfield buildings.[40]
RAF North PickenhamUSAAF Station 143RAF, USAAF1944–1963Runways used by Bernard Matthews as bases for turkey sheds. Thor IRBM site now used by Anglia Karting.Thor IBRM station 1958–1963.[41]
RAF Old BuckenhamUSAAF Station 144 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1943–1960Old Buckenham Airport[42]
RAF OultonRAFJuly 1940 – August 1952Farmland[43]
RAF PulhamRNAS PulhamRNAS, RAF1915–1948FarmlandUsed for the development of British airships between the wars, hangar moved to Cardington (Bedfordshire), used as crashed aircraft dump in WW2.[44]
RAF RackheathUSAAF Station 145 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1944–1945Farmland/industrial[45]
RAF SculthorpeRAF, USAAF, USAFJanuary 1943 – October 1992Housing/industry/MoD training area[46]
RAF SedgefordRNAS Sedgeford, RFC SedgefordRNAS, RFC, RAF1915–1919, 1940–1944FarmlandUsed as decoy airfield during WWII.[47]
RAF SeethingUSAAF Station 146 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1943–1945Seething Airfield[48]
RAF ShipdhamUSAAF Station 115 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1942–1957Shipdham Airfield[49]
RAF Snetterton HeathUSAAF Station 138 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1943–1952Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit[50]
RAF SwanningtonRAFApril 1944 – November 1947Farmland/industry[51]
RAF Swanton MorleyRobertson BarracksRAF, Army1940–presentRobertson Barracks[52]
RAF ThetfordRFC ThetfordRFC, RAF1915–1920, 1940–1942FarmlandUsed as decoy airfield during WWII.[53]
RAF Thorpe AbbottsUSAAF Station 139 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1943–1956Farmland/civil aviationHome of 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.[54]
RAF TibenhamRFC Tibenham, USAAF Station 124 (8th AF)RFC, RAF, USAAF1916–1920, 1942–1959AirfieldNow owned by Norfolk Gliding Club.[55]
RAF WattonUSAAF Station 376 / 505RAF, USAAF1939–1992Housing/civil aviation/army training/HM Prison Wayland[56]
RAF WendlingUSAAF Station 118 (8th AF)RAF, USAAF1943–1961Farmland[57]
RAF West RaynhamRAF, FAAMay 1939 – June 1994Farmland/housing[58]

References

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  2. "Bacton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  3. "Barton Bendish". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. "Bircham Newton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. "Bodney". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  6. "Burgh Castle". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. "Coltishall". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  8. "Deopham Green". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  9. "Docking". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  10. "Downham Market (Bexwell)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  11. "East Wretham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  12. "Feltwell". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  13. "Fersfield (Winfarthing)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  14. "Foulsham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  15. "Great Massingham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  16. This aerodrome is usually known as South Denes Royal Naval Air Service aerodrome or RNAS South Denes
  17. Great Yarmouth’s air aces who took on the Zeppelins; Trevor Heaton; Article in the Eastern Daily Press; 16 December 2017
  18. "Great Yarmouth I (South Denes) (Yarmouth)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  19. "AIR 29/504". The National Archives. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  20. "Hardwick, Norfolk". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  21. "Harling Road (Roudham)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  22. "Hethel". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  23. "Hickling Broad". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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  26. "RAF Horsham St Faith airfield". Control Towers. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  27. "Horsham St Faith (Norwich)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  28. "Knettishall". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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  40. "North Creake". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  41. "North Pickenham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  42. "Old Buckenham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  43. "Oulton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  44. "Pulham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  45. "Rackheath". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  46. "Sculthorpe". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  47. "Sedgeford". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  48. "About Seething Airfield". Seething Flying Club. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  49. "Shipdham". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  50. "Snetterton Heath". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  51. "Swannington". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  52. "Swanton Morley". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  53. "Thetford (Snarehill)". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  54. "Thorpe Abbotts". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  55. "About Tibenham Airfield". Norfolk Gliding Club. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  56. "Watton". Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
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