Name |
Alt Name |
Used by |
Dates |
Current use |
Notes
|
RAF Attlebridge |
USAAF Station 120 (Eighth Air Force) |
RAF, USAAF |
June 1941 – 5 August 1956 |
Farmland |
[1]
|
RAF Bacton |
RNAS Bacton |
RNAS, RAF |
1915 – March 1919 |
Farmland |
First World War Landing Ground.[2]
|
RAF Barton Bendish |
|
RAF |
September 1939 – October 1942 |
Farmland |
Second World War Landing Ground (satellite to Marham).[3]
|
RAF Bircham Newton |
|
RAF, FAA |
May 1918 – December 1962 |
Now a training establishment to the civil Construction Industry Training Board |
Second World War Landing Ground.[4]
|
RAF Bodney |
USAAF Station 141 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
March 1940 – November 1945 |
Farmland |
Second World War Landing Ground.[5]
|
RAF Burgh Castle |
RNAS Burgh Castle |
RNAS, RAF |
1915–1919 |
Open Land |
First World War Landing Ground.[6]
|
RAF Bylaugh Hall |
|
RAF |
1943–1945 |
Private ownership |
Headquarters of No. 100 Group RAF.
|
RAF Coltishall |
USAAF Station 355 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
May 1940 – November 2006 |
HMP Bure |
The last operational WW2 airfield, closed in 2006, known as MoD Coltishall until its disposal.[7]
|
RAF Deopham Green |
USAAF Station 142 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
January 1944 – January 1948 |
Farmland |
Second World War Landing Ground.[8]
|
RAF Docking |
|
RAF |
July 1940 – September 1946 |
Farmland |
[9]
|
RAF Downham Market |
|
RAF |
1942 – October 1946 |
Bexwell Industrial Estate |
[10]
|
RAF East Wretham |
USAAF Station 133 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1940 – July 1948 |
British Army use |
[11]
|
RAF Feltwell |
|
RFC, RAF, USAF |
November 1917 – Present |
Housing and education for USAF personnel |
[12]
|
RAF Fersfield |
USAAF Station 140 / 554 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1944 – March 1946 |
Farmland |
[13]
|
RAF Foulsham |
|
RAF |
May 1942 – June 1962 |
Farmland/Industry |
[14]
|
RAF Great Massingham |
|
RAF |
July 1940 – November 1950 (closed to flying) |
Farmland/Limited Flying |
Bomber station.[15]
|
RAF Great Yarmouth |
RNAS Great Yarmouth[16] |
RNAS, RAF |
April 1913 – November 1920 |
Camp 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 Hardwick |
USAAF Station 104 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
September 1942 – August 1946 |
Farmland/Limited Flying |
[20]
|
RAF Harling Road |
RFC Harling Road |
RFC, RAF |
December 1916 – March 1920 |
Industry |
First World War.[21]
|
RAF Hethel |
USAAF Station 114 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1942 – June 1948 |
Lotus Cars/Hethel Engineering Centre |
[22]
|
RNAS Hickling Broads |
|
RAF |
August 1918 – September 1919 |
Moorings |
[23]
|
RAF Hingham |
RFC Hingham |
RFC, RAF |
1916–1919 |
Farmland |
First World War Landing Ground.[24]
|
RAF Holt |
RNAS Holt |
RNAS, RAF |
November 1915 – 1920s |
Farming/ Open land |
First World War Landing Ground.[25]
|
RAF Horsham St Faith |
USAAF Station 123 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1940–1967.[26] |
Norwich International Airport |
[27]
|
RAF Knettishall |
USAAF Station 136 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
January 1943 – 1957 |
Farmland |
[28]
|
RAF Langham |
|
RAF, FAA |
1940–1961 |
Turkey farm/Heritage site |
Joint Fleet Air Arm/RAF.[29]
|
RAF Little Snoring |
|
RAF |
1943–1958 |
Private airfield |
Bomber station.[30]
|
RAF Ludham |
RNAS Ludham (HMS Flycatcher) |
RAF, RNAS |
November 1941 – April 1946 |
Farmland/housing/landing strip |
Allocated to US 8th AF as Station 177, but not used.[31][32]
|
RAF Marham |
RFC Marham |
RFC, RAF |
1916–1919, 1935–present |
Current home to the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II |
[33]
|
RAF Matlaske |
USAAF Station 178 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1940–1946 |
Farmland |
[34]
|
RAF Mattishall |
RFC Mattishall |
RFC, RAF |
November 1915 – May 1919 |
Farmland |
First World War.[35]
|
RAF Methwold |
|
RAF |
1938–1958 |
Farmland/industry |
[36]
|
RAF Mousehold Heath |
RFC Mousehold Heath, Norwich Municipal Airport |
RFC, Civil, RAF |
1914–1933 |
Housing Estate & Light Industry |
[37]
|
RAF Narborough |
RNAS Narborough, RFC Narborough |
RNAS, RFC, RAF |
August 1915 – December 1919 |
Farmland |
[38]
|
RAF North Creake |
Code Name: WORKER |
RAF (No. 100 Group, 199 & 171 Sqns) |
1943–1947 |
Farmland/housing/industry |
The 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 Pickenham |
USAAF Station 143 |
RAF, USAAF |
1944–1963 |
Runways 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 Buckenham |
USAAF Station 144 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1943–1960 |
Old Buckenham Airport |
[42]
|
RAF Oulton |
|
RAF |
July 1940 – August 1952 |
Farmland |
[43]
|
RAF Pulham |
RNAS Pulham |
RNAS, RAF |
1915–1948 |
Farmland |
Used for the development of British airships between the wars, hangar moved to Cardington (Bedfordshire), used as crashed aircraft dump in WW2.[44]
|
RAF Rackheath |
USAAF Station 145 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1944–1945 |
Farmland/industrial |
[45]
|
RAF Sculthorpe |
|
RAF, USAAF, USAF |
January 1943 – October 1992 |
Housing/industry/MoD training area |
[46]
|
RAF Sedgeford |
RNAS Sedgeford, RFC Sedgeford |
RNAS, RFC, RAF |
1915–1919, 1940–1944 |
Farmland |
Used as decoy airfield during WWII.[47]
|
RAF Seething |
USAAF Station 146 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1943–1945 |
Seething Airfield |
[48]
|
RAF Shipdham |
USAAF Station 115 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1942–1957 |
Shipdham Airfield |
[49]
|
RAF Snetterton Heath |
USAAF Station 138 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1943–1952 |
Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit |
[50]
|
RAF Swannington |
|
RAF |
April 1944 – November 1947 |
Farmland/industry |
[51]
|
RAF Swanton Morley |
Robertson Barracks |
RAF, Army |
1940–present |
Robertson Barracks |
[52]
|
RAF Thetford |
RFC Thetford |
RFC, RAF |
1915–1920, 1940–1942 |
Farmland |
Used as decoy airfield during WWII.[53]
|
RAF Thorpe Abbotts |
USAAF Station 139 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1943–1956 |
Farmland/civil aviation |
Home of 100th Bomb Group Memorial Museum.[54]
|
RAF Tibenham |
RFC Tibenham, USAAF Station 124 (8th AF) |
RFC, RAF, USAAF |
1916–1920, 1942–1959 |
Airfield |
Now owned by Norfolk Gliding Club.[55]
|
RAF Watton |
USAAF Station 376 / 505 |
RAF, USAAF |
1939–1992 |
Housing/civil aviation/army training/HM Prison Wayland |
[56]
|
RAF Wendling |
USAAF Station 118 (8th AF) |
RAF, USAAF |
1943–1961 |
Farmland |
[57]
|
RAF West Raynham |
|
RAF, FAA |
May 1939 – June 1994 |
Farmland/housing |
[58]
|