List of air groups of the Imperial Japanese Navy

This article contains a list of air groups of Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. Literal translation of 海軍航空隊 (Kaigun Kōkūtai) is "Naval Air Group", however, "Naval" is typically omitted in most of the established English-language sources (e.g., ). The list below follows the same convention.

Until January 1944

 * Aircraft carrier


 * Seaplane tender