Blackpool Airport

Blackpool Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	EGNH
IATA code	BLK
Coordinates	53 ° 46 '18 "  N , 3 ° 1' 58"  W Coordinates: 53 ° 46 '18 "  N , 3 ° 1' 58"  W.
Transport links
Street	2 km to the
Basic data
opening	1909
Passengers	36,269 (2016)
Air freight	0 (2016)
Flight movements	33,749 (2016)
Runways
07/25	799 m of asphalt
10/28	1869 m asphalt
13/31	1077 m asphalt

Blackpool Airport is an airport in Lancashire in the United Kingdom . It bears the name of the adjacent city of Blackpool to the north , but lies in the urban area of Lytham St Annes .

history

Blackpool Airport opened in 1909. During the Second World War , the Royal Air Force used the facility under the name RAF Squires Gate . Over time, the airport was expanded so that it still exists today as a commercial airport. In 2009 it celebrated its 100th anniversary.

Blackpool Airport was closed on October 15, 2014 after no investor was found.

Citywing has been flying to the airport again since 2015 .

Incidents

On June 29, 1972, an HFB 320 of the Inter City flight (registration D-CASY ) crashed while attempting to take off from the airport. The elevator lock had not been released before take-off, which prevented the machine from taking off. The start was aborted at very high speed. The plane rolled over the end of the runway and a railroad line and came to a halt at a holiday camp. Seven of the eight inmates were killed.

Destinations

airline	Destination airport	Flight form
Aer Arann	Dublin	Scheduled flight
citywing	Belfast , Isle of Man	Scheduled flight

Web links

• Blackpool Airport website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Passenger numbers at all airports in the United Kingdom. (PDF; 79 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Freight figures from all UK airports. (PDF; 12 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
3. ↑ Aircraft movements at all UK airports. (PDF; 157 KB) In: caa.co.uk. Civil Aviation Authority , accessed May 13, 2017 .  
4. ↑ blackpoolinternational.com - BLACKPOOL AIRPORT ANNOUNCEMENT ( Memento from October 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (English) accessed on September 30, 2014
5. ↑ BBC News - Blackpool Airport to close after 'no buyer found' . In: BBC News . Retrieved October 8, 2014.
6. ↑ BBC News - Blackpool Airport: Daily passenger flights to resume . In: BBC News . Retrieved August 15, 2016.
7. ↑ Accident report HFB 320 D-CASY , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 16, 2016.