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Blackpool International Airport

  • PAX: 33,000
  • IATA: BLK

Introduction to Blackpool International Airport

Blackpool Airport Limited closed for commercial passenger operations in October 2014. However, a new operating company, Squires Gate Airport Operations Ltd has been formed and the airfield reopened as a licensed aerodrome in December 2014.

The following operations continue at the airfield;

  • Offshore helicopters to the gas platforms in the Liverpool and Morecambe Bays as well as to wind farms in the Irish Sea.
  • The North West Air Ambulance
  • Corporate and Executive Aviation
  • General aviation and private operators
  • A variety of fixed wing and helicopter flying schools
  • Handling agents,...

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Latest Blackpool International Airport News

UK Regional Airports and Airlines to Bid for new Route Funding

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This ‘start up aid’ will be made available from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund which was announced by the UK government in June 2013 and is...

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