The departure lounge, restaurant and bar, check-in desk and some rare scenes of the air traffic control tower (who hasn’t wanted to have a look inside there!) are all featured as well as pictures from the Tarmac of the runway. Blackpool Airport is still a vital business facility but the days when we could just jet off to Spain or Tenerife... they are missed.
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![Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arriving at Blackpool Airport in October 1981](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjk1MWU0NDAzLTExNjItNDY0MC1iYTdhLTE4NGM4NzljOWEzZTpmNmIwYzI2My1kNjA3LTQ2MjMtOTEzMC0zNWNjYTZkZTQxMDM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
13. Blackpool Airport Memories
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arriving at Blackpool Airport in October 1981 Photo: Submit
![Deputy Senior Air Traffic Controller Stuart Osborne at the radar screen at Blackpool Airport in 1997](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjAxNTc2MWZmLWM3YjktNDVjYy1hNmY3LWExNWU5ODEzNDI4Nzo2ZTAxZmI2Yy0wOTExLTRlZGYtYjIzNC1lOTEwMWNkZDZjODA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
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Deputy Senior Air Traffic Controller Stuart Osborne at the radar screen at Blackpool Airport in 1997 Photo: Mike Foster
![A group of travel organisers from around the world landed at Blackpool Airport as part of a fact-finding tour around the North West in 2001. They were on the group's brand-new Airbus A319](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjUyZGU5ZWUzLWJmMTQtNDFhMS1hMTk5LWYxMWNiYmYwMGQzNzowNzljN2RiMC01NzI0LTRiNmEtYjk0OC0zNWYzMzZjYmM0MjM=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
15. Blackpool Airport Memories
A group of travel organisers from around the world landed at Blackpool Airport as part of a fact-finding tour around the North West in 2001. They were on the group's brand-new Airbus A319 Photo: Robert Charles Norton Lock
![Blackpool Airport was and still is home to the Air Ambulance. This was in 2000](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjY4NTBkYzc0LWM4YTctNGJmYy05NzBiLTJjNGFlNWY5YjJlMzpkMGZjYTQ0OC1jMWUzLTQ3ZGEtYmI4YS0yZjc3YWY2YjAzNjQ=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
16. Blackpool Airport Memories
Blackpool Airport was and still is home to the Air Ambulance. This was in 2000 Photo: Iain Lynn
![Local lad Peter Murray, who climbed from plane spotter to second-in-command at Blackpool Airport air traffic control](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcyM2VmNGMzLWQxZGItNGUzMS04ZDFlLTM2NWIzNjZlNTI3MDozZDA4N2U1ZS0xOWQxLTQ3OTYtOTI4Ni1kYWU2N2M0NDZjNzI=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)
17. Blackpool Airport Memories
Local lad Peter Murray, who climbed from plane spotter to second-in-command at Blackpool Airport air traffic control Photo: Robert Charles Norton Lock
![Aerial view of Blackpool airport](https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjRkMzNjMzgyLTk0NWYtNDAxOS05YzQ4LTExZGQyZTVmNzE1MTo0MTUzNTA2My1mYjQ3LTRmZTctYTU5OS1iODNmNTM2NzJlNDA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=800)