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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13. Blackpool Airport Memories
Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher arriving at Blackpool Airport in October 1981 Photo: Submit
14. Blackpool Airport Memories
Deputy Senior Air Traffic Controller Stuart Osborne at the radar screen at Blackpool Airport in 1997 Photo: Mike Foster
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
16. Blackpool Airport Memories
Blackpool Airport was and still is home to the Air Ambulance. This was in 2000 Photo: Iain Lynn
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
