Major investment in 2025 is planned for a new passenger handling facility at thee airport as part of major investment
It is hoped the development, which is part of a replacement administration block, will be ready by the spring and it will enable the airport to handle larger aircraft than at present such as charter flights.
In the meantime these great archive photos show the departure lounge, restaurant and bar, check-in desk and some rare scenes of the air traffic control tower Blackpool Airport is still a vital business facility but the days when we could just jet off to Spain or Tenerife... they are missed.
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
