Blackpool International for Lancashire and the Lake District

1950-1959-1969

  • Post war Stanley Park airfield ceases to operate and the focus for development becomes Squires Gate
  • The airport is redesigned in 1949 and by 1950, 25,000 passengers go through the airport
  • More airlines are attracted including: Silver City Airways, Pegasus Airways and Jersey Airlines
  • The airport's factory produces Hawker Hunters during the Korean War in the 1950s
  • The range of aircraft seen at Blackpool include: Rapides, Austers, Dakotas, Herons and Bristol Freighters
  • Blackpool Corporation assumes control of the airport from the Government on 1st April 1962