New road and hangars for Blackpool Airport approved

Plans have been approved for a new road and extra hangars at Blackpool Airport.

The work will begin this summer, with the new road being built from Amy Johnson Way.

The airport is already aiming to open facilities in late summer for corporate aircraft arrivals, departures and security.

The money for the improvements is being provided by Blackpool Council, with support from a grant as part of the Lancashire Combined County Authority Devolution Deal announced in September.

Future plans for the airport include new general aviation and executive hangars, a proposed solar farm and a new fuel farm to offer sustainable and alternative aviation fuels and battery storage.

Blackpool Airport is already a thriving hub for corporate aircraft, offshore helicopter support, medevac and general aviation and offers aircraft handling, parking, engineering and refuelling services, flight and instrument training as well as having facilities for executive lounges and crew briefing.

However, any hopes that the airport can return to the holiday flights it previously offered look unlikely.

The airport did previously boast a larger passenger terminal which was used by airlines such as Jet2 when they operated holiday flights from Blackpool.

There were regular flights to Belfast and Barcelona from the terminal, but it was demolished in 2016 to make way for construction of the Energy College which stands on the site, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

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