Blackpool Airport - Investment Plans
Investment plans laid out for Blackpool Airport A future vision for Blackpool Airport includes replacement hangars, a new control tower, fire station and administration facility, a council report has revealed. The report to the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Economic Prosperity Board by head of enterprise zones Rob Green said the council-owned air terminal had remained fully operational during the coronavirus lockdown. Mr Green said in his update: “Work continues to replace worn out systems and upgrade the airport’s operational capabilities with the new instrument landing system (ILS) now commissioned and a new RNAV (navigation) system ordered to serve Runway 10.” He added: “The airport has remained fully operational during the present Covid-19 crisis – primarily to support offshore operations whilst airfields at Barton, Warton and Carlisle have closed, but also hosts a flight of private aviators and BAE staff who are on standby to operate NHS support flights at shor