Once the UK’s only international airport, and the place where Winston Churchill took flying lessons, Croydon Airport is a shell of its former self. Unused since the late 1950’s, most of the old airport has been built on with only the Terminal Building and ATC remaining.
Replaced by Heathrow as the UK’s main airport after the end of WWII, Croydon Airport was important for creating both the world’s first airport terminal and air traffic control. So where did it all go so wrong?
Origins
Expansion
WWII
Postwar
Closure
Today
Do you remember Croydon Airport? Tell me in the comments!
Featured image courtesy of Matt Brown via Flickr.