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Built on the site of a former RAF airfield, it opened in 1957 as Bristol (Lulsgate) Airport, [5] replacing Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport as Bristol's municipal airport. From 1997 to 2010, it was known as Bristol International Airport . [ 6 ]
On 31 May 1930, the airport was officially opened by Prince George, Duke of Kent. In its first year of operation, the airport handled 915 passengers, and by 1939 it handled 4,000 passengers. [2] The Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club relocated from Filton Airfield, [3] and together with Bristol Corporation, managed the facilities. [4]
The airport was destroyed by the 1994 eruption that destroyed the town of Rabaul and subsequently a new airport was built and opened at Tokua, on the opposite side of the Rabaul caldera. The former airport was located at 04°13′S 152°11′E / 4.217°S 152.183°E / -4.217; 152.183 ( Rabaul Airport (old) ) , Ansett Australia ...
1956 – 17 April: Chew Valley Lake (1,200 acres (4.9 km 2)) in Somerset is inaugurated as a reservoir for the Bristol area by the Queen. 1957 – Bristol Airport opens. 1958 – Bristol bus station opens. 1959 – Bristol Siddeley aero engine manufacturer in business. 1963 – 30 April: Bristol Bus Boycott.
A spokesperson for the airport said that the space, located one mile from the terminal, was opened due to an “increase in customers requiring a multi-faith area in this location”.
The West of England LEP's Option Development Report, published in 2016, outlined various possible routes for the new railway line: [12] A direct link to the airport from Bristol Temple Meads railway station, branching from the Bristol to Exeter line from Long Ashton, was considered to be a "fully segregated high quality link to the airport, which should provide short journey times" with "good ...
The airport larger than most others in the country, spanning more than 26.9 square miles. Fort Worth and Dallas leaders’ decision decades ago to put the airport on the acres of open farm land ...
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