- Croydon Airport (ICAO: EGCR) was the UK's only international airport during the interwar period. It opened in 1920, located near Croydon, then part of Surrey.
- Some of the significant historic events and achievements at London Croydon Airport include
- And it wasn’t just any old airport either: Croydon Airport is famed for inventing Air Traffic Control and was once upon a time, Britain’s gateway to the rest of the world.
- On 6 May 1935, five men strolled into Croydon Airport (it only had one guard then, and he was busy elsewhere).
- Croydon Control Tower & Terminal 1936. This website is regularly updated from hundreds of stored pictures and stories.
- Several aircraft and their pilots gathered to mourn the closure of CROYDON at the airport on the 30th September 1959.
- Historic Croydon Airport is staging an open day and airline and aviation collectors’ fair at the Aerodrome Hotel on Sunday, January 8, from 10.30am to 3.30pm.
- We cordially invite you to attend the historic Croydon Airport Open Day in London on Sunday, April 2nd.
- Croydon Airport Visitor Centre micro-museum- located in Airport House, Purley Way, Croydon CR0 0XZ.
- The aerodrome was known the world over, its fame being spread by the many aviators and pioneers who touched down at Croydon.