Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Bristol Airport, also known as Whitchurch Airport, was a municipal airport in Bristol, England, three miles south of the city centre, from 1930 to 1957. It was the main airport for Bristol and area. During World War II, it was one of the few civil airports that remained operational, enabling air connections to Lisbon and Shannon and from there to the United States. The airport closed in 1957, with services transferred to the former RAF Lulsgate Bottom. The former airfield is now occupied by a sports centre, trading estates and retail parks. Part of the site is earmarked for development of the South Bristol Community Hospital.