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...

the early 20th century, Croydon was an important industrial area, known for car manufacture, metal working and Croydon Airport. In the mid 20th century...

Croydon dates back mainly to Croydon Airport which was a major factor in the development of Croydon as a business centre. Once London's main airport for...

Croydon Water Palace was an indoor water park complex that opened in 1990 on Purley Way in Waddon in the London Borough of Croydon, opposite Croydon Airport...

England, was the first airport to operate scheduled international commercial services. It was closed and supplanted by Croydon Airport in March 1920. In the...

1920s by Frederick Stanley Mockford, officer-in-charge of radio at Croydon Airport, England. He had been asked to think of a word that would indicate...

East Croydon is a railway station, tram stop and associated bus station in Croydon, Greater London, England. It is located in Travelcard Zone 5. At 10 miles...

South Croydon in south London is the area surrounding the valley south of central Croydon and running as far south as the former Red Deer public house...

1919, but it was closed and supplanted by Croydon Airport in March 1920. In 1922, the first permanent airport and commercial terminal solely for commercial...

Purley is an area of the London Borough of Croydon in London, England, 11.7 miles (18.8 km) south of Charing Cross, with a history going back at least...

iconic pre-World War II airports, the others being London's now defunct Croydon Airport and the old Paris–Le Bourget Airport. It acquired a further iconic...

Playing Fields, and opposite the former Croydon Airport site. The site is currently owned and operated by Croydon Council who finally completed the purchase...

East-West on the grass surface of Croydon's landing area during their take-off runs (a normal procedure at several airports in the United Kingdom at the time...

Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34, crashed shortly after take-off from Croydon Airport, killing all eight on board. 1925 8 February – a Farman F.60 Goliath...

the Fokker F.III H-NABS on an international passenger flight from Croydon Airport in the United Kingdom to Waalhaven, the Netherlands. The plane, its...

Lijster lost control and crashed into a house after taking off from Croydon Airport, killing 15 of the 17 people on board, including Juan de la Cierva...

pilot was the survivor. Following the accident, a meeting was held at Croydon Airport by representatives of Compagnie des Grands Express Aériens, Compagnie...

of Croydon County Borough of Croydon Croydon, the major town in the borough South Croydon, a district just south of the centre of Croydon Croydon South...

well as the London (Hounslow) to Paris service, AT&T also operated a Croydon Airport to Amsterdam service on behalf of KLM. On 17 May 1920, a DH.16 (G-EALU)...

at Thruxton Aerodrome and Rollason Aircraft and Engines Limited at Croydon Airport. The Thruxton Jackaroo was designed as a four-seat cabin general purpose...

fly solo from England to Australia. Flying G-AAAH Jason, she left Croydon Airport, Surrey, on 5 May and landed at Darwin, Northern Territory on 24 May...

73 from Brussels via Croydon Airport was the first commercial flight to use the Rineanna airfield. By 1942, a serviceable airport had been established...

landed at Croydon airport, South London, in the afternoon of 12 January 1939. The children received a formal reception upon arrival at the airport. There...

diversionary airport, often required when Croydon Airport was fog-bound. It is claimed that the central building was the first purpose-built airport control...

former Treasury Financial Secretary. The land operations were based at Croydon Airport to the south of London. IAL immediately discontinued its predecessors'...

belonging to Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd were evacuated from Croydon Airport and Heston Aerodrome to Whitchurch. The two airlines, which were in...

of 17, when as a co-pilot he accompanied his friend R. N. Chawla to Croydon Airport, London from Karachi in British India, by flight and were the first...

across the Atlantic, and yesterday from Brussels to Croydon Basing, Tavis. "Historic Croydon Airport". Croydonairport.org.uk. Archived from the original...

Vickers Vulcan on a test flight from Croydon Airport, England, crashed near Purley, Surrey, 3 miles (4.8 km) from the airport resulting in the deaths of four...

and Hanover. On 7 February 1937, all services were transferred to Croydon Airport, after surfaces at Gatwick became water-logged due to heavy traffic...