Passenger Terminal Today
Kylie Bielby
13 August 2024
Plans for a new office, security area and small passenger handling building at Blackpool Airport have been submitted to Fylde Council, which is responsible for the region.
If approved, the new offices will be built immediately behind the current buildings at the entrance to the airport. The plans are part of Blackpool Council and Blackpool Airport’s strategy to rebuild old airport infrastructure to make the airport more commercially successful and create new jobs. Blackpool Council reacquired Blackpool Airport from Balfour Beatty in September 2017 for £4.25m (US$5.4m).
A planning application for a new road and hangars was announced last September and is expected to be decided on by Fylde Council later this summer. Future plans for the airport include new executive hangars at the west of the airport and a solar farm for land south of the main runway. A new fuel farm enabling the use of sustainable and alternative aviation fuels plus battery storage are also under consideration.
Architectural consultants Cassidy + Ashton and engineering consultants WSP have supported Blackpool Council on the masterplan for the airport.
