# Croydon Airport, Croydon, Greater London, United Kingdom

**Croydon Airport** was an airport in Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1916. It closed in 1946. It was operated by Royal Air Force. In 1935 it handled 120 thousand passengers.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1268

## At a glance

- Type: Closed airport
- Operator: Royal Air Force
- Serves: Croydon, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
- Opened: 1916
- Closed: 1946
- Coordinates: 51.3564, -0.1172
- Passengers: 120,390 (1935)
- Time zone: UTC+0/+1 · Europe/London
- Website: http://www.croydonairport.org.uk/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croydon_Airport (19 languages)
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1431914
- Weather station: EGKB
- Ident: GB-1268

## Timeline

- 1916: Croydon Airport opens.
- 24 Dec 1924: 1924 Imperial Airways de Havilland DH.34 crash. 8 killed.
- 13 Jul 1928: 1928 Imperial Airways Vickers Vulcan crash. 4 killed.
- 10 Dec 1935: 1935 SABENA Savoia-Marchetti S.73 crash.
- 9 Dec 1936: 1936 KLM Croydon accident. 15 killed.
- 1946: Croydon Airport closes.
- 25 Jan 1947: 1947 Croydon Dakota accident.

## Passengers per year

| Year | Passengers | Source |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1931 | 44,944 | Wikidata |
| 1932 | 70,162 | Wikidata |
| 1933 | 87,115 | Wikidata |
| 1935 | 120,390 | Wikidata |

## Airlines

Hubs from Wikidata.

Former hub of [Jersey Airlines](https://dromopedia.com/airlines/jersey-airlines).

## Nearby airports

- [BQH](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkb.md) London Biggin Hill Airport · 11 km / 6.7 mi
- [LCY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglc.md) London City Airport · 20 km / 13 mi
- [LGW](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egkk.md) London Gatwick Airport · 24 km / 15 mi
- [LHR](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egll.md) London Heathrow Airport · 27 km / 17 mi
- [NHT](https://dromopedia.com/airports/egwu.md) RAF Northolt · 30 km / 19 mi
- [FAB](https://dromopedia.com/airports/eglf.md) Farnborough Airport · 47 km / 29 mi

## In collections

- [Closed and historic](https://dromopedia.com/collections/closed) #23

## Sources

- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/gb-1268/data