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Blackpool (Squires Gate) Airport is a small international Airport , 5 km south of Blackpool , Lancashire in north west England . The airport is owned and operated by City Hopper Airports Limited, who also own Wolverhampton Airport and Biella Airport in Italy . Several scheduled services operate from the airport, as well as chartered holiday flights in summer months. Helicopter operations serve the north west England’s offshore gas facilities. HISTORY The airport has been in operation since 1909 , when flying schools operated from the Squires Gate airfield. During World War II , Vickers operated an aircraft production facility, producing Wellington Bombers . By 1949 , the airfield was placed in the hands of the Ministry of Aviation and renamed Blackpool Airport. Since then the airport has been continuously expanding, accommodating helicopter operations for British Gas , and attracting scheduled flights from Budget Airline , Ryanair and also small scheduled services to the Isle Of Man . In 2005, Jet2.com became the first major low cost airline to base an aircraft at Blackpool Airport. This created around 50 new jobs and has helped Blackpool Airport boost passenger numbers. They now serve five destinations from this airport; 4 in Spain and the Canaries ( Palma Mallorca , Alicante , Murcia , Tenerife and Faro . They also offer a domestic service to Belfast and a 5 times weekly flight to Amsterdam . In April 2006 , the BBC Radio 1 show hosted by Scott Mills started a petition to renmae the airport, Jo Whiley International Airport. {Link without Title} AIRLINES AND DESTINATIONS
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