Ipswich Airport serves Ipswich, Suffolk, GB.
Ipswich Airport, also known as RAF Ipswich, operated from June 26, 1930, until its official closure on December 31, 1996, with the last aircraft leaving in January 1998. The Ipswich Borough Council, which owned the site, decided to close the airport for redevelopment into housing.
Historically, the airport served as a civil airport and a military airfield during World War Two, hosting RAF Blenheim bombers, Hurricanes, and for short periods, Spitfire squadrons. It also functioned as an Anti-Aircraft Co-operation Unit and provided towed aerial targets for Navy gunners. The site's terminal building, designed in 1937-38, was Grade II listed in 1996.
Today, the former airport site has been redeveloped into the Ravenswood housing estate. One of the original hangars was relocated to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, and the Grade II listed terminal building was partially demolished and converted into a community center and flats.
*Sources researched: abct.org.uk, ukairfields.org.uk, heritagegateway.org.uk, bbc.com, en.wikipedia.org*
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Ipswich Airport is located in Ipswich, Suffolk, GB. Its IATA code is — and ICAO code is GB-0512.