🇬🇧 Speke Airport

Speke Airport, located in Liverpool, GB, which started scheduled flights in 1930 and was officially opened in July 1933, is classified as closed in its original form. The original airport's operations effectively ceased when a new, modern passenger terminal was opened on a different section of the airfield in 1986, following the construction of a new runway in 1966 to accommodate modern jet aircraft. The facility was officially renamed Liverpool John Lennon Airport in 2001.

Historically, Speke Airport served as RAF Speke during World War II, where a "shadow factory" produced bombers, and American aircraft like Hudsons and Mustangs were assembled. Its distinctive 1930s Art Deco terminal building was also a notable landmark, having welcomed celebrities like The Beatles.

Today, the site of the original Speke Airport is part of the larger Liverpool John Lennon Airport complex. The historic Art Deco terminal building has been preserved and repurposed as the Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel, while its former hangars now house a leisure centre and corporate offices. The former apron of the terminal still features a collection of older aircraft.