Manston Airport was a British airport. It was branded as Manston, Kent International Airport and was located in the parish of Minster-in-Thanet and partly adjacent to the village of Manston in the Thanet district of Kent, England. Formerly the site of RAF Manston, it was briefly known as London Manston Airport. The single runway was located about 1 mile (1.6 km) from the coastline. It had the 11th-longest civilian runway in the United Kingdom The runway was originally built with three "lanes" during the Second World War to handle emergencies, and is among the widest in Europe. Manston was used as a forward base by many squadrons during the Second World War, owing to its location close to the front line. It was frequently attacked and heavily bombed during the Battle of Britain. Barnes Wallis used the base to test his bouncing bomb on the coast at nearby Reculver, prior to the Dambusters raid.
On 22 December 2011, Flybe spokesman Niall Duffy announced that all Flybe services would cease from Manston Airport by 25 March 2012.
Since 2015 the airport has been used as an emergency lorry park in the event of temporary cross-Channel traffic problems. Used the airport when we had freedom of movement, life was a lot easier. Now its a lorry park. Shame, those were the days.
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