Last updated April 8 2021

This page shows my collection of airport postcards from United Kingdom.

The postcards are shown per city.

Birmingham (2) | Liverpool (3) | London (33) | Manchester (3) | Newcastle (1)

Aberdeen (2) | Glasgow (16)

Number of postcards: 60

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Birmingham

Birmingham Airport
[BHX/EGBB]

Birmingham Airport, formerly Birmingham International Airport, is an international airport located 13 km east-southeast of Birmingham city centre, 17.6 km west-northwest of Coventry.

Officially opened as Elmdon Airport on 8 July 1939, the airport was requisitioned by the Air Ministry during Second World War and used by both the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Royal Navy as RAF Elmdon.

During the post-war years, a number of public events, such as air fairs and air races, were held on the site. In 1949, scheduled services began with British European Airways (BEA) launching routes to Paris; the number of flights to the continent steadily grew over the years, including services to Zurich, Düsseldorf, Palma, Amsterdam and Barcelona commencing between 1955 and 1960.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
BEA - British European Airways
Civil Aviation Flying Unit

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
De Havilland DHS-104 Dove 6
Vickers Viscount

BEA
Vickers Viscount
Unknown registration
B. 1409
E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd
Scarborough
England
Birmingham Airport
VC
Unused
B.T. 1414
E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd
Scarborough
England
Elmdon Airport Birmingham
VC
Unused

Left:
Civil Aviation Flying Unit???
De Havilland DHS-104 Dove 6
G-ALFT

Right:
BEA
Vickers Viscount
Unknown registration

Liverpool

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (originally called Speke Airport)
[LPL/EGGP]

Liverpool John Lennon Airport is an airport located in Liverpool, England. The airport is within the City of Liverpool on the banks of the estuary of the River Mersey some 12.0 km south-east of Liverpool city centre.

The airport was officially opened on 1 July 1933. By the late 1930s, air traffic from Liverpool was beginning to take off with increasing demand for Irish Sea crossings, and a distinctive passenger terminal, control tower and two large aircraft hangars were built.

The city took over control of the airport on 1 January 1961 and prepared development plans. In 1966, a new 2,286 m runway was opened on a new site to the southeast of the existing airfield. It enabled the airport to be open for business around the clock and is in use to this day.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Aer Lingus
Cambrian Airways

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Vickers Viscount

Cambrian Airways
Vickers Viscount
Unknown registration
LP/C6
Lilywhite Ltd
Liverpool Airport
VC
Unused
PT19379
Unknown publisher
Liverpool Airport
VC
Unused
Cambrian Airways
Vickers Viscount
G-AMOA

Aer Lingus
Vickers Viscount
Unknown registration

L. 0738
E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd
Scarborough
England
Liverpool Airport
VC
Unused
London

London is served by six airports with scheduled services: Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, Southend and London City.

London-Gatwick Airport
[LGW/EGKK]

Gatwick Airport, also known as London Gatwick, is a major international airport near Crawley, West Sussex, England,
47.5 km south of Central London.

Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s; it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933. The airport has two terminals, the North Terminal and the South Terminal. It operates as a single-runway airport, using a main runway with a length of 3,316 m. A secondary runway is available but, due to its proximity to the main runway, can only be used if the main runway is not in use.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
BEA - British European Airways

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Douglas DC-3 (C-47)

GA.101
A. V. Fry & Co.
An Aerial View
of
Gatwick Airport
VC
Unused
GA.103
A. V. Fry & Co.
An Aerial View of Gatwick Airport Showing the Main and Rail link with the Terminal Building
VC
Cancelled: June 15 1962
GA.105
A. V. Fry & Co.
An Aerial View
of
Gatwick Airport
VC
Unused
GA.106
A. V. Fry & Co.
An Aerial View of the interior of the Terminal Building, Gatwick Airport
VC
Cancelled: June 10 1962
GA.107
A. V. Fry & Co.
An Aerial View of
Gatwick Airport
VC
Cancelled: August 1 1963
BEA Douglas DC-3s
BEA Vickers Viscount
Registrations unknown
GA.108
A. V. Fry & Co.
Gatwick
Airport
VC
Cancelled: May 14 196

Top left = #GA.107

Top right:
BEA, DC-3, G-ALXK

Center:
BEA, DC-3, G-AHCZ

Bottom left = #GA.106

Bottom right = #GA.105

London-Heathrow Airport
[LHR/EGLL]

Heathrow Airport, originally called London Airport until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow. Heathrow lies 23 km west of Central London, and has two parallel east–west runways.

Heathrow Airport originated in 1929 as a small airfield (Great West Aerodrome)
on land south-east of the small village of Heathrow from which the airport takes its name.

Development of the whole Heathrow area as a much larger airport began in 1944. It was stated to be for long-distance military aircraft bound for the Far East; by the time the airfield was nearing completion, World War II had ended,
and the UK Government continued to develop the airport as a civil airport.

The airport was opened on 25 March 1946 as London Airport.

In the 1950s, London Airport had six runways, arranged in three pairs at different angles in the shape of a hexagram with the permanent passenger terminal in the middle and the older terminal along the north edge of the field; two of its runways would always be within 30° of the wind direction. As the required length for runways has grown, Heathrow now has only two parallel runways running east–west. These are extended versions of the two east–west runways from the original hexagram.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
AOA - American Overseas Airlines
BEA - British European Airways
BOAC - British Overseas Airways Corporation
KLM
Pan American World Airways
PIA - Pakistan International Airlines
SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System
Swissair
TCA - Trans Canada International
TWA - Trans World Airlines

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Convair CV-240
Convair CV-340
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-6
Lockheed Constellation L-049
Lockheed Super Constellation L-1049
Lockheed Starliner L-1649
Vickers Viscount

Unnumbered
Flight International
Photograph
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
Pan American World Airways
Heathrow Airport, April 1949
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
Flight International
Photograph
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
B.O.A.C.
Heathrow Airport, April 1954
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
Flight International
Photograph
LOCKHEED 1049 SUPER CONSTELLATION, T.C.A.
Heathrow Airport, May 1954
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
Flight International
Photograph
LOCKHEED 1649A STARLINER
Trans World Airlines
Heathrow Airport, June 1957
VC
Unused
Pan American World Airways
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
N1028V
BOAC
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
G-AKGH
Trans Canada Airlines
Lockheed Super Constellation
CF-TGC
Trans World Airways
Lockheed Starliner
N7307C

BEA
Vickers Viscount
G-AOYR

In addition six other BEA Vickers Viscounts can be seen, as well as two Douglas DC-3s.

LA.2
Lansdowne Publishing Co.
A General View
from the Roof Gardens of
London Airport
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
A. V. Fry & Co.
London Airport
Passengers disembarking from a B.E.A. Viscount aircraft
VC
Cancelled: September 20 1955

Front:
BEA
Vickers Viscount
G-ALWE

Back:
Lufthansa
Convair CV-340
D-ACEF

In the far distant to the left another unidentified Convair can be seen.

One photograph turned into four different postcards!
On the tarmac can be seen,
Left: SAS Douglas DC-6 SE-BDE, Middle: SAS Douglas DC-6 SE-BFL, Right: BEA, Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador G-ALZW.

5839
Lansdowne Publishing Co.
The Passenger Buildings and Control Tower at
London Airport Central
VC
Cancelled: June 18 1963
Unnumbered
Lansdowne Publishing Co.
The Passenger Buildings and Control Tower at
London Airport Central
VC
Unused
L.6228
Valentine's & Sons, Ltd

London
Airport
VC
Unused
LA.31
A. V. Fry & Co.
Aerial View of the Passenger
Buildings and Control Tower at
London Airport Central
VC
Cancelled: June 15 1962
Below postcards by A. V. Fry that most likely are composed of numbers from the London Airport (LA.xx) series.
LA.18
A. V. Fry & Co.
London Airport
VC
Unused
LA.19
A. V. Fry & Co.
London Airport
VC
Unused
LA.33
A. V. Fry & Co.
London Airport
VC
Unused
Composed of:
Top left: LA.xx, right: #LA.xx
Center: LA.xx
Bottom left: LA.xx, right: LA.9
Composed of:
Top left: LA.xx, right: #LA.xx
Center: LA.26
Bottom left: LA.2, right: LA.17
Composed of:
Top row
L: LA.xx, C: LA.2, R: LA.31
Middle row
L: LA.xx, C: LA.xx, R: LA.xx
Bottom row
L: LA.xx, C: LA.xx, R: LA.20
LA.2
A. V. Fry & Co.
Main Passenger
Concourse,
London Airport Central
VC
Unused
LA.17
A. V. Fry & Co.
The
Control Tower,
London Airport
VC
Cancelled: August 29 1957
LA.20
A. V. Fry & Co.
A General View from
the Roof Gardens of
London Airport
VC
Unused
LA.21
A. V. Fry & Co.
Aerial View of the South East Face, Passenger Building,
London Airport Central
VC
Cancelled: March 5 1957
No airplanes in sight ...
BEA, Two Vickers Viscounts,
registrations unknown
Swissair, Douglas DC-4,
registration unknown
Left:
BEA, Douglas DC-3, G-AGIP
Center:
BEA, Vickers Viscount, G-AMOE

BOAC
Lockheed Constellation
G-XXXM

The "M" is clearly visibile on the front wheel cover (or whatever it is called). The "M" is so clear so I think it even have been "improved" on the postcard.

LA.26
A. V. Fry & Co.
LONDON AIRPORT
ALCOCK AND BROWN MEMORIAL AND
B.O.A.C. CONSTELLATION
VC
Unused
LA.27
A. V. Fry & Co.
LONDON AIRPORT
THE MAIN ENTRANCE OF THE SOUTH EAST FACE PASSENGER BUILDING
VC
Cancelled: October 30 1959
BEA
Vickers Viscount
Registration unknown
L.6427
Valentine's & Sons, Ltd
London Airport
Control Tower as seen from the tarmac, by night
VC
Cancelled: September 18 1959
LA.30
A. V. Fry & Co.

Night Scene at
London Airport Central
VC
Cancellation unredable
BEA
Airspeed AS-57 Ambassador
G-AMAC
Named RMA Sir Robert Cecil
L.A. 4
A. V. Fry & Co.
London
Vickers Viscount (Turbo propeller). B.E.A.'s Discovery Class
VC
Unused
2315
A. V. Fry & Co.
London
London
Airport
VC
Cancelled: August 31 1955
LA.10
Charles Skilton Ltd.,
London
Lockheed Super-Constellation
L-1049
VC
Dated December 7 1954
2
Unknown
publisher
London
Airport
VC
Unused
BEA
Vickers Viscount
G-AMOF
Left: SAS, Douglas DC-4, SE-BBC
Right: KLM, Convair CV-240,
registration unknown
PIA - Pakistan International Airlines
Lockheed Super Constellation
L-1049C
AP-AFS
A number of DC-3s to the far left (not possible to identify).
In the middle an AOA Lockheed Constellation L-049 N90925.
To the right a KLM Convair CV-240, registration unknown

London-Stansted Airport
[STN/EGSS]

London Stansted Airport is an international airport located in Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England, 68 km northeast of Central London.

Converted to civil use from RAF Stansted Mountfitchet in the late 1940s, Stansted was used by charter airlines.
During the 1960s, '70s, and early '80s, the Fire Service Training School was based on the eastern side of the airfield.
Beginning in 1966, after Stansted was placed under BAA control, the airport was used by holiday charter operators wishing to escape the higher costs associated with operating from Heathrow and Gatwick.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Braathens SAFE
Dan-Air
Orion Airways
SAS
Sterling Airways

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Boeing B737
Douglas DC-9
SUD Aviation Caravelle

The top picture of the postcard:
In front a Dan-Air Boeing 737, registration unknown.
In the background an Orion Airways Boeing 737,
registration unkown
Unnumbered
Stansted Airport Limited
Stansted
VC
Unused
The bottom picture of the postcard:
The identity (i.e. the registration) of the aircrafts seen can not be determined. BUT,
there are two Sterling Airways Caravelles, two SAS Douglas DC-9 (or possibly MD-versions), one Braathens SAFE Boeing 737, and one additonal Caravelle (airline can be identified).

Southend Airport
[SEN/EGMC]

London Southend Airport is an international airport situated on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England,
approximately 58 km from the centre of London.

The airport was officially opened as a municipal airport on 18 September 1935.
1993 the airport was re-branded as "London Southend Airport"

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
British Air Ferries

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Vickers Viscount

Unnumbered
Interprint, Scotton
BRITISH AIR FERRIES
Southend Airport, Essex
VC
Unused
Manchester

Manchester-Ringway Airport
[MAN/EGCC]

Manchester Airport is an international airport at Ringway, Manchester, England, 14 km south-west of Manchester city centre.
Officially opened on 25 June 1938, it was initially known as Ringway Airport, and is still called this locally.

In 1946, Air France began operations from Manchester.
1953 saw the commencement of intercontinental flights by Sabena Belgian to New York,
followed closely by the launch of services to New York by BOAC.
1963 saw the introduction of the first transatlantic flight to originate at Manchester.
During 1969, the Runway was extended to 2,745 metres, allowing aircraft to take off with a full payload and fly non-stop to Canada.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
Air France
BEA - British European Airways
Jersey Air Ferries

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
SUD Aviation Caravelle
Vickers Viscount

3529c
J. Salmon Ltd
Ringway Airport
Manchester
VC
Cancelled: August 6 1969
ET.3206
Valentine
Viscount Aircraft at
Manchester Airport
VC
Cancelled: April 19 1968
16/03
DPR Marketing & Sales
G-AOYP Vickers Viscount
Jersey Air Ferries
VC
Unused
Air France
SUD Aviation Caravelle
Registration unknown
BEA
Vickers Viscount
G-AOJF
Jersey Air Ferries
Vickers Viscount
G-AOYP
Newcastle

Newcastle Airport
[NCL/EGNT]

Newcastle International Airport is an international airport located on the outskirts of Newcastle upon Tyne in North East England.

The airport was opened on 26 July 1935 as Woolsington Aerodrome. Incorporating a clubhouse, hangar, workshops, fuel garage and grass runway. In the 1960s, a new runway was built, along with an apron and a new air traffic control tower.

In the 1970s, with passenger figures approaching one million per year, the airport's status was changed to Category B, making it a regional international airport; in the same decade it was re-branded as Newcastle Airport.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
BOAC

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Boeing B707
Vickers Viscount

In front can be seen
the engines of
a
BOAC
Boeing B707
Registration unknown

N. 0944
E. T. W. Dennis & Sons Ltd
Newcastle Airport
Woolsington,
Newcastle upon Tyne
VC
Cancelled: October 28 1981
In the background,
a Vickers Viscount,
unknown airline and registration
Aberdeen

Aberdeen Airport
[ABZ/EGPD]

Aberdeen International Airport is an international airport, located in the Dyce suburb of Aberdeen, Scotland,
approximately 9.3 km northwest of Aberdeen city centre.

The airport opened on 28 July 1934.

With the discovery of North Sea oil, helicopter operations began in 1967, linking the growing number of oil platforms to the mainland.
As Aberdeen became the largest oil-related centre in Europe, the airport became the world's largest commercial heliport.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
British Airways
Easy Jet
SAS - Scandinavian Airlines System
Widerøe

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Boeing B737
De Havilland DHC-8-402

The same aircrafats on both postcards, more or less hidden on the right postcard.
From front to back:
SAS, Boeing 737-705, LN-TUH
Easy Jet, possibly a Boeing 737, registration unknown
Widerøe, De Havilland DHC-8-402, LN-WDW
Britich Airways, unkinown aircraft (only tail fin visible)
Unnumbered
Unknown publisher
Aberdeen Airport
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
Unknown publisher
Aberdeen Airport - Busy Apron
VC
Unused
Glasgow

Prestwick Airport
[PIK/EGPK]

Glasgow Prestwick Airport is an international airport serving the west of Scotland, situated 1.9 km northeast of the town of Prestwick in South Ayrshire and 51 km from Glasgow.

Passenger facilities were added in 1938. These were used until further investment made Prestwick compatible with jet transportation. In October 1946 the runway 14/32 was 2,000 m and runway 8/26 crossing just west of its midpoint 1,400 m. In 1958, runway 13/31 was 2,100 m long; in May 1960, the runway's extension to 3,000 m opened.

Prestwick airport was SAS re-fueling point before the Atlantic crossing to Gander.

[Read more - wikipedia]

Identified airlines on my postcards
BOAC
KLM
Pan Am
SAS
TCA
United Airlines

Identified aircraft types on my postcards
Boeing B377 Stratocruiser
Boeing B707
Canadair North Star (DC-4)
Douglas DC-4
Douglas DC-6 and DC-6B
Douglas DC-8
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
SUD Aviation Caravelle

BOAC
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
G-AKGK, Canopus
1001
A. D. Henderson
Maybole
THE HOTEL
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Cancelled: August 6 1959
Unnumbered
M and L National Series
PASSENGERS BOARD A B.O.A.C. CONSTELLATION AIRLINER,
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
M and L National Series
T.C.A. NORTH STAR AIRLINER REFUELING,
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Cancelled: October 10 1953
Unnumbered
M and L National Series
SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINER
ON THE APRON,
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Unused
Unnumbered
M and L National Series
B.O.A.C STRATOCRUISER AIRLINER BEING SERVICED,
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Written but not postally used
BOAC
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
G-AHEN, Baltimore
1946-Jan 1951
TCA (Air Canada)
North Star (DC-4)
CF-TCN, fleet no 214
1948-1961
SAS
Douglas DC-6
SE-BDM, Anund Viking
1948-1960
BOAC
Boeing B377 Stratocruiser
G-ANTY, Coriolanus
1954-1959
The three postcards to the left above have the same type of address side (brown text). The fourth postcard has the address side text printed in black. The airlines use of the aircrafts on the three leftmost postcards gives a rough time gap of 1948-1950 for the actual photographs used for the postcards. The fourth postcard must be of later issue.
This lead me to believe that three of the postcards were issued late 1940s or possibly 1950. The fourth is possibly issued in the mid 1950s.
SAS
Douglas DC-6B
OY-KMI
Helge Viking
M and L National Series
PASSENGERS BOARDING SCANDINAVIAN DC6 AIRLINER,
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Cancelled: August 29 1956
M and L National Series
PASSENGER TERMINAL BUILDINGS AND GARDEN,
PRESTWICK AIRPORT
VC
Cancelled: April 16 1957
SAS
Douglas DC-6B
Registration unknown

The only aircraft on this postcard can be found bottom right:
TCA (Air Canada)
Douglas DC-4
CF-TEI

Hmmm,
When searching the internet I can't find any reference to a TCA DC-4 CF-TEI ...
Only a DC-3 (C-47) ...

B.1150
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Best of Luck from
Prestwick Airport
VC
Cancelled: June 5, 1951
Top left: KLM, DC-8, PH-DCC
Top right: BOAC, B707, G-APFB
Bottom left: SAS, CV-440,
SE-BSS, Holger Viking
Bottom right: United, Caravelle,
N1002U
D.7109
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
VC
Unused
D.7110
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
VC
Unused
Top left: As on D.7109
Top right: As on D.7109
Bottom left: As on D.7109
Bottom right: TCA, DC-8, CF-TJD
Unnumbered
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Flying to GREET You from
Prestwick Airport
VC
October 13 1951
SAS
Douglas DC-6B
LN-LML
Heming Viking
B.7362
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
VC
Unused
B.8307
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
VC
September 25 1955
Pan American World Airways
Douglas DC-6B
N6526C
Clipper Evening Star
SAS
Douglas DC-8
SE-DBC
AT.1394
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Scandinavian Airlines System "D.C.8",
Prestwick Airport, Scotland
VC
Unused
AT.1395
Valentine & Sons Ltd
Pan American "D.C.8",
Prestwick Airport,
Scotland
VC
Unused
Pan American World Airways
Douglas DC-8
N806PA
Several aircrafts
No registrations possible to identify
Whiteholme Publishers Ltd
PRESTWICK - The Airport
VC
Unused
Among the aircraft types you can find
a BOAC B707
an SAS Caravelle