Stanley Park Aerodrome | |||||||||||
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 1930s club house (centre), offices (right) and observation/control tower (top) taken from the airfield site in June 2009. It was used as an elephant enclosure for a while but then changed to camels to give the elephants more space. | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Civil aerodrome | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Blackpool Corporation | ||||||||||
| Location | Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 45 ft / 14 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°48′56″N 003°00′46″W / 53.81556°N 3.01278°W | ||||||||||
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  Stanley Park Aerodrome Former location in Blackpool | |||||||||||
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Stanley Park Aerodrome was an airfield located in the Stanley Park area of Blackpool, Lancashire, England. It was also known as Blackpool Municipal Airport, and was in use for civil and military flying from 1929 until closure of the airfield in 1947. The site is now used by Blackpool Zoo.