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Plymouth Airport Closes

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Plymouth Airport closes this evening, presumably to make way for a housing estate, there have been no commercial flights since July

Plymouth's airport is preparing to close on Friday night.

The site has been used for flying since the mid-1920s. The airport was officially opened in 1931 by the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII.

Sutton Harbour Group, the airport's operator, said that routes from the airfield were no longer profitable.

The last commercial flight by Air Southwest, the airport's sole carrier, departed in July, but no aircraft will be able to use the site from 22:30 GMT.

Members of Plymouth City Council, the landowner, voted in August to accept the airport's closure.
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