Isle of Man Airport (Ronaldsway) - Cambrian aircraft - Salmon 1972 slogan pmk

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Isle of Man Airport
• Publisher:  J Salmon (1-07-01-07)
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Isle of Man regional
• Postmark(s):  Douglas 27 Aug 1972 'MGP Races September Isle of Man' slogan postmark
• Sent to:  Sunny Bank, Waterloo, Liverpool 22
• Notes / condition:  VG

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Isle of Man Airport (IATA: IOM, ICAO: EGNS), also known as Ronaldsway Airport and, in Manx, Purt Aer Vannin, is the main civilian airport on the Isle of Man. It is located in the south of the island at Ronaldsway near Castletown, 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) southwest of Douglas,^[1] the island's capital. Along with the Isle of Man Sea Terminal, it is one of the two main gateways to the island. The airport has scheduled services to the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Ronaldsway was first used as an airfield in 1928^[3] with passenger services to the UK starting in 1933, operated by Blackpool and West Coast Air Services (later West Coast Air Services). Further services were established by Aer Lingus and Railway Air Services (RAS) from 1934. From 1937 RAS operations from Ronaldsway to the mainland UK were transferred to Isle of Man Air Services. In a 1936 expansion of the Ronaldsway Airport, workers discovered a mass grave believed to hold the remains of soldiers who died during the Battle of Ronaldsway in 1275.

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The airport reverted to solely civilian flying almost immediately after the war, but the airfield remained in Admiralty possession until sold to the Isle of Man Government for £200,000 in 1948, far short of the £1 million that the UK Government had spent on constructing the airport buildings and runways, plus the £105,000 that was paid by the Admiralty in 1943 to purchase the site.

Several Manx-based airlines were formed in the early postwar years to operate scheduled and charter services to the UK mainland. These included Mannin Airways Ltd and North-West Airlines (Isle of Man) Ltd. Both had ceased operations by mid 1951.^{[citation needed]} When Manx Airlines existed, its head office was on the airport property.^[5]

Manx2 has its head office in Hangar 9 at the airport.^[6]

The Manx Military and Aviation Museum is situated next to the airport and has exhibits and information about the history of aviation on the island.

type=printed postcards

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=isle of man

number of items=single

period=1945 - present

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