Croydon (Beddington) (London) (Waddon)
| Also known as: | Beddington Aerodrome / Croydon Airport / London Airport / RAF Croydon / RAF Beddington / RAF Station, Croydon / RFC Beddington / Roundshaw / Waddon Aerodrome |
| County: | Greater London |
| Current Status: | Housing (main position) / Industry (main position) / Leisure activity / Museum / Open land |
| Date: | January 1916 - 30 September 1959 |
| Current Use: | Disused |
| Used By: | RAF (main user) / RAF (Polish) / RFC (main user) / Civil (main user) / Civil (foreign) / RCAF / USAS |
| Landing Surface Types: | Unpaved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Airliner (main role) / Anti-aircraft co-operation / Army aviation / Fighter (main role) / General aviation (main role) / Trainer (main role) / Transport |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):
- Administration Services Ltd
- Airport House Ltd
- Amy Johnson Primary School
- Central Library
- Croydon Airport Model Flying Club
- Croydon Airport Society
- Croydon Council
- Croydon Economic Development Company
- Croydon Enterprise
- Global Express UK Ltd
- Haines Watts Croydon
- In House Construction Ltd
- Museum of Croydon
- Objektum Venues
- Premier Showfreight Ltd
- Shirley Pharmacy Ltd
- St. Paul's Church, Roundshaw
- Tek-Art
- Urban Renaissance Ltd
Main unit(s) present:
- No 1 Aircraft Delivery Flight
- No 1 Sqn
- No 1 Sqn RCAF
- No 2 Concealment and Decoy Unit
- No 2 Sqn
- No 3 Sqn
- No 10 Sqn
- No 17 RAS
- No 17 RS
- No 17 Sqn
- No 17 TS
- No 19 RS
- No 22 Sqn
- 24th Aero Sqn
- No 29 TS
- No 32 Sqn
- No 39 Sqn
- No 40 TS
- No 41 Sqn
- No 65 RS
- No 72 Sqn
- No 83 Sqn
- No 84 Sqn
- No 85 Sqn
- No 92 Sqn
- No 93 Sqn
- No 110 (Transport) Wing
- No 111 Sqn
- No 116 Sqn
- No 143 EGS / L143 EGS
- No 143 GS
- No 145 Sqn
- No 147 Sqn
- No 167 Sqn
- No 207 Sqn
- No 271 Sqn
- No 285 Sqn
- No 287 Sqn
- No 302 Sqn
- No 317 Sqn
- No 405 Aircraft Repair Flight
- No 405 Repair & Salvage Unit
- No 409 Repair & Salvage Unit
- No 414 Sqn
- No 435 Sqn
- No 437 Sqn
- No 501 Sqn
- No 605 Sqn
- No 607 Sqn
- No 615 Sqn
- No 1020 Servicing Wing
- No 2711 Sqn RAF Regiment
- No 3202 Servicing Commando
- No 4007 Anti-Aircraft Flight RAF Regiment
- Aer Lingus
- Air Charter
- Air Council Inspection Sqn
- Air Couriers
- Air Enterprises
- Air France
- Airborne Taxi Services
- Aircraft Transport & Travel
- Airlinks
- Airspan Travel
- BEA
- British Airways Ltd
- British American Air Services
- British Continental Airways
- Crilly Airways
- Daimler Airway
- Director of Research Flight
- Dutch Dakota Flight
- Experimental Flying Group
- Guernsey Airways
- Handley Page Transport
- Imperial Airways
- Instone Air Line
- Island Air Services (London)
- Jersey Airlines
- Jersey Airways
- KLM
- Midland & Scottish Air Ferries
- Mobile Air Reporting Unit
- Morton Air Services
- Newman Airways
- Olley Air Service
- Provincial Airways
- Railway Air Services
- Sabena
- Spartan Air Lines
- St Christopher Travelways
- Station Flight, Croydon
- Surrey Flying Services
- Swissair
- The Tiger Club
- Transair
- West Coast Air Services
The former control tower at Croydon, 17 July 2012.
Croydon Airport in the 1920s. Courtesy of HuntleyFilmArchives
A Lufthansa aircraft at Croydon in the 1920s. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of Croydon, 1924. Courtesy of British Pathé
"London's New Airport Opened", 1928. Courtesy of British Pathé
The birth of Air Traffic Control. Courtesy of NATS
Ramsay MacDonald and his daughter Ishbel flying from Croydon, 1930. Courtesy of British Pathé
Footage of Croydon Airport in the 1930s. Courtesy of Beulah24
Prime Minister MacDonald flying to Geneva from Croydon in 1932. Courtesy of British Pathé
"Blazing the Air Trail", 1932. Courtesy of British Pathé
A day at Croydon Airport. Courtesy of National Aerospace Library
Handley Page H.P.45 operations at Croydon, c. 1935. Courtesy of Aviation videos archives part1 1900-1935
Footage of Croydon in 1938. Courtesy of MrSRedburn
Includes footage of Croydon, 1948. Courtesy of British Pathé
Documentary about one of the last flights from Croydon. Courtesy of John Willis
Aerial footage of Croydon. Courtesy of Graham Johnson