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Also known as: London Luton Airport / Luton Aerodrome / Luton Airport / Luton Municipal / RAF Luton / RAF Station, Luton
County: Luton
Current Status: Aviation / Industry
Date: Opened 1937
Current Use: Active
Used By: RAF / Civil

The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/09/2011):

  • Accessorize
  • Bar 10
  • Bar Des Voyageurs
  • Best of The Best
  • Boots
  • Burger King
  • Caffe Nero
  • Costa
  • Dixons Travel
  • Duty Free - The Travel Galleria
  • Est Bar
  • Est Caffe
  • Food Village
  • GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems
  • Holiday Inn Express Hotel London-Luton Airport
  • Hotel Ibis London Luton Airport
  • International Currency Exchange (ICE)
  • JD Sports
  • Krispy Kreme
  • Kurt Geiger
  • Luton & District Historical Society
  • Luton Borough Council
  • Luton Central Library
  • Marks & Spencer Simply Food
  • Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited
  • Monsoon
  • Pip
  • Premier Inn Luton Airport
  • Pret A Manger
  • Rolling Luggage
  • Servisair
  • Spectrum Internet Cafe
  • Starbucks Coffee
  • Sunglass Hut
  • The Change Group
  • The Real Food Company
  • Tie Rack
  • Voyager International Logistics Ltd
  • Voyager Entertainment
  • WHSmith
  • WHSmith Books
  • Yam Yam To Go

Notable Past Associated Organisations:

  • Aviance UK
  • Hunting Aircraft
  • Hunting Percival
  • Percival Aircraft Limited

Main unit(s) present:

  • No 5 FP ATA
  • No 5 FPP
  • No 24 EFTS
  • No 29 E&RFTS
  • No 264 Sqn
  • Air Bucharest
  • Air Touring Group
  • Argus Air Transport
  • Autair International Airways
  • Autair (Luton)
  • ATA EFTS
  • Atlantic Airlines
  • Blue Air
  • Britannia Airways
  • British Airways
  • Capital Airlines
  • Channel Airways
  • Court Line
  • Dan-Air
  • Danube Wings
  • Debonair
  • Derby Airways
  • Eagle Aviation
  • easyJet
  • El Al
  • First Choice Airways
  • Flybe
  • Flying Enterprise
  • Hornet Private Flying Group
  • London Executive Aviation (LEA)
  • Luton Flying Club
  • Luton Hornet Flying Group
  • Luton Wildcats
  • Luxaviation United Kingdom
  • McAlpine Aviation
  • Monarch Airlines
  • Panda Flying Group
  • Redcoat Air Cargo
  • Ryanair
  • SkyEurope
  • Skyways Coach-Air
  • Skyways International
  • Thomson Airways
  • TUI Airways
  • Turkish Airlines
  • White Airways
  • Wizz Air
  • Wizz Air Bulgaria
001Aerial View of Luton Airport - 18 April 2014.png

Aerial view of Luton Airport, 18 April 2014. © Richard Flagg

002Aerial View 2 of Luton Airport - 18 April 2014.png

Aerial view of Luton Airport, 18 April 2014. © Richard Flagg

003Airbus A319-111 (G-EZAC) - 25 November 2017.png

An Airbus A319-111 at Luton, 25 November 2017. © Richard Flagg

004Control Tower - 6 January 2018.png

The Control Tower at Luton, 6 January 2018. © Richard Flagg

005Airport Way - 6 January 2018.png

Airport Way at Luton, 6 January 2018. © Richard Flagg

006Hangar - 6 January 2018.png

Hangar at Luton, 6 January 2018. © Richard Flagg

007Hangar? (Re-clad) - 6 January 2018.png

A possible re-clad hangar at Luton, 6 January 2018. © Richard Flagg

008Hangar (Blister Type) - 6 January 2018.png

A Blister hangar at Luton, 6 January 2018. © Richard Flagg

009Prospect House - 6 January 2018.png

Prospect House at Luton, 6 January 2018. © Richard Flagg

Footage of Luton in the early 1970s. Courtesy of Guildford Ghost

Luton Airport, 1973. Courtesy of British Pathé

Relief Landing Ground(s):

Barton-in-the-Clay / Halton

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