Brighton, Hove & Worthing Airport (Shoreham) has many aspects : publicity leaflet : nd [c.1938] : cover

A small leaflet advertising the services of the Brighton, Hove & Worthing Joint Municipal Airport at Shoreham and dating from the late 1930s. The airport is still in service, as Brighton City Airport, and dating from 1910/11, it is commonly held to be the UK and probably the world's oldest airport still in service.

 

The site was jointly purchased by the three neighbouring councils in 1936 and the stylish art-deco terminal building, seen here, was constructed. The leaflet also offers the opportunity to learn to fly at the South Coast Flying Club and advertises the services of the Olley Air Service Ltd., formed in 1934, and the associated Channel Air Ferries Ltd. they acquired in 1936. There are also details of how to get to the airport by train, using the Shoreham Airport Halt that operated between 1935 and 1940, by Southdown bus and by road.

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