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Manchester Airport was officially opened for business on the 25 June, 1938 - back then known as the Ringway Airport due to its location at Ringway in Manchester City. Its title of Manchester International only came into place from 1972. Construction began in 1935 by the Lord Mayor. In 1938, a public air display was held to celebrate the opening and it received its first scheduled flight from Amsterdam, which was a Douglas DC-2 operated by KLM. Until war was declared, a couple thousand of people continued to
During the years following the war its passenger numbers grew rapidly. 500,000 passengers were already using the airport by 1958. The airport was in operation 24 hours a day from 1 April 1952, the main runway was extended to 7,000 ft and was in use again by 23 April 1958, and the passenger Terminal 1 was opened in late 1962. By the 1980’s Manchester was considered to be an ‘international gateway’. The main runway was extended once more to its current length of 10,000 ft, or 3,000 meters, and now attracts lo