<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History Bristol Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>First airport:</strong> In 1927, a group of local businessmen raised &pound;6,000 through public subscription to start the Bristol and Wessex Aeroplane Club, a flying club initially based at Filton Aerodrome. In 1929, Bristol Corporation took up the club's proposal to develop farmland located at Whitchurch, to the south of Bristol, into a municipal airport On its opening by Prince George, Duke of Kent in 1930, Bristol (Whitchurch) Airport was the third civil airport in the United Kingdom. Passenger numbers grew to 4,000 by 1939.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>RAF Lulsgate Bottom:</strong> In September 1940, No. 10 Elementary Flying Training School RAF at RAF Weston-super-Mare established a Relief Landing Ground on 14 acres (5.7 ha) at Broadfield Down by the hamlet of Lulsgate Bottom, southwest of the city and north of Redhill village. Being high, at 600 ft. (180 m), the site had a poor weather record during warm front conditions, when it was often covered in low cloud. However, when this occurred the alternative airfields at Filton and Cardiff were usually clear and operational; and as Lulsgate was clear when the low-lying airfields were obscured by radiation fog in calm weather, the landing ground provided a useful alternative. Few facilities were constructed although pillboxes, defensive anti-aircraft guns and later two Blister hangars were added. In late 1940, a Starfish site was set up south of the village of Downside and just west of the airfield. Its decoy fires attracted a large quantity of Luftwaffe high explosives and incendiaries on the nights of 16 March, 3 April and 4 April 1941 during the Bristol Blitz.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Lulsgate Bottom Airfield:</strong> From 1948, the site was the home of the Bristol Gliding Club. In 1949 and 1950, the Bristol Motor Cycle and Light Car Club hosted motor races on a 2 mi (3.2 km) circuit known as Lulsgate Aerodrome, but due to planning and noise issues moved in 1950 to a site that became known as Castle Combed Circuit.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Ground transport Bristol Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Bristol Airport is located on the A38, 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Bristol city Centre. The airport is signposted from the M5 motorway, from junction 22 when approaching from the south and junction 18 when approaching from the north. Neither gives quick access to the airport, a fact which was recognized by the Greater Bristol Strategic Transport Study. In November 2013, Bristol and North Somerset councils approved a planning application for the South Bristol Link Road, which provides a link from the A38 northwards to the A370 at Long Ashton, giving the airport an improved connection to the M5, and a link from the A38 southwards to Hengrove Park, connecting to the Bristol Ring Road. The South Bristol Link, part of the Metro Bus rapid transit route, was opened in January 2017 and is expected to provide a reduction in journey times to the airport for both bus passengers and car drivers.</p>
<p><img class="img-fluid p-lg-0 rounded w-100" title="Ground transport Bristol Airport" src="../../../main/img/airport/bris/11.webp" alt="Ground transport Bristol Airport"></p>
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<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 pt-5">Facilities Bristol Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Bristol Airport has a wide number of services available:</p>
<ul class="blog-ul">
<li class="blog-li">Toilets</li>
<li class="blog-li">Wi-Fi</li>
<li class="blog-li">Lost and Found</li>
<li class="blog-li">Smoking area</li>
<li class="blog-li">Luggage Storage</li>
<li class="blog-li">Lounges</li>
<li class="blog-li">Trolley services</li>
<li class="blog-li">Baby changing rooms</li>
<li class="blog-li">Shops and Duty Free</li>
<li class="blog-li">Bars and restaurants</li>
<li class="blog-li">Baby changing facilities</li>
<li class="blog-li">Water refill station</li>
<li class="blog-li">ATMs</li>
<li class="blog-li">Currency exchange</li>
<li class="blog-li">Post box</li>
<li class="blog-li">Information Centre</li>
<li class="blog-li">Mobile charging station</li>
<li class="blog-li">Multi-Faith Area</li>
<li class="blog-li">Special Assistance.</li>
</ul>