The Civil Aviation Authority has just recently reported that Coventry Airport will be closing down. The report went on to show that the airport’s owners, West Midlands Airport Ltd, just recently issued a Notice to Airmen informing them of the closure.

The owners had been due to actually appear in High Court this week to respond to a winding up petition. The airport has not been used for scheduled passenger flights since airline Thomsonfly ceased operations there in November 2008.

Ever since then, the Coventry Airport has been operating as a cargo terminal and a base for executive jets and aviation related businesses. The Civil Aviation Authority said the Notice to Airmen effectively informed pilots and aircraft that the airport will no longer be used or be operational. The authority did add that the air traffic control at Coventry will still be handling aircraft overlying Coventry.

John Bates, of the Coventry Aeroplane Club, which was one of the few groups that used the airport, said that there have been a series of meetings going on recently involving the owners and the Civil Aviation Authority. From what he understands, the company running the airport has gone into administration and that flying has now been suspended.

The airport was opened back in 1936, and it was used as an RAF base during World War II. The building had receive damage from enemy bombing. Later on, owners of the airport included the Coventry City Council and Thomson Holidays’ parent company Tui, which took over in 2004 under the Thomsonfly brand. After the last flight from Thomsonfly was pulled, the airport was not used.