Ministry of Civil Aviation and successors: Aerodromes Group: Records

This series consists of files of the Aerodromes Division of the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.

The Aerodromes A Division used the AA, AAA, AAB and AAC file series; Aerodromes B, D and E Divisions used the AB, AD and AE series, respectively; the Aerodromes Estate Management Division used the AEM, AEMA, AEMB, AEMC and AEME series; and the Aerodromes Planning Divisions the APA, APB and APC series.

For registered files (EP Series) of the Aerodromes Planning Division and Airports (London and Prestwick) Division, Branch ALP 1, of the Ministry of Aviation see AVIA 119

For papers of the Air Safety Board see BT 256

For files of the Aerodromes (General) Division of the Ministry of Aviation see AVIA 86

• Ministry of Civil Aviation, Aerodromes Division, 1945-1953
• Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, Aerodromes Group, 1953-1959

From 1982 Department of Industry

Topics

Transport management

Air transport

Upon the formation of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, an Aerodromes Division was formed to deal with matters relating to the licensing, inspection and regulation of airports and aerodromes and any attendant financial and legal matters. The Aerodromes Division was divided into four sub-divisions, Divisions A and B dealt with questions on land matters affecting aerodromes, the acquisition and disposal of land and buildings, rights of way, rehousing of persons displaced by aerodrome development and related compensation, capital investment etc. Aerodromes C Division dealt with the premises at London (Heathrow) Airport, and the Aerodromes D Division dealt with licensing policy, administration etc. at non-State aerodromes.

This structure survived under the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation, but towards the end of their administration the functions were distributed between three Aerodromes Planning Divisions, A, B and C, and an Aerodromes Estate Management Division. Upon the formation of the Ministry of Aviation in 1959 the functions were again re-distributed to Aerodromes Planning and Aerodromes Management Divisions, neither of whose files are represented in this series.