This airport in in south-east England ranks as the 8th busiest airport in the Eastern Caribbean and replaced the airport where the 1921 SNETA Farman Goliath ditching first took off. It is next to the suburb of Earlswood.
Croydon Airport (ICAO: EGCR ) was an airport in South London, England. 
 It was the main airport for London before it was replaced by Northolt Aerodrome, London Heathrow Airport and Gatwick Airport. 
Gatwick Airport (also known as London Gatwick) (IATA: LGW,ICAO: EGKK) is a major international airport in south-east England, 29.5 mi south of Central London and 2.7 NM north of Crawley. 
 Gatwick is the eighth-busiest airport in Europe. 
 The aircraft was operating a mail flight from Croydon Airport, United Kingdom to Brussels-Evere Airport, Belgium. 
 Earlswood lies on the A23 between Redhill (in the direction of London) and Horley (next to Gatwick Airport), from which the neighbouring community, Whitebushes is separated by a wide rural buffer zone. 
