page_title: Hall Caine Airport
hierarchical_section_title: Hall Caine Airport
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Hall Caine Airport
context_page_description: Hall Caine Airport, also referred to as Close Lake Airfield, was an airfield on the Isle of Man near Ramsey. It was named after the author Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE by his sons Gordon Hall Caine and Derwent Hall Caine, who began the project, and was the first airport in the British Isles to be named after a person. From 1935 to 1937 it handled domestic scheduled passenger flights to English, Scottish and Irish airports. By 1937 it had fallen into disuse, primarily due to its location.
context_section_description: Hall Caine Airport, also referred to as Close Lake Airfield, was an airfield on the Isle of Man near Ramsey. It was named after the author Sir Thomas Henry Hall Caine CH, KBE by his sons Gordon Hall Caine and Derwent Hall Caine, who began the project, and was the first airport in the British Isles to be named after a person. From 1935 to 1937 it handled domestic scheduled passenger flights to English, Scottish and Irish airports. By 1937 it had fallen into disuse, primarily due to its location.
caption: Aerial view of Hall Caine Airport, Isle of Man
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