The current London Ashford Airport is Lydd, but Lympne was officially renamed Ashford Airport in June 1969. Ted Heath unveiled a plaque to commemorate the occasion, and remarked that it produced a typically British situation. "We are changing the name from Lympne to Ashford, but whenever anyone asks where Ashford Airport is, they will be told it is at Lympne"
Despite eventually getting a 1400m concrete runway in 1967, commercial aviation ceased at Lympne in 1974.