['< sod > [ [ portsmouth airport ( hampshire ) | portsmouth airport ] ], an airport with grass runway, was in operation from 1932 to 1973. after its closure, housing, industrial sites, retail areas and a school were built on the site. < ref > { { cite web | last1 = fagan | first1 = dave | title = history of portsmouth airport | url = http : / / www. hampshireairfields. co. uk / airfields / por. html | publisher = hampshire airfields | accessdate = 4 august 2016 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite web | title = portsmouth airport history | url = http : / / www. portsmouth - airport. co. uk / history. html | publisher = portsmouth airport | accessdate = 4 august 2016 | archiveurl = https : / / web. archive. org / web / 20150621030956 / http : / / www. portsmouth - airport. co. uk / history. html | archivedate = 21 june 2015 } } < / ref > today, the nearest airport is [ [ southampton airport ] ], situated in the borough of eastleigh, which lies { { convert | 19. 8 | mi } } away. the airport has an indirect [ [ south west trains ] ] rail connection requiring a change at [ [ southampton central ] ] or [ [ eastleigh ] ]. < ref > { { cite web | author = rail saver | url = http : / / www. railsaver. co. uk / southwest / southwest. htm | title = south west trains | publisher = railsaver. co. uk | accessdate = 9 august 2011 } } < / ref > [ [ london heathrow airport | heathrow ] ] and [ [ london gatwick airport | gatwick ] ] are both { { convert | 65 | mi } } and { { convert | 75 | mi } } away, respectively. gatwick is directly linked by southern train services to london victoria station, while heathrow is linked by coach to [ [ woking ] ], which is on both rail lines to [ [ london waterloo ] ], or by [ [ london underground ] ]. < ref > { { cite web | title = trains gatwick airport to portsmouth and harbour – train timetables | url = https : / / www. thetrainline. com / train - times / gatwick - airport - to - portsmouth - harbour | website = train line | publisher = national rail | accessdate = 4 august 2016 } } < / ref > heathrow is directly linked to portsmouth by national express coaches. < ref > { { cite web | title = 203 route, southsea to heathrow airport – national express | url = http : / / coachtracker. nationalexpress. com / routes / 203 / i / southsea - heathrow _ airport | website = coachtracker | publisher = national express | accessdate = 4 august 2016 } } < / ref > < eod > < sod > [ [ portsmouth airport ( hampshire ) | portsmouth airport ] ], an airport with grass runway, was in operation from 1932 to 1973. after its closure, housing, industrial sites, retail areas and a school were built on the site. < ref > { { cite web | last1 = fagan | first1 = dave | title = history of portsmouth airport | url = http : / / www. hampshireairfields. co. uk / airfields / por. html | publisher = hampshire airfields | accessdate = 4 august 2016 } } < / ref > < ref > { { cite web | title = portsmouth airport history | url = http : / / www. portsmouth - airport. co. uk / history. html | publisher = portsmouth airport | accessdate = 4 august 2016 | archiveurl = https : / / web. archive. org / web / 20150621030956 / http : / / www. portsmouth - airport. co. uk / history. html | archivedate = 21 june 2015 } } < / ref > today, the nearest airport is [ [ southampton airport ] ], situated in the borough of eastleigh, which lies { { convert | 19. 8 | mi } } away. { { fact | date = september 2016 } } the airport has an indirect [ [ south west trains ] ] rail connection requiring a change at [ [ southampton central ] ] or [ [ eastleigh ] ]. < ref > { { cite web | author = rail saver | url = http : / / www. railsaver. co. uk / southwest / southwest. htm | title = south west trains | publisher = railsaver. co. uk | accessdate = 9 august 2011 } } < / ref > [ [ london heathrow airport | heathrow ] ] and [ [ london gatwick airport | gatwick ] ] are both { { convert | 65 | mi } } and { { convert | 75 | mi } } away, respectively. gatwick is directly linked by southern train services to london victoria station, while heathrow is linked by coach to [ [ woking ] ], which is on both rail lines to [ [ london waterloo ] ], or by [ [ london underground ] ]. < ref > { { cite web | title = trains gatwick airport to portsmouth harbour – train timetables | url = https : / / www. thetrainline. com / train - times / gatwick - airport - to - portsmouth - harbour | website = train line | publisher = national rail | accessdate = 4 august 2016 } } < / ref > heathrow is directly linked to portsmouth by national express coaches. < ref > { { cite web | title = 203 route, southsea to heathrow airport – national express | url = http : / / coachtracker. nationalexpress. com / routes / 203 / i / southsea - heathrow _ airport | website = coachtracker | publisher = national express | accessdate = 4 august 2016 } } < / ref > < eod >']