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London City Airport

London

  • IATALCY
  • ICAOEGLC
3 million Passengers a year (2022)
Serves
London
Operator
London City Airport Limited
Owner
Not recorded
Opened
26 October 1987
Elevation
19 ft (6 m)
Runways
1 (longest 1,508 m)
Airlines based here
Not recorded
Website
Not recorded

About the airport

London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is an international airport in London, England. It is located in the Royal Docks, about 6 miles (10 km) east of the City of London and 3 miles (5 km) east of Canary Wharf. These are the two centres of London's financial industry, which is a major user of the airport. The airport was developed by the engineering company Mowlem between 1986 and 1987. The airport is owned and operated by London City Airport Limited. London City Airport has a single 1,508-metre-long (4,948 ft) runway, and a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P728) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers; this licence also allows training flights, but only for the purpose of training pilots to operate at this specific airport. Only multi-engine, fixed-wing aircraft up to Embraer E195-E2, Airbus A220 and A318 size, with special aircrew and aircraft-certification to fly 5.5° approaches, strict noise limitations and further restrictions are allowed to conduct operations at London City Airport. As of 2020, the airport is about 60 hectares (150 acres) in size. London City had 5.1 and 3.57 million passenger movements in…

This summary is adapted from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence. Passenger and runway figures come from the same source and can lag the latest annual totals, so check the figures the operator publishes for the current total.

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