London City Airport

ICAO EGLC51.5053°N 0.0553°E6 m / 19 ftMedium airport

London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a medium airport in London, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1987. It has one runway, 1,508 m (4,948 ft) long, concrete. In 2022 it handled 3.0 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1987–1987

1987

OpenedLondon City Airport opens.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

09/27093° / 273° · LIT

LENGTH1,508 m4,948 ftWIDTH30 m98 ftSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2011–2022

2.9M

3.0M

3.4M

3.6M

4.3M

4.5M

4.8M

5.1M

908K

721K

3.0M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

29 destinations · 14 countries

Year-round19

GCIGuernsey AirportGuernsey · Aurigny Air Services297 km185 mi RTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · British Airways306 km190 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, British Airways335 km208 mi IOMIsle of Man AirportIsle of Man · Loganair425 km264 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · British Airways478 km297 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair482 km300 mi BHDGeorge Best Belfast City AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways526 km327 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways543 km337 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways568 km353 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti620 km385 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · British Airways760 km472 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · British Airways925 km575 mi LINMilano Linate AirportItaly · ITA Airways, British Airways956 km594 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · British Airways1,023 km636 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · British Airways1,193 km741 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · British Airways1,256 km780 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · British Airways1,345 km836 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · British Airways1,408 km875 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · British Airways1,688 km1,049 mi

Seasonal10

GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · British Airways734 km456 mi EGCBergerac Dordogne-Périgord airportFrance · British Airways744 km462 mi CMFChambéry Aix les Bains airportFrance · British Airways780 km485 mi EASSan Sebastián AirportSpain · British Airways917 km570 mi TLNToulon-Hyères AirportFrance · British Airways1,041 km647 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · British Airways1,146 km712 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · British Airways1,384 km860 mi SPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · British Airways1,502 km933 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · British Airways1,731 km1,076 mi JSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · British Airways2,272 km1,412 mi

Most destinationsBritish Airways 25Aurigny Air Services 1KLM 1Loganair 1Luxair 1Air Dolomiti 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LCY. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “London City Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers3.0M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#466of 3,974 · #131 Europe · #15 GB Longest runway1,508 m4,948 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=6,941of 29,823 · #958 Europe · #85 GB Elevation6 m19 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,473of 43,341 · =5,589 Europe · =611 GB AgeOpened 19872026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,162of 15,079 · =1,266 Europe · #191 GB Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 GB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

4 channels

APPAPP132.700

ATISATIS136.350

GNDGND121.825

TWRTWR118.075