LCY

London City Airport

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

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
4.5M
4.8M
5.1M
908K
721K
3.0M
111213141516171819202122

Routes

29 destinations · 14 countries
1,000 km2,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miGCI · Guernsey Airport · 297 km / 185 miRTM · Rotterdam The Hague Airport · 306 km / 190 miAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 335 km / 208 miIOM · Isle of Man Airport · 425 km / 264 miDUB · Dublin Airport · 478 km / 297 miLUX · Luxembourg-Findel International Airport · 482 km / 300 miBHD · George Best Belfast City Airport · 526 km / 327 miEDI · Edinburgh Airport · 543 km / 337 miGLA · Glasgow Airport · 568 km / 353 miFRA · Frankfurt Main Airport · 620 km / 385 miZRH · Zürich Airport · 760 km / 472 miBER · Berlin Brandenburg Airport · 925 km / 575 miLIN · Milano Linate Airport · 956 km / 594 miNCE · Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport · 1,023 km / 636 miFLR · Florence Airport, Peretola · 1,193 km / 741 miMAD · Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport · 1,256 km / 780 miPMI · Palma de Mallorca Airport · 1,345 km / 836 miIBZ · Ibiza Airport · 1,408 km / 875 miAGP · Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport · 1,688 km / 1,049 miGVA · Geneva International Airport · 734 km / 456 miEGC · Bergerac Dordogne-Périgord airport · 744 km / 462 miCMF · Chambéry Aix les Bains airport · 780 km / 485 miEAS · San Sebastián Airport · 917 km / 570 miTLN · Toulon-Hyères Airport · 1,041 km / 647 miBCN · Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport · 1,146 km / 712 miOLB · Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport · 1,384 km / 860 miSPU · Split Saint Jerome Airport · 1,502 km / 933 miFAO · Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport · 1,731 km / 1,076 miJSI · Skiathos Island National Airport · 2,272 km / 1,412 miJSIFAOAGPSPUIBZOLBMADFLRBCNTLNLINBEREASCMFZRHEGCFRAGLABHDDUBAMSGCIPMINCEGVALUXIOMEDIRTMLCY
Year-round19
GCIGuernsey AirportGuernsey · Aurigny Air Services297 km185 miRTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · British Airways306 km190 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM, British Airways335 km208 miIOMIsle of Man AirportIsle of Man · Loganair425 km264 miDUBDublin AirportIreland · British Airways478 km297 miLUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Luxair482 km300 miBHDGeorge Best Belfast City AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways526 km327 miEDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways543 km337 miGLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways568 km353 miFRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Dolomiti620 km385 miZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · British Airways760 km472 miBERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · British Airways925 km575 miLINMilano Linate AirportItaly · ITA Airways, British Airways956 km594 miNCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · British Airways1,023 km636 miFLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · British Airways1,193 km741 miMADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · British Airways1,256 km780 miPMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · British Airways1,345 km836 miIBZIbiza AirportSpain · British Airways1,408 km875 miAGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · British Airways1,688 km1,049 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 GBLongest 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 GBElevation6 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 GBAgeOpened 19872026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=9,162of 15,079 · =1,266 Europe · #191 GBRunways11 · 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