Liverpool John Lennon Airport
| Continent: Europe | Country: United Kingdom | Region: England |
| Liverpool John Lennon Airport | |
| Location | Speke, Liverpool |
| IATA code | LPL |
| ICAO code | EGGP |
| Airport type | Commercial |
| Website | http://www.liverpoolairport.com/ |
| Overview map | Google Maps |
| Communications | |
| Tower | 126.35 |
| Ground | 121.95 |
| Clearance | |
| Approach | 119.85 |
| ATIS | 124.325 |
Liverpool 'John Lennon' Airport is situated on the edge of the River Mersey. It serves the 2008 European Capital of Culture city Liverpool, but the airport itself is sited in Speke. Also at the airport is Liverpool Flying School.
Liverpool airport has one runway (27/09) going from East to West. Aircraft usually land into the prevailing Westerly wind on runway 27 after lining up with the Runcorn-Widnes bridge. Departures usually take the same direction, Westerly towards the Irish Sea and over the Wirral peninsular. This flow changes when there is a strong Easterly wind and runway 9 is used. Liverpool Airport is not as busy as Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) as It's mainly used by the budget airlines. Aircraft such as the Airbus A319 and the Boeing 737 are in common use at Liverpool but occasionally, larger aircraft come in on freight operations at night. The airport is capable of handling very large cargo aircraft such as the Antonov-124 and the Boeing 747-200F.
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Scheduled Airlines
- Aer Arann
- EasyJet
- EuroManx
- FlyBe
- Ryanair
- Spanair (summer only)
- Wizz Air
- VLM (Vlaamse Luchttransportmaatschappij - Flemish Air Transport Company)
Charter Airlines
- Thomsonfly
Cargo Airlines
- ANC
- DHL
- Target
- Lynx
- Parcelforce
- TNT
(Most general cargo is handled at night)