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AIG,
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London City Airport is a single-runway
airport, intended for use by
STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. This airport could also be considered a
STOLport. It is located on a former
London Docklands site, in the
London Borough of Newham in East London, England,
England, and was developed by the engineering company
Mowlem in 1986/87. London City is the fifth-largest international airport in size serving the London area after
Heathrow, Gatwick,
Stansted Airport and Luton Airport.
London City Airport has a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P728) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction, subject to an aircraft being approved for a 5.5 degree or steeper approach.
History
The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Reg Ward — Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation. He in turn discussed the proposal with Sir Philip Beck (Chairman of Mowlem) and the idea of an airport for Docklands was born. Mowlem and Brymon Airways submitted an outline proposal to the LDDC for a Docklands
STOLport city centre gateway in November 1981, and on 27 June 1982 Brymon Captain Harry Gee landed a
Dash 7 aircraft on Heron Quay to demonstrate the feasibility of the STOLport project. After planning permission problems and a public inquiry, construction began on the site (the former Royal Docks) in 1986, with the Prince of Wales laying the first stone of the terminal building.
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opened London City Airport in November 1987.
Placing a commercial airport into congested airspace (the London Terminal Movements Area (TMA)) was a challenge for the National Air Traffic Service (NATS). In the event, a new airspace authority, Thames Radar, was established to provide a radar control service and provide safe separations for London City arrivals and departures.
The airport has been extended in three stages. The original runway was 1080 metres in length. The runway was lengthened and the angle of glideslopes was reduced from 7.5 to 5.5 degrees, still steep for a
European airport. The western apron was enlarged and a turning loop built in 2003 at the eastern end of the runway.
More than 2.3 million passengers used the airport in 2006. Its management believes that economic development nearby will sustain a potential for over five million passengers per annum. Domestic routes to
Edinburgh,
Manchester, Liverpool,
Glasgow, Dundee, the
Isle of Man and Jersey complement international services.
It has become a useful adjunct to
London's larger airports, particularly for workers in
London Docklands, and has met its operating costs in recent years. It is an important element in the
London Borough of Newham labour market and, together with the nearby ExCeL Exhibition Centre, has stimulated a local surge of hotel building. On the other hand the airport flight path restricts the maximum height of new skyscrapers in and around Canary Wharf, and the management keeps a close watch on planning applications for tall buildings in the area.
Passenger access to the City of London is via a branch of the
Docklands Light Railway from
London City Airport DLR station, which opened in December 2005. Initially shuttle and
London Buses services connected the airport to Canning Town and beyond, however they were withdrawn after the DLR station was built at City Airport.
Airlines and destinations
The airport has stringent rules imposed on the noise impact from aircraft departures. This, together with the physical dimensions of the runway, limits the aircraft types that can use London City Airport. Operations are restricted to periods from 5.30 to 21.30 Monday to Friday, with even more restricted service on Saturday and Sunday. The airport is required to shut for at least 24 hours every weekend in order to give local residents some relief from the noise that aircraft operations can generate.
Mid-range airliners seen here include the
ATR42, De Havilland Canada Dash 8, BAe 146,
Dornier 328, Embraer ERJ 135, Embraer E-Jets ERJ 170 Approved for LCY, Fokker 50 and Saab 2000. Corporate aircraft such as the
Beechcraft Super King Air,
Cessna Citation, Raytheon Hawker 400 and 800, and variants of the
Dassault Falcon bizjet are increasingly common. Helicopters are denied access for environmental reasons. The earliest scheduled flights were operated by De Havilland Canada Dash 7s and Dornier 228 aircraft with Paris, Amsterdam and Rotterdam as the initial destinations. The size of the airport, constrained by the water-filled Royal Albert Dock and King George V Dock docks to the north and south respectively, means that there are no covered maintenance facilities for aircraft.
On
13 May 2006 an
Airbus A318 jet was flown into the airport for compatibility tests. These tests were successful.
In 2007 CityJet in conjunction with Air France, launched the CityJet for Air France network out of London City Airport. CityJet for Air France routes consist of 5 new routes including Belfast City, Geneva, Madrid, Nice and Zurich in addition to their existing services to Paris Orly and Dublin.
The following airlines fly to London City Airport:
- Air France
- operated by CityJet (Belfast-City, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Geneva, Madrid, Nice, Paris-Orly, Strasbourg, Zurich)
- Air One
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna 29 October 2007)
- British Airways
- BA CityFlyer (Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow-International, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Zurich)
- EuroManx (Isle of Man)
- Flybe
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- KLM Cityhopper (Amsterdam)
- Lufthansa
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways (Frankfurt)
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air (Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings (Berlin-Tegel 14 January 2008)
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Luxair (Luxembourg)
- Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen)
- Swiss International Air Lines
- VLM Airlines (Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Groningen, Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Manchester, Rotterdam)
London City Airport today
LCY is at its busiest during the winter months, when a rise in total passengers is seen due to flights to ski resorts run by
Swiss International Air Lines.
London City Airport is small compared to the other four London international airports. This, however, is beneficial for those using the airport, in that the experience is pleasant and hassle-free for the many business travellers from London's Docklands and financial district, also leisure passengers. Inside the terminal there are 26 check-in desks plus an extra five self-service kiosks for British Airways, Air France and
Lufthansa. There are nine gates at London City Airport and a further five stands connected via an airside bus. Outside there are two car parks, one for short stay and one for long stay, free valet parking and a new administration building called City Aviation House, which opened in 2004.
Drivers Jonas are advisers to the airport and are involved in many of the decisions concerning the airport.
Central location
London City Airport also has what is believed to be the closest private jet centre to central London. In 2005 the centre was voted by European Business Air News, as the best corporate aviation passenger handling facility in Europe.
In a 2006 advertising campaign the airport claimed to be the 'only airport in London'. A complaint by London Biggin Hill Airport that this was untrue and misleading was not upheld by the
Advertising Standards Authority because London City Airport demonstrated it is the only airport in
Greater London to be within the London postal district and have a telephone number prefixed with 7 (which traditionally, but not necessarily, indicates an inner London location).
In August 2007, London City Airport has put in a Planning Application to the London Borough of Newham to increase flights from 80,000 to 120,000 by 2010.
References
External links
- London City Airport Official Website
- London City Airport Consultative Committee
{{Infobox Airport| name = London City Airport| nativename =| nativename-a =| nativename-r =| image = London.City.Airport.jpg| image-width =| caption =| IATA = LCY| ICAO = EGLC| type = Public| owner = AIG,
GE Capital and
Credit Suisse| location = [London Docklands| r2-number =| r2-length-f =| r2-length-m =| r2-surface =| h1-number =| h1-length-f =| h1-length-m =| h1-surface =| stat-year = 2006| stat1-header = Aircraft Movements| stat1-data = 79,436| stat2-header = Passengers| stat2-data = 2,358,184| footnotes =Source: UK [Aeronautical Information Publication at National Air Traffic Services
Statistics from the UK CAA Aircraft Movements, Terminal and Transit Passengers-->
London City Airport is a single-runway
airport, intended for use by
STOL (Short Take Off and Landing)
airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. This airport could also be considered a STOLport. It is located on a former
London Docklands site, in the
London Borough of Newham in East London, England, England, and was developed by the engineering company
Mowlem in 1986/87. London City is the fifth-largest international airport in size serving the London area after Heathrow,
Gatwick, Stansted Airport and Luton Airport.
London City Airport has a
United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P728) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction, subject to an aircraft being approved for a 5.5 degree or steeper approach.
History
The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Reg Ward — Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation. He in turn discussed the proposal with Sir Philip Beck (Chairman of Mowlem) and the idea of an airport for Docklands was born. Mowlem and Brymon Airways submitted an outline proposal to the LDDC for a Docklands STOLport city centre gateway in November 1981, and on
27 June 1982 Brymon Captain Harry Gee landed a Dash 7 aircraft on Heron Quay to demonstrate the feasibility of the STOLport project. After planning permission problems and a public inquiry, construction began on the site (the former Royal Docks) in 1986, with the
Prince of Wales laying the first stone of the terminal building.
Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opened London City Airport in November 1987.
Placing a commercial airport into congested airspace (the London Terminal Movements Area (TMA)) was a challenge for the
National Air Traffic Service (NATS). In the event, a new airspace authority,
Thames Radar, was established to provide a
radar control service and provide safe separations for London City arrivals and departures.
The airport has been extended in three stages. The original runway was 1080 metres in length. The runway was lengthened and the angle of
glideslopes was reduced from 7.5 to 5.5 degrees, still steep for a European airport. The western apron was enlarged and a turning loop built in 2003 at the eastern end of the runway.
More than 2.3 million passengers used the airport in 2006. Its management believes that economic development nearby will sustain a potential for over five million passengers per annum. Domestic routes to
Edinburgh,
Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow,
Dundee, the
Isle of Man and Jersey complement international services.
It has become a useful adjunct to
London's larger airports, particularly for workers in London Docklands, and has met its operating costs in recent years. It is an important element in the
London Borough of Newham labour market and, together with the nearby ExCeL Exhibition Centre, has stimulated a local surge of hotel building. On the other hand the airport flight path restricts the maximum height of new skyscrapers in and around Canary Wharf, and the management keeps a close watch on planning applications for tall buildings in the area.
Passenger access to the City of London is via a branch of the
Docklands Light Railway from
London City Airport DLR station, which opened in December 2005. Initially shuttle and London Buses services connected the airport to Canning Town and beyond, however they were withdrawn after the DLR station was built at City Airport.
Airlines and destinations
The airport has stringent rules imposed on the noise impact from
aircraft departures. This, together with the physical dimensions of the runway, limits the aircraft types that can use London City Airport. Operations are restricted to periods from 5.30 to 21.30 Monday to Friday, with even more restricted service on Saturday and Sunday. The airport is required to shut for at least 24 hours every weekend in order to give local residents some relief from the noise that aircraft operations can generate.
Mid-range airliners seen here include the ATR42,
De Havilland Canada Dash 8, BAe 146, Dornier 328, Embraer ERJ 135, Embraer E-Jets ERJ 170 Approved for LCY, Fokker 50 and
Saab 2000. Corporate aircraft such as the
Beechcraft Super King Air,
Cessna Citation, Raytheon Hawker 400 and 800, and variants of the Dassault Falcon
bizjet are increasingly common.
Helicopters are denied access for environmental reasons. The earliest scheduled flights were operated by
De Havilland Canada Dash 7s and Dornier 228 aircraft with Paris, Amsterdam and Rotterdam as the initial destinations. The size of the airport, constrained by the water-filled Royal Albert Dock and King George V Dock docks to the north and south respectively, means that there are no covered maintenance facilities for aircraft.
On
13 May 2006 an
Airbus A318 jet was flown into the airport for compatibility tests. These tests were successful.
In 2007 CityJet in conjunction with Air France, launched the CityJet for Air France network out of London City Airport. CityJet for Air France routes consist of 5 new routes including Belfast City, Geneva, Madrid, Nice and Zurich in addition to their existing services to Paris Orly and Dublin.
The following airlines fly to London City Airport:
- Air France
- operated by CityJet (Belfast-City, Dublin, Dundee, Edinburgh, Geneva, Madrid, Nice, Paris-Orly, Strasbourg, Zurich)
- Air One
- operated by Transwede Airways (Milan-Linate, Rome-Fiumicino)
- Austrian Airlines (Vienna 29 October 2007)
- British Airways
- BA CityFlyer (Edinburgh, Frankfurt, Glasgow-International, Madrid, Milan-Malpensa, Zurich)
- EuroManx (Isle of Man)
- Flybe
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Lufthansa
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Augsburg Airways (Frankfurt)
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Contact Air (Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Nuremberg, Stuttgart)
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Eurowings (Berlin-Tegel 14 January 2008)
- Lufthansa Regional operated by Lufthansa CityLine (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Luxair (Luxembourg)
- Scandinavian Airlines (Copenhagen)
- Swiss International Air Lines
- Swiss European Air Lines (Basel/Mulhouse, Geneva, Zürich)
- VLM Airlines (Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, Groningen, Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Manchester, Rotterdam)
London City Airport today
LCY is at its busiest during the winter months, when a rise in total passengers is seen due to flights to ski resorts run by
Swiss International Air Lines.
London City Airport is small compared to the other four London international airports. This, however, is beneficial for those using the airport, in that the experience is pleasant and hassle-free for the many business travellers from London's Docklands and financial district, also leisure passengers. Inside the terminal there are 26 check-in desks plus an extra five self-service kiosks for British Airways,
Air France and Lufthansa. There are nine gates at London City Airport and a further five stands connected via an airside bus. Outside there are two car parks, one for short stay and one for long stay, free valet parking and a new administration building called City Aviation House, which opened in 2004.
Drivers Jonas are advisers to the airport and are involved in many of the decisions concerning the airport.
Central location
London City Airport also has what is believed to be the closest private jet centre to central London. In 2005 the centre was voted by European Business Air News, as the best corporate aviation passenger handling facility in Europe.
In a 2006 advertising campaign the airport claimed to be the 'only airport in London'. A complaint by
London Biggin Hill Airport that this was untrue and misleading was not upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority because London City Airport demonstrated it is the only airport in Greater London to be within the London postal district and have a telephone number prefixed with 7 (which traditionally, but not necessarily, indicates an inner London location).
In August 2007, London City Airport has put in a Planning Application to the London Borough of Newham to increase flights from 80,000 to 120,000 by 2010.
References
External links
- London City Airport Official Website
- London City Airport Consultative Committee
London City Airport : Homepage
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