LCY - London City Airport 🇬🇧

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:round_pushpin: Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
London City Airport (ICAO: EGLC / IATA: LCY)

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Location (City, Country)
London, United Kingdom

:chart_increasing: Airport Type & Size
London City Airport is a small-medium sized airport primarily focused at business traffic to the city of London and its financial district. The airport is built on an old dock and is very centrally located, being slightly east of Canary Wharf. Due to its small size, the airport only supports regional jets and smaller aircraft with the largest allowed aircraft being the E295, BCS1, and A318.

The airports central location in London results in a particularly steep approach (5.5° instead of the regular 3°) being required making it a very unique airport requiring special certification for the aircrew. Despite its small size it still serves roughly 4 million passengers a year.

Runway Length
09/27 1508m

:vertical_traffic_light: Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
A very unique airport that is centrally located in London offering a nice view. I know we already have LHR so adding a second London airport is unlikely, but as far as small-to-medium airports go, this is a very unique one that I’d like to see.

:airplane_departure: Major Airlines & Routes
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Airline Destinations Aircraft Types
Air Dolomiti Frankfurt am Main (FRA) E190
Aurigny Guernsey (GCI) AT76
British Airways
(BA CityFlyer)		 Belfast (BHD), Glasgow (GLA), Edinburgh (EDI), Dublin (DUB), Amsterdam (AMS), Rotterdam (RTM), Berlin (BER), Frankfurt am Main (FRA), Prague (PRG), Zürich (ZRH), Geneva (GVA), Split (SPU), Skiathos (JSI), Thessaloniki (SKG), Milan (LIN), Florence (FLR), Olbia (OLB), Bergerac (EGC), Chambéry (CMF), Nice (NCE), Barcelona (BCN), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Ibiza (IBZ), Malaga (AGP), San Sebastián (EAS), Faro (FAO) E190
ITA Airways Milan (LIN), Rome (FCO) BCS1
KLM Cityhopper Amsterdam (AMS) E190
Loganair Isle of Man (IOM) AT76
LOT Polish Vilnius (VNO) E190
Luxair Luxembourg (LUX) DH8D
Swiss
Helvetic		 Zürich (ZRH) BCS1
E290, E295

:world_map: Unique Features or Challenges
Airport built on an old dock, flanked by bodies of water on both sides. Steep approach required. Cityscape surrounding airport.

There used to be flights between LCY to JFK (via SNN) on an all business class BA A318. These flights operated under the previous concorde flight numbers BA1, BA2, BA3 and BA4. It ended in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

:camera_with_flash: Optional: Links, images, maps, or videos
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Aerodrome Information and Charts from NATS
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It’s to close to LHR.

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I already mentioned that it’s unlikely to be added due to LHR. It’s merely a suggestion that I’d like to see added in the distant future due to its unique location.

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