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| About London City Airport |
London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is a single-runway airport, intended for use by STOL (Short Take Off and Landing) airliners, and principally serving the financial districts of London. It is located on a former Docklands site, in the London Borough of Newham in East London, England, and was developed by the engineering company Mowlem in 1986/87. London City is the fifth airport serving the London area after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton.
LCY is at its busiest during the winter months. During the winter months a rise in total passengers is seen due to flights to ski resorts run by Swiss Airlines.
London City Airport is small compared to the other 4 London international airports but has proved important for thousands of business travellers from London's Docklands and financial district. Inside the terminal there are 26 check-in desks plus an extra 5 self-service kiosks for BA, Air France and Lufthansa. Unlike other large airports travellers benefit from the quick turnarounds and the short pier, enabling travellers to check-in as little as 15 minutes before takeoff 1. There are 3 car hire desks, operated by Avis, Europcar and Hertz and chauffeur hire car desk operated by Quay Cars. The terminal has landside and airside restaurants and cafes, and duty free shops airside. The whole terminal is WiFi enabled.
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.
Over 1.9 million passengers used the airport in 2005 . Its management believes that economic development nearby will sustain a potential for over five million passengers per annum. Domestic routes to Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, 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 Docklands, and has met its operating costs in recent years. It is an important element in the 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 Canning Town, which opened in December 2005. Initially shuttle and London Bus services connected the airport to Canning Town and beyond, however they have since been withdrawn.
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The airport is unusual because stringent rules are imposed on the noise impact acceptable from each aircraft departure. This, together with the physical dimensions of the runway, limits the range of aircraft types can use the airport. Operations are restricted to 5:30 and 21:30 Monday to Friday, with an even more restricted service on Saturday and Sunday. In fact, restrictions require the airport be shut for at least 24 hours every weekend
Mid-range airliners seen here include the ATR42, DHC Dash 8, BAe-146 Whisperjet, Dornier 328, 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 being the initial destinations. The size of the airport, constrained by the water-filled Royal Albert and King George V docks to the north and south respectively, means that there are no covered maintenance facilities for aircraft.
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 facilities in Europe.
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