London City Airport is situated just 10 miles (16km) from the West End (the major shopping centre) and Westminster (location of main government offices), six miles (10km) from the City of London (the financial district) and three miles (5km) from Canary Wharf (London's newest business and financial centre).

The nearest DLR station is on site at London City Airport and the nearest Underground station is Canning Town, on the Jubilee line.

Centre of London to London City Airport
The recommended route is to take the Jubilee Line to Canning Town and connect with the Docklands Light Railway direct to London City Airport. Journey time is just 10 minutes from Canning Town to the Airport and the train runs at 7 minute intervals

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Take the Jubilee Line to Canary Wharf and take the Docklands Light Railway via Poplar to the Airport. The journey time is 10 minutes and the train runs at 10 minutes intervals

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Take the Central Line to Bank and take the Docklands Light Railway direct to London City Airport


London City Airport to Central London
The recommended route is to take the Docklands Light Railway via Canning Town into Bank, which is on the Central Line. Journey time is 22 minutes

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Take the Docklands Light Railway directly to Canning Town, where you can pick up the Jubilee Line into Central London. Journey time is just 5 minutes into Canning Town and approximately 15 minutes into Westminster.

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Take the Docklands Light Railway to Canary Wharf, via Poplar, with a journey time of 14 minutes. Here you can take the Jubilee Line into Westminster, which takes approximately 15 minutes