Liverpool John Lennon Airport
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an international airport in Liverpool, England, on the estuary of the River Mersey 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south-east of Liverpool city centre.[2] Scheduled domestic, European, North African and Middle Eastern[4] services are operated from the airport. The airport comprises a single passenger terminal, three general use hangars, a FedEx Express courier service centre as well as a single runway measuring 7,500 ft (2,286 m) in length, with the control tower south of the runway.
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Owner | Peel Group | ||||||||||
Operator | Liverpool Airport Ltd.[1] | ||||||||||
Serves | Liverpool City Region, North West England, North Wales | ||||||||||
Location | Speke, Liverpool, England | ||||||||||
Opened | 1 July 1933; 90 years ago (1933-07-01) | ||||||||||
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Elevation AMSL | 81 ft / 25 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 53°20′01″N 2°50′59″W | ||||||||||
Website | www | ||||||||||
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Originally called Speke Airport, it was operated by the Royal Air Force as RAF Speke in World War II. Between 1997 and 2007, the facility was one of Europe's fastest-growing commercial airports, as annual passenger numbers increased from 689,468 to 5.47 million. It was renamed after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon of The Beatles in 2001.[3] The airport handled 4.19 million passengers in 2023, making it the 12th-busiest airport in the UK.[5]