Land's End Airport

Land's End Airport
The new terminal building and control tower.
Summary
Airport typePrivate
OperatorLand's End Airport Ltd
ServesSt Just in Penwith
LocationSt Just, Cornwall
Elevation AMSL401 ft / 122 m
Coordinates50°06′10″N 005°40′14″W / 50.10278°N 5.67056°W / 50.10278; -5.67056
Websitewww.landsendairport.co.uk Edit this at Wikidata
Map
EGHC is located in Southwest Cornwall
EGHC
EGHC
Location in Cornwall
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
16/34 784 2,572 Asphalt[1]
02/20 485 1,591 Grass
07/25 677 2,221 Asphalt
12/30 510 1,673 Grass
Statistics (2023)
Passengers54,517
Passenger Change 2022/23Decrease14.4%
Aircraft Movements7,475
Movements change 2022/23Decrease18.5%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[2]
Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority [3]

Land's End Airport (IATA: LEQ, ICAO: EGHC), situated near St Just in Penwith, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Penzance,[2] in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. The airport is owned by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC).[4] ISSC's subsidiary Land's End Airport Limited operates the airport, and another subsidiary, Isles of Scilly Skybus, operates a regular passenger service to St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly as well as scenic flights around west Penwith.

The airport has a CAA Private Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P568) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction for daytime use only as authorised by the licensee.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference asphalted was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b Lands End/St Just – EGHC
  3. ^ "Annual airport data 2023: Tables 3.1, 9 and 13.1.pdf". UK Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Hard runway at Land's End Airport 'vital'". BBC News. 20 June 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ^ CAA Aerodrome Licence