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Liverpool John Lennon Airport | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner | Peel Group | ||||||||||
| Operator | Liverpool Airport Ltd.[1] | ||||||||||
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| Location | Speke, Liverpool, England | ||||||||||
| Opened | 1 July 1933 | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 25 m / 81 ft | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 53°20′01″N 2°50′59″W / 53.33361°N 2.84972°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an international airport serving 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.
Originally called Speke Airport, it was operated by the Royal Air Force as RAF Speke in World War II. Between 1997 and 2007, 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]
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