Liverpool John Lennon Airport

Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
	IATA: LPL; ICAO: EGGP;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Peel Group 47%; Ancala Partners 47%; Liverpool City Council 6%;
Operator	Liverpool Airport Ltd.
Serves	Liverpool City Region; North West England; North Wales;
Location	Speke, Liverpool, England, UK
Opened	1 July 1933
Operating base for	easyJet; Jet2.com; Ryanair;
Elevation AMSL	25 m / 81 ft
Coordinates	53°20′01″N 2°50′59″W / 53.33361°N 2.84972°W
Website	www.liverpoolairport.com
Map
	EGGP Location in Merseyside EGGP EGGP (England) EGGP EGGP (the United Kingdom)
Runways
Statistics (2023)
Passengers
Passengers	4,193,623
Passenger change 2022-23	20%
Aircraft movements	49,436
Movements change 2022-23	85%
	Sources: UK AIP at NATS; Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

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. Scheduled domestic, European, North African and Middle Eastern 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. The airport handled 4.19 million passengers in 2023, making it the 12th-busiest airport in the UK.