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Liverpool (LPL)
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| Time zone: |
GMT 0 |
| Country: |
United Kingdom (UK) |
| Latitude / Longitude: |
53°20'0"N / 2°50'58"W |
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| Service telephone: |
+44 870 129 8484 |
Access to public transport: |
In Liverpool take the A562 and then turn off onto the A561, the airport is then signposted. |
| Address: |
Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Liverpool, L24 1YD, United Kingdom |
Passengers: |
4,960,000 |
| Operating Company: |
Liverpool Airport plc |
Take-off and landing: |
0 |
| Parking spaces: |
Yes, chargeable short - and long-term parking facilities. |
Stations: |
By train to Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station, and from here take the Arriva Airport shuttle bus No. 500. The N86 night bus also goes to the airport. |
| Altitude of runway: |
24 m |
Length of runway: |
2286 m |
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Nearby cities:
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Liverpool (14 km), Saint Helens (15 km), Bolton (39 km), Manchester (46 km), Stockport (47 km), Preston (49 km), Blackburn (52 km), Oldham (54 km), Blackpool (55 km), Stoke-on-Trent (58 km)
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Operating airlines:
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easyJet, Ryanair, Wizzair, Flyglobespan, Euromanx, MyTravel Airways, Easyjet Switzerland, Emirates
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Alternative airports:
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Manchester (MAN) 38 km, Woodford Aerodrome (XXB) 38 km, Blackpool (BLK) 50 km, Bradford (BRF) 89 km, Leeds-Bradford (LBA) 98 km, Derby (East Midlands) (EMA) 116 km |
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Description:
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John Lennon Airport is in the city of Liverpool, approximately 7.5 miles southeast of the city centre. The airport, also known under the original name of Speke Airport or RAF Speke, is managed by the Liverpool Airport plc, a subsidiary of the Peel Group and is one of the largest airports in the United Kingdom by traffic volume.
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Location:
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The airport is in the south of the city, on the banks of the River Mersey. Motorists coming from the north and northeast into the city should take the M62 towards Manchester and turn off at the exit N ° 6 onto the A5300, after about 3 miles turn right onto the A561. From here the airport is signposted. Motorists arriving from the south should use the M56 to Exit N ° 12, and then turn onto the A557 (Weston Point Expressway) taking the exit to the A562 (Queensway). After about 3 miles the airport is signposted.
Rail passengers, should take trains to Liverpool Lime Street Railway Station, and then use the number 500 airport shuttle bus operated by "ARRIVA". The N86 night bus also goes to the airport. The journey by bus takes about 45 minutes. There is also a shuttle bus from Liverpool Parkway Station.
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History:
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Destinations:
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Currently (December 2007) more than 55 European scheduled flights operate at Liverpool airport. The low-cost carrier Easyjet has regular flights to Amsterdam, as well as to Basel, Berlin-Schoenefeld, Krakow, Lisbon, Madrid and Paris; the Irish airline Ryanair flies to Barcelona, Wroclaw, Dublin, Limoges, Oslo, Tenerife and Venice; Wizzair goes to Bucharest, Gdansk, Krakow and Warsaw; and the English company EuroManx, flies regularly to the Isle of Man.
Various tour operators such as Thomson, First Choice and MyTravel also offer seasonal charter flights to popular beach resorts. In the summer timetable 2007, these included Alicante, Corfu, Dalaman, Palma, Malaga, Monastir, Ibiza and Malta.
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