Airports / United Kingdom / LCY
London City Airport
EGLC / LCYLondon, United KingdomELEV 19 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
11 nm
To the nearest alternate
London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
London City Airport, listed as EGLC / LCY, is a mid-sized airport in London, United Kingdom. The field lies at an elevation of 19 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
LCY has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH, 11 nm), RAF Northolt (NHT, 18 nm), and London Heathrow Airport (LHR, 19 nm).
Quotes for flights out of LCY vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as LON. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from LCY, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGLC
IATA
LCY
FAA / Local
EGLC
Elevation
19 ft
Coordinates
51.5053° N · 0.0553° E
Airspace
G · GolfClass G — GolfUncontrolled field — no tower. Pilots self-announce and sequence themselves on the common traffic advisory frequency.Source: FAA NASR class airspace
Size
Medium
Scheduled svc
Yes
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 19 ft, LCY sits lower than 91% of the 88 United Kingdom fields on the register.
Access & alternates
Closest alternate fields by great-circle distance — every listing links to its own field brief.
- 11nmBQHLondon Biggin Hill AirportLondon
- 18nmNHTRAF NortholtNortholt, Greater London
- 19nmLHRLondon Heathrow AirportLondon
- 23nmLGWLondon Gatwick AirportLondon
- 24nmSTNLondon Stansted AirportLondon, Essex
- 24nmSENLondon Southend AirportSouthend-on-Sea, Essex
Location
Open the full mapEGLC · London City Airport · London, United Kingdom