Airports / United Kingdom / SEN
London Southend Airport
EGMC / SENSouthend-on-Sea, Essex, United KingdomELEV 49 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
24 nm
To the nearest alternate
London City Airport (LCY) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Located in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom, London Southend Airport (EGMC / SEN) operates as a mid-sized airport. The field lies at an elevation of 49 feet. The airport supports scheduled airline service as well as private jet and charter movements.
SEN has no resident charter fleet; trips here are typically flown by operators repositioning from surrounding airports. Useful alternates include London City Airport (LCY, 24 nm), London Stansted Airport (STN, 25 nm), and London Biggin Hill Airport (BQH, 29 nm).
Quotes for flights out of SEN vary with aircraft type, repositioning, and schedule flexibility. The airport is also known as RAF Rochford. Use the cost estimator to model a trip from SEN, or browse verified operators serving the area.
Field capability
ICAO
EGMC
IATA
SEN
FAA / Local
EGMC
Elevation
49 ft
Coordinates
51.5706° N · 0.6936° 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 49 ft, SEN sits lower than 67% 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.
- 24nmLCYLondon City AirportLondon
- 25nmSTNLondon Stansted AirportLondon, Essex
- 29nmBQHLondon Biggin Hill AirportLondon
- 35nmEGUWWattisham AirfieldIpswich, Suffolk
- 38nmLYXLydd London Ashford AirportRomney Marsh, Kent
- 42nmNHTRAF NortholtNortholt, Greater London
Location
Open the full mapEGMC · London Southend Airport · Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom