Airports / United Kingdom / LYX
Lydd London Ashford Airport
EGMD / LYXRomney Marsh, Kent, United KingdomELEV 13 FT
Field elevation
Nearest alternate
Field standing
37 nm
To the nearest alternate
Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ) — 6 fields within 50 nm.
Overview
Lydd London Ashford Airport, listed as EGMD / LYX, is a mid-sized airport in Romney Marsh, Kent, United Kingdom. The airport sits 13 feet above sea level. With no scheduled airline service, it caters to private, charter, and general aviation traffic.
No charter operator is headquartered on the field, but operators routinely position aircraft into LYX for departures. When weather or ramp space demands it, nearby options are Le Touquet-Côte d'Opale Airport (LTQ, 37 nm), London Southend Airport (SEN, 38 nm), and Calais Marck Airport (CQF, 38 nm).
Charter pricing from LYX depends on aircraft category, positioning distance, and trip timing. In directories and search listings it also appears under London Ashford. Compare rated operators or run a route through the cost estimator to gauge pricing from Romney Marsh, Kent.
Field capability
ICAO
EGMD
IATA
LYX
FAA / Local
EGMD
Elevation
13 ft
Coordinates
50.9562° N · 0.9391° 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
No
Elevation vs United Kingdom fields
state range 5–1,066 ft
At 13 ft, LYX sits lower than 95% 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.
- 37nmLTQLe Touquet-Côte d'Opale AirportLe Touquet-Paris-Plage
- 38nmSENLondon Southend AirportSouthend-on-Sea, Essex
- 38nmCQFCalais Marck AirportCalais
- 41nmBQHLondon Biggin Hill AirportLondon
- 44nmLGWLondon Gatwick AirportLondon
- 47nmLCYLondon City AirportLondon
Location
Open the full mapEGMD · Lydd London Ashford Airport · Romney Marsh, Kent, United Kingdom