London City Airport (IATA: LCY, ICAO: EGLC) is an international airport in London. It is located in the Royal Docks in the London Borough of Newham, approximately 6 NM (11 km; 6.9 mi) east of the City of London and a shorter distance east of Canary Wharf. These are the twin centres of London’s financial industry, which is a major user of the airport. The airport was developed by the engineering company Mowlem in 1986–87 and is currently owned by a consortium of Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), OMERS, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan and Wren House Infrastructure Management of the Kuwait Investment Authority. when it comes to landing it can be quite challenging for the pilot, as the gliding pathway is a tricky one of 5.8 degrees compared to your normal ordinary 3 degree glide path.
This airport is the nearest to London city centre were you are able to clearly look at the London eye/big Ben/ parliament houses and the general view of London.
London City Airport has a single 1,500-metre (4,900 ft) long runway, and a CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P728) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flight training (but only for training necessary for the operation of aircraft at the airport). Only multi-engine, fixed-wing aircraft with special aircraft and aircrew certification to fly 5.5° approaches are allowed to conduct operations at London City Airport. The largest aircraft which can be used at the airport is the Airbus A318.
The London city airports runway length is 4948 feet and is structured for Small props, Small Jets and Regional Airliners.
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By Loz Pycock – originally posted to Flickr as City Airport, O2 Arena, Canary Wharf, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9414727
