London City Airport EGLC / LCY
Only minutes from Canary Wharf and the City; the Jet Centre offers a private terminal with direct ramp access. Aircraft must be steep-approach certified and crews trained; Saturday-afternoon closure and coordinated slots limit flexibility. Ideal for short-haul European hops when time matters most.
4,948 ft
Longest runway
25 min
Drive to London
1
FBOs / handlers
19 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- 06:30–22:30 Mon–Fri, 06:30–13:00 Sat, 12:30–22:30 Sun
- 24-hour operations
- No
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- Yes
- Slot coordination
- Yes
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A-1
- Helipad
- No
- Distance to centre
- 11 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Steep-approach certified types only (5.5°): Citation, Phenom, Legacy 450/500, Praetor, Falcon 7X/8X, Global 5500/6500.
- Website
- www.londoncityairport.com
Private terminals (FBOs)
- London City Airport Jet Centre
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 4,948 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000LXS 4,675 ft
- Dassault Aviation Falcon 2000S 4,325 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 500 4,084 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 500 4,222 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Legacy 450 3,907 ft
- Textron Aviation Citation Latitude 3,580 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Embraer Executive Jets Praetor 600 needs 4,717 ft
- Gulfstream Aerospace G280 needs 4,750 ft
- Bombardier Challenger 300 needs 4,810 ft
Other airports for London
- Farnborough Airport EGLF 8,005 ft · 60 min
- London Biggin Hill Airport EGKB 5,925 ft · 40 min