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London Ashford Airport Lydd Airport
IATA: LYX - ICAO: EGMD
Summary <tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Airport type</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Public</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Operator</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">London Ashford Airport Ltd.</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" align="left" valign="top">Serves</th><td colspan="2" valign="top">Lydd</td></tr>
Elevation AMSL		146 ft (45 m)
Coordinates		50°57′22″N, 000°56′21″E
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	ft	m
03/21	4,938	1,505	Grooved Asphalt

London Ashford Airport or Lydd Airport (IATA: LYX, ICAO: EGMD) is located 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km) northeast of the town of Lydd and 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) south of Ashford in Kent, South East England.

Lydd Air is an airline based at the airport, offering regular flights to Le Touquet in northern France.

London Ashford Airport was in earlier times used for air ferry services when it was known as Lydd Ferryfield, amongst the airlines operating from there being Silver City operating Douglas Dakotas and British United Air Ferries (BUAF) - later becoming British United Airways - (BUA) flying Bristol Freighters and Superfreighters and Aviation Traders Carvair aircraft, the latter three types being used for transporting cars and their occupants across the English Channel, one of the usual destinations being Le Touquet.

[edit] References

• United Kingdom AIP

[edit] External links

• Lydd Airport
• Local Community Group opposed to proposed expansion of Lydd airport
• Another community group opposed to expansion