Land's End Airport

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Land's End Airport Lands End/St Just Airport
IATA: LEQ – ICAO: EGHC
Summary
Airport type		Private
Operator		Westward Airways (Lands End Ltd
Serves		St Just in Penwith
Location		St Just, Cornwall
Elevation AMSL		401 ft / 122 m
Coordinates		50°06′10″N 005°40′14″W / 50.10278°N 5.67056°W / 50.10278; -5.67056 (Land's End Airport)Coordinates: 50°06′10″N 005°40′14″W / 50.10278°N 5.67056°W / 50.10278; -5.67056 (Land's End Airport)
Website		www.landsendairport.co.uk
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
	m	ft
16/34	792	2,598	Grass
02/20	604	1,982	Grass
07/25	695	2,280	Grass
12/30	479	1,572	Grass
Statistics (2008)
Movements			11,962
Passengers			27,096
Sources: UK AIP at NATS[1] Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority[2]

Land's End Airport (IATA: LEQ, ICAO: EGHC), situated in St Just, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Penzance, in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. It is home to Westward Airways, Land's End Flying School and the Isles of Scilly Skybus.

Lands End (St Just) has a CAA Private Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P568) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction for daytime use only as authorised by the licensee Westward Airways (Lands End) Limited.^[3]

Contents 1 Services 2 Scheduled flights 3 Land's End Airport fleet 4 Incidents 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Services

Land's End Flying School run trial lessons and pilot training.

Westward Airways provide scenic flights around south west Cornwall, banner towing and aerial photography.

Land's End Airport is also home to Land's End Aero Club - a social club for pilots.

[edit] Scheduled flights

Airlines	Destinations
Isles of Scilly Skybus	St Mary's, Cork

[edit] Land's End Airport fleet

Land's End Flying School

• 2 x Cessna 152
• 1 x Piper Cherokee PA28

Westward Airways

• 1 x Cessna 172

Skybus

• 3 x De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
• 1 x Britten-Norman BN2A-26 Islander
• 2 x Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander

[edit] Incidents

On 23 September 2006, A man, found to have been carrying large quantities of cash and illegal drugs, was arrested when stopped before boarding an aircraft.^[4]

On 30 January 2009, A private owned Diamond DA42 Twin Star aircraft bound for Essex crashed on take off. It ran off the runway and flipped upon hitting a hedge. Three people suffered minor injuries. The cause of the crash is under investigation.^[5]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Land's End Airport

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