Land's End Airport
| Land's End Airport Lands End/St Just Airport |
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| Skybus Norman Britten Islander at Land's End 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°WCoordinates: 50°06′10″N 005°40′14″W / 50.10278°N 5.67056°W | ||
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| 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] |
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Land's End Airport (IATA: LEQ, ICAO: EGHC), situated in St Just, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Penzance,[1] in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. The airport is managed by Westward Airways, and is home to Isles of Scilly Skybus and MSH Flight Training.
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]
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[edit] Services
MSH Flight Training run trial lessons, aircraft hire and pilot training (replacing the now-closed Land's End Flying School). Isles of Scilly Skybus provides scenic flights around south west Cornwall.
[edit] Scheduled flights
| Airlines | Destinations |
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| Isles of Scilly Skybus | St Mary's, Newquay |
[edit] Land's End Airport fleet
- Westward Airways
- Skybus
- 1 x Cessna 172 (Reims Rocket)
- 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
- MSH Flight Training
- 2 x Cessna 172
- 1 x Cessna 152
[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 privately owned Diamond DA42 Twin Star aircraft bound for Essex crashed on take off. It ran off the runway and flipped upon hitting a hedge.[5]
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