AirportsLand's End Airport is a small airport serving Land's End, Cornwall, in England, United Kingdom. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is LEQ.
Key facts
- IATA code
- LEQ
- ICAO code
- EGHC
- City
- Land's End, Cornwall
- State or region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Kind
- Small airport
- Coordinates
- 50.1028° N, 5.6706° W
- Elevation
- 121 m (398 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 784 m (2,572 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, LEQ means Land's End Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: EGHC. ICAO codes that begin with E belong to northern Europe. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 50.1028° N, 5.6706° W. It stands 121 metres (398 feet) above sea level. The nearest large city in our data is Plymouth, about 113 km away in a straight line.
Local time
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Time zone Europe/London, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Land's End Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 784 metres (2,572 feet). That is a short runway, used mostly by propeller aircraft. Among the 53 airports of United Kingdom on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 42.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16/34 | 784 m 2,572 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 07/25 | 693 m 2,274 ft | 18 m | Asphalt | not listed |
| 02/20 | 483 m 1,585 ft | 19 m | Grass | not listed |
| 12/30 | 479 m 1,571 ft | 18 m | Grass | not listed |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Penzance HeliportPenzance, Cornwall | PZE | 12 km |
| St. Mary's AirportSt. Mary's, Isles of Scilly | ISC | 49 km |
| Cornwall Airport NewquayNewquay | NQY | 61 km |
| Exeter International AirportExeter, Devon | EXT | 175 km |
| Ouessant AirportUshant, France | OUI | 188 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 7,121 km | 9 h 05 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 7,584 km | 9 h 40 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 5,843 km | 7 h 30 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 397 km | 1 h 00 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 5,234 km | 6 h 50 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 8,577 km | 10 h 50 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 11,275 km | 14 h 05 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 9,904 km | 12 h 25 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 17,411 km | 21 h 30 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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