Lydd Airport
Lydd, United Kingdom
Lydd Airport (IATA: LYX, ICAO: EGMD) is an operational general aviation and minor commercial airport located 1 NM (1.9 km, 1.2 mi) east of the town of Lydd and 12 NM (22 km, 14 mi) south of Ashford in the district of Folkestone and Hythe, in Kent, England. Originally named Lydd Ferryfield, it was also previously known as London Ashford Airport. The airport is operated by London Ashford Airport Ltd, which is controlled by the family of Saudi businessman Fahad Al Athlel. Lydd Airport has a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P858) that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee (London Ashford Airport Limited). The airport is currently not able to handle aircraft up to the size of a Boeing 737 or Airbus A319 but permission was granted in 2013 to extend the runway by 294 m to allow for them. Lydd Air is based at the airport, and had regular flights to Le Touquet Airport in northern France, a service which ended in December 2018. The airport lies adjacent to the unique landscape of Dungeness, a cuspate foreland that is one of the largest expanses of shingle beach in Europe and which is of international conservation importance
Airport data from the OpenFlights open database.