Liverpool John Lennon Airport

This article is about Liverpool Airport. For the airport in Nova Scotia, Canada
, see Liverpool-South Shore Regional Airport.

## EGGP

**Liverpool John Lennon Airport** (IATA: **LPL**, ICAO: **EGGP**) is an international airport serving North West England. On the outbreak of World War II the airport was operated by the RAF and known as **RAF Speke**. The airport is within the City of Liverpool on the banks of the estuary of the River Mersey some (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south east of the city centre. The airport is named after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon of The Beatles. Scheduled domestic and European services are operated from the airport.

Between 1997 and 2007 the facility was one of Europe's fastest growing airports, increasing annual passenger numbers from 689,468 in 1997 to 5.47 million in 2007. Despite passenger numbers having decreased to just over 4.3 million in 2015, this was a 7.9% increase on the 2014 total, making it the 14th busiest airport in the UK. The CAA Public Use Aerodrome Licence Number is P735, that allows flights for the public transport of passengers and flying instruction.

## Facilities

There are shops and cafes both landside and airside within the passenger terminal, including a payable lounge and a Wetherspoon pub.

### Hotels

The original terminal building dating from the late 1930s, famously seen on early television footage with its terraces packed with Beatles fans, was left derelict for over a decade after being replaced in 1986. It was renovated and adapted to become a hotel, opened for business in 2001, preserving its Grade II listed Art Deco style. It was part of the Marriott chain of hotels, but is currently the Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel after a renovation in August 2008.

The Hampton by Hilton Liverpool/John Lennon Airport is one of four Hilton Worldwide hotels in Liverpool. It is situated directly opposite the main terminal building, and is the second largest hotel serving the complex after the Crowne Plaza. The hotel was constructed as part of a £37 million development by Peel Holdings at John Lennon Airport (which also included a multi-storey car park), the Hampton by Hilton Liverpool/John Lennon Airport is also the first hotel to be built actually attached to the airport's terminal building.

## External links

* Official website
* Airport Consultative Committee

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