EGHC
Land’s End Airport
IFR
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Name
Land’s End Airport
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ICAO / IATA / GPS
EGHC / LEQ / EGHC
- Type
- Restriction
- Region
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Timezone
11:04 pm (GMT)
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Municipality
Land’s End
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Coordinates
50° 6′ 10″ N 5° 40′ 14″ E
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Elevation
398 ft (121 m MSL)
About Land’s End Airport
Land's End Airport (IATA: LEQ, ICAO: EGHC), situated near St Just in Penwith, 5 NM (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Penzance, in Cornwall, is the most south westerly airport of mainland Britain. The airport is owned by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company (ISSC). ISSC's subsidiary Land's End Airport Limited operates the airport, and another subsidiary, Isles of Scilly Skybus, operates a regular passenger service to St Mary's in the Isles of Scilly as well as scenic flights around west Penwith.
The airport 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.