<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History London City Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Proposal and construction</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Rag Ward, who was Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) that was responsible for the regeneration of the area. He in turn discussed the proposal with chairman of John Mowlem &amp; Co Sir Philip Beck and the idea of an airport for Docklands was born. By November of that year Mowlem and Bill Bryce of Brymon Airways had submitted an outline proposal to the LDDC for a Docklands STOLport city Centre gateway.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Plaque commemorating the landing by Captain Harry Gee at Heron Quays DLR station in 1982</p>
<p class="blog-para">On 27 June 1982 Brymon's Captain Harry Gee landed a de Havilland Canada Dash 7 turboprop aircraft on Heron Quays, in the nearby West India Docks, in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the STOLport project. Later that year the LDDC published a feasibility study, an opinion poll amongst local residents showed a majority in favour of the development of the airport, and Mowlem submitted an application for planning permission.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Facilities London City Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">Due to the airport's proximity to Central London, it has stringent rules imposed to limit the noise impact from aircraft operations. This, together with the physical dimensions of the 1,508 m (4,948 ft.) long runway and the steep glideslope, limits the aircraft types that can use London City Airport. The size and layout of the airport and overall complexity caused by the lack of taxiways mean that the airport gets very busy during peak hours. The air traffic controllers have to deal with over 38 flights per hour on a runway which, prior to the opening of the full length taxiway at the end of 2020, required a lengthy backtrack for each aircraft needing to depart from runway 27 or land on runway 09.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Operations are restricted to 06:30 to 22:30 Monday to Friday, 06:30 to 13:00 on Saturdays and 12:30 to 22:30 on Sundays. These restrictions are related to noise. On 19 December 2022, the airport applied for the restriction on Saturday afternoon to be removed.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Ground transport London City Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Docklands Light Railway</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">London City Airport is served by London City Airport DLR station, which is an elevated station adjoining the terminal building. The station is on a branch of the Docklands Light Railway, which links the airport to Canary Wharf and the City of London as well as to Stratford International and Woolwich Arsenal stations with interchanges to London Underground, London Overground, Elizabeth line, Abellio Greater Anglia, c2c, Thameslink and Southeastern High Speed train services.</p>
<p class="blog-para"><strong>Elizabeth line</strong></p>
<p class="blog-para">Until 2006, Silvertown railway station on the North London line served the airport, but it was closed during the construction of Cross rail.</p>
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