Lydd Airport

Lydd Airport is an operational general aviation and minor commercial airport located 1 NM east of the town of and 12 NM south of in the district of Folkestone and Hythe, in , England.
  • Aerodrome
  • …lies at an elevation of 10 feet (3 metres)
  • …has the IATA airport code LYX
  • …has the ICAO airport code EGMD
  • …was formerly known as “Lydd Ferryfield”
  • Description: airport in Kent, England
  • Also known as
    “EGMD”
    “London Ashford Airport”
    “Lydd”
    “LYX”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Romney Sands railway station and St Peter’s.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lade and Greatstone-on-Sea.
Lydd is a town and electoral ward in , England, lying on .
Greatstone is a village on the coast of in , England.
is a town and electoral ward in , England, lying on .
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Latitude
50.95611° or 50° 57′ 22″ north
Longitude
0.93917° or 0° 56′ 21″ east
Open location code
9F22XW4Q+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Lydd Airport” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Lydd Airport”
  • Danish: “London Ashford Airport”
  • Dutch: “London Ashford Airport (Lydd)”
  • Dutch: “London Ashford Airport”
  • French: “aérodrome de Royaume Uni”
  • French: “aéroport de Londres Ashford”
  • French: “Aéroport de Lydd”
  • French: “EGMD”
  • French: “Lydd”
  • French: “LYX”
  • German: “Flughafen Lydd”
  • German: “London Ashford Airport”
  • German: “Lydd Airport”
  • Indonesian: “EGMD”
  • Indonesian: “LYX”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Londra-Ashford”
  • Japanese: “リド空港”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン・アッシュフォード空港”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Lydd”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “London Ashford lufthavn”
  • Norwegian: “London Ashford lufthavn”
  • Persian: “EGMD”
  • Persian: “LYX”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه لید”
  • Piemontese: “London Ashford Airport”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Lydd”
  • Russian: “Лидд”
  • Russian: “Эшфорд”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Lydd”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto Internacional de Lydd”
  • Swedish: “Lydd Airport”
  • Turkish: “Lydd Havalimanı”
  • Urdu: “لیڈ ایئرپورٹ”

Localities in the Area

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