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{{Short description|International airport in Liverpool, England}}
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{{Infobox airport
| name                = Liverpool John Lennon Airport
| nativename          = 
| image               =
| image-width         = 250
| image2              = Liverpool John Lennon Airport (Terminal Exterior).jpg
| image2-width        = 250
| IATA                = LPL
| ICAO                = EGGP
| type                = Public
| owner               = {{ubl|[[Peel Group]] 47%|Ancala Partners 47%|[[Liverpool City Council]] 6%}}
| operator            = Liverpool Airport Ltd.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02116704|title=LIVERPOOL AIRPORT LIMITED - Overview (free company information from Companies House)|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|access-date=20 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821045647/https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/02116704|archive-date=21 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
| city-served         = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Liverpool City Region]]
  | [[North West England]]
  | [[North Wales]]}}
| location            = [[Speke]], [[Liverpool]], England, UK
| opened              = {{start date and age|1933|07|01|df=yes}}
| operating_base      = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[easyJet]]
  | [[Jet2.com]]
  | [[Ryanair]]}}
| elevation-f         = 81
| metric-elev         = yes
| coordinates         = {{coord|53|20|01|N|2|50|59|W|region:GB-LIV|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map         = Merseyside#England#United Kingdom
| pushpin_label       = EGGP
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Merseyside
| website             = {{Official URL}}
| r1-number           = 09/27
| r1-length-m         = 2,285
| r1-surface          = [[Asphalt concrete|Asphalt]]
| metric-rwy          = yes
| stat1-header        = Passengers
| stat1-data          = 4,193,623
| stat2-header        = Passenger change 2022-23
| stat2-data          = {{increase}}20%
| stat3-header        = Aircraft movements
| stat3-data          = 49,436
| stat4-header        = Movements change 2022-23
| stat4-data          = {{increase}}85%
| stat-year           = 2023
| footnotes           = Sources: UK [[Aeronautical Information Publication|AIP]] at [[National Air Traffic Services|NATS]]<ref name="aip"/><br />Statistics from the [[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|UK Civil Aviation Authority]]<ref name="stats">{{Cite web |date=21 March 2023 |title=Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2022/annual-2022/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325143712/https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2022/annual-2022/ |archive-date=25 March 2023 |access-date=25 March 2023 |publisher=[[Civil Aviation Authority (United Kingdom)|UK Civil Aviation Authority]]}}</ref>
}}

'''Liverpool John Lennon Airport''' {{airport codes|LPL|EGGP}} is an [[international airport]] serving [[Liverpool]], England, on the estuary of the [[River Mersey]] {{convert|6.5|NM|lk=in}} south-east of [[Liverpool city centre]].<ref name="aip">{{cite web | publisher = NATS (Services) Limited | url = http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/public/index.php%3Foption=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=91&Itemid=140.html | title = Liverpool - EGGP | access-date = 1 January 2009 }}</ref> Scheduled [[Domestic market|domestic]], European, North African and Middle Eastern<ref>{{cite web|title=easyJet commence more flights to Turkey from LJLA as new Antalya route takes off|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2020/08/easyjet-commence-more-flights-to-turkey-from-ljla-as-new-antalya-route-takes-off|access-date=16 September 2020|website=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|language=en}}</ref> services are operated from the airport. The airport comprises a single passenger [[Airport terminal|terminal]], three general use [[hangar]]s, a [[FedEx Express]] [[Courier|courier service]] centre as well as a single runway measuring {{convert|7500|ft|abbr=on|0}} in length, with the [[Air traffic control|control tower]] south of the runway.

Originally called '''Speke Airport''', it was operated by the [[Royal Air Force]] as '''RAF Speke''' in [[World War II]]. Between 1997 and 2007, annual passenger numbers increased from 689,468 to 5.47{{nbsp}}million. It was renamed after Liverpudlian musician [[John Lennon]] of [[The Beatles]] in 2001.<ref name="stats" /> The airport handled 4.19{{nbsp}}million passengers in 2023, making it the  [[List of busiest airports in the United Kingdom|12th-busiest airport]] in the UK.<ref>{{cite web|date=January–December 2023|title=Size of Reporting Airports 2023 Comparison with previous year|publisher=Civil Aviation Authority |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2023/annual-2023/}}</ref>

==History==
===Imperial Airways===
Built in part of the grounds of [[Speke Hall]], Liverpool (Speke) Airport, as the airport was originally known, started scheduled flights in 1930 with a service by [[Imperial Airways]] via [[City Airport Manchester|Barton Aerodrome]] near [[Eccles, Greater Manchester|Eccles]], [[City of Salford|Salford]] and [[Castle Bromwich Aerodrome]], [[Birmingham]] to [[Croydon Airport]] near London. The airport was officially opened on 1 July 1933.<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/flashback-eighty-years-liverpool-airport-5693039|title=Flashback: Eighty years of our airport|first=Jade|last=Wright|date=11 August 2013|access-date=5 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109022543/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/nostalgia/flashback-eighty-years-liverpool-airport-5693039|archive-date=9 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> By the late 1930s, air traffic from Liverpool was beginning to take off with increasing demand for [[Irish Sea]] crossings, and a distinctive [[airport terminal|passenger terminal]], [[control tower]] and two large aircraft [[hangar]]s were built.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpool-airport-guide.co.uk/history.html|title=History of Liverpool Airport - Liverpool Airport Guide|website=liverpool-airport-guide.co.uk|access-date=28 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180222/http://www.liverpool-airport-guide.co.uk/history.html|archive-date=1 March 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Second World War===
At the beginning of 1937, [[Liverpool City Council]] leased between {{convert|70|and|110|acre|abbr=off}} of their Speke Estate on a 999-year lease to the [[Air Ministry]]. The price included at all times the use of Speke Airport next to the [[shadow factory]] site. The [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS Railway]] provided a siding. Erection of the building was planned to take 30{{nbsp}}weeks and when complete it would provide employment for more than 5,000{{nbsp}}people. It was to be managed by [[Rootes Securities Ltd|Rootes Securities]] on behalf of the Air Ministry. Work started Monday 15 February 1937.<ref>Liverpool Aeroplane Factory. ''The Times'', Saturday, 13 February 1937; pg. 9; Issue 47608</ref>

During the [[Second World War]], Speke was requisitioned by the [[Royal Air Force]] and known as RAF Speke. [[Rootes Group|Rootes]] built in a "[[British shadow factories|shadow factory]]" by the airport to produce [[Bristol Blenheim]]s and 1,070 [[Handley Page Halifax]] bombers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.forgottenairfields.com/united-kingdom/england/merseyside/liverpool-speke-airport-s1198.html|title=Liverpool (Speke) Airport|website=forgottenairfields.com|language=en|access-date=14 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170820014212/http://www.forgottenairfields.com/united-kingdom/england/merseyside/liverpool-speke-airport-s1198.html|archive-date=20 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Lockheed Corporation|Lockheed Aircraft Corporation]] assembled many types of planes at the airport, including [[Lockheed Hudson|Hudsons]] and [[North American P-51 Mustang|Mustang fighters]], that had been shipped from the United States in parts to [[Port of Liverpool|Liverpool Docks]]. The airport was also home to the [[Merchant Ship Fighter Unit]].<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk" />

On 8 October 1940, Speke was witness to what is thought to be the fastest air-to-air combat "kilo" in the [[Battle of Britain]] and possibly of all time. [[Flight Lieutenant]] [[Denys Gillam]] took off in his [[Hawker Hurricane]] from Speke to be confronted by a [[Junkers Ju 88]] passing across him. He shot the Junkers down while his [[Landing gear|undercarriage]] was still retracting, and, along with [[Alois Vašátko]] and Josef Stehlík, all of [[No. 312 Squadron RAF|312 Squadron]], was credited with the kill. The moment has been caught in a painting by Robert Taylor called ''Fastest Victory''.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.south-lancs-aviation.bravepages.com/ju88.htm | title = Shooting down of a Ju88 by No 312 Squadron | publisher = RAF Millom Aviation & Military Museum Group | access-date = 21 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120630123628/http://www.south-lancs-aviation.bravepages.com/ju88.htm | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="ahfv">{{cite web | url = http://www.aceshighgallery.co.uk/viewer/206.html | title = Fastest Victory | publisher = aceshighgallery.co.uk | first = Robert | last = Taylor | access-date = 10 September 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081007224757/http://www.aceshighgallery.co.uk/viewer/206.html | archive-date = 7 October 2008 }}</ref>

===Civil airport===
Normal civil airline operations resumed after [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]] and passengers increased from 50,000 in 1945 to 75,000 in 1948, remaining ahead of [[Manchester Airport]]. Ownership by the [[Ministry of Aviation]] proved to be a drag on the airport's progress thereafter, and Manchester gained the lead from 1949, resulting in Liverpool's loss of the only [[Ground-controlled approach|ground-controlled radar approach]] unit available to [[North West England|North West]] airports, further hampering operation.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

During the post-war years, Speke Airport hosted an annual air display in aid of the [[Soldiers, Sailors, and Air Force Association]], a charity for veterans. The displays were immensely popular and attracted a huge crowd. On one such occasion on 21 May 1956, tragedy struck with the death of [[Leo Valentin|Léon Alfred Nicolas "Léo" Valentin]], billed as the Birdman, when his [[balsa wood]] wings struck the opening of the aircraft from which he was exiting and he was hurtled into an uncontrollable spin. He attempted to deploy his emergency parachute, but it became entangled and 'Roman candled', leaving Leo to fall to his death. The local newspaper headlined the story with "The world has been robbed of a daring personality." Ironically, a few years earlier Valentin had been attributed with discovering the free-fall stable position still used by sports parachutists today for safe deployment.{{citation needed|date=October 2015}}

===New runway===
The city took over control of the airport on 1 January 1961 and prepared development plans. In 1966, a new {{convert|7500|ft|abbr=on|0}} runway was opened by [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]] on a new site to the southeast of the existing airfield. It enabled the airport to be open for business around the clock and is in use to this day. Control of the airport transferred to [[Merseyside County Council]] from [[Liverpool City Council|Liverpool Corporation]] in the mid-1970s and then, ten years later, to the five [[Merseyside]] councils following the abolition of Merseyside County Council. In 1982, [[Pope John Paul II's visit to the United Kingdom|Pope John Paul II visited]] and met crowds at the old Liverpool airport.

===Old terminal (1989)===
[[File:THE FORMER TERMINAL BUILDING AT SPEKE AERODROME NOW THE CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL LIVERPOOL JULY 2013 (9231676102).jpg|alt=|thumb|The old terminal building, used between the 1930s and 1986, now the [[Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel]]]]
A modern passenger terminal adjacent to the new runway opened in 1986 followed by the closure of the original 1930s building.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Liverpool John Lennon Airport | year = 2004 | url = http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/about_us/index.html?history | title = Liverpool John Lennon Airport History | access-date = 15 November 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050311043116/http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/about_us/index.html?history|archive-date=11 March 2005}}</ref>

The original terminal building dating from the late 1930s, famously seen on early television footage with its terraces packed with [[The Beatles|Beatles]] fans, was left derelict until converted into a hotel, opening in 2001, preserving its [[Listed building|Grade II listed]] [[Art Deco]] style. It was part of the [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott]] chain of hotels, but is currently the [[Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel]] after a renovation in August 2008.<ref name="fola">{{cite web|publisher=Friends of Liverpool Airport |year=2011 |url=http://www.fola.org.uk/current.html |title=Recent History and Current Developments |access-date=12 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624063000/http://www.fola.org.uk/current.html |archive-date=24 June 2012 }}</ref> The former [[Airport ramp|apron]] of the terminal is also listed and retained in its original condition, although it is no longer connected to the airport or subject to airside access control. It is the home of several aircraft, including [[BAe Jetstream 41]] prototype G-JMAC, preserved by the Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Speke Aerodrome Heritage Group |url=https://www.spekeaero.org/ |access-date=2025-09-23 |website=www.spekeaero.org}}</ref> and Bristol Britannia G-ANCF. The two art-deco-style [[hangar]]s that flank the terminal and apron have also been converted for new uses: one is now a [[David Lloyd (tennis)|David Lloyd]] [[leisure centre]], the other the headquarters of the [[Very Group]], called Skyways House.<ref name="fola" /><ref name="marriott">{{cite web | publisher = Marriott International Inc | url = http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/LPLMS | title = Liverpool Marriott Hotel South | access-date = 15 November 2005 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051126111239/http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/LPLMS | archive-date = 26 November 2005 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="jscb">{{cite web | url = http://www.jetstream-club.org/ | title = The Jetstream Club | publisher = The Jetstream Club | access-date = 9 September 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080921203138/http://www.jetstream-club.org/ | archive-date = 21 September 2008 }}</ref><ref name="jgw">{{cite web | title = Home shopping jobs go west | work = [[Manchester Evening News]] | date = 14 July 2005 | access-date = 9 September 2008 | first = Patricia | last = Roberts | url = http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/business/s/165/165857_home_shopping_jobs_go_west.html }}</ref>

In 1990, the airport was privatised, with [[British Aerospace]] taking a 76% shareholding in the new company. Subsequently, the airport has become a wholly owned subsidiary of [[Peel Group|Peel Holdings]].<ref name="liverpoolecho.co.uk" />

=== New terminal and renaming (2000) ===
[[File:Liverpool John Lennon Airport (Terminal Interior).jpg|thumb|Check-in hall interior.]]
[[File:Aerial View of John Lennon Airport 2020.jpg|alt=|thumb|Aerial view of the airport - the passenger [[Airport terminal|terminal]], [[Parking lot|parking]] and general aviation [[hangar]]s (in the top-right corner)]]

In 2000, work on a £42.5{{nbsp}}million passenger terminal began, tripling its size and passenger capacity, completed in 2002 and opened by Queen [[Elizabeth II]]. There have since been further extensions to the airport terminal and airside.

In 2001, 21 years after his death, the airport was renamed in honour of [[The Beatles]]'s [[John Lennon]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Background Information|url=http://www.liverpoolairport.com/airport-information/about-us/liverpool-john-lennon-airport/|publisher=Liverpool Airport|access-date=14 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304025311/http://www.liverpoolairport.com/airport-information/about-us/liverpool-john-lennon-airport/|archive-date=4 March 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> A {{convert|7|ft|abbr=on}} tall bronze statue stands overlooking the [[check-in]] hall. On the roof is painted the airport's motto, "Above us, only sky"; a line from Lennon's song "[[Imagine (John Lennon song)|Imagine]]".<ref>Peter Adey, ""Above Us Only Sky": Themes, Simulations, and Liverpool John Lennon Airport," pp. 153–166 in ''The Themed Space: Locating Culture, Nation, and Self'', ed. Scott A. Lukas (Lanham, MD, Lexington Books, 2007), {{ISBN|0-7391-2142-1}}</ref>

In 2005, the ''[[Yellow Submarine (sculpture)|Yellow Submarine]]'', a large-scale work of art, was installed on a [[traffic island]] at the entrance to the airport. A permanent exhibition of photographs of [[The Beatles in India]], taken by [[Paul Saltzman]] in 1968 at the ashram of [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], can be seen above the retail units in the departure lounge.<ref>{{cite news|title=Iconic Art Joins Arrivals at John Lennon Airport|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2007/11/20/iconic-art-joins-arrivals-at-liverpool-airport-99623-20131815/|access-date=1 February 2013|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|date=20 November 2007}}</ref>

In 2005, a new apron was constructed exclusively for [[EasyJet]], to the east of the terminal with six stands and a pier with six boarding gates.

In September 2006, reconstruction started on the main runway and taxiways. This was the first time the runway had been reconstructed (as opposed to resurfaced) since it was opened in 1966. This work was completed in 2007.<ref name="surface">{{cite news | publisher = Contract Journal | title = Tarmac's John Lennon Airport resurfacing | newspaper = Airport Technology | url = http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/liverpool-john/ | access-date = 20 April 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120526154725/http://www.airport-technology.com/projects/liverpool-john/ | archive-date = 26 May 2012 | url-status = live }}</ref> In addition to runway and shoulder work was the upgrade of the 40-year-old airfield group lighting with a new system, intended to upgrade the runway to [[Category III approach|ILS Category III]] standards.<ref name="surface"/>

In May 2007, [[Flyglobespan]] commenced a seasonal flight to Hamilton, {{convert|80|km|mi|order=flip}} from Toronto. This was the Liverpool airport's first transatlantic air service.<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2008/09/liverpool-s-first-transatlantic-service-takes-off-to-canada | title=Liverpool's First Transatlantic Service takes off to Canada | publisher=Liverpool John Lennon Airport | date=May 2007 | access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/25-jobs-lost-flyglobespan-leaves-3504530 | title=25 jobs are lost as flyglobespan leaves JLA | work=Liverpool Echo | date=25 September 2007 | access-date=8 May 2022 | author=Hodgson, Neil}}</ref> Later that month, the carrier launched a route to New York City using a Boeing 757. Four of the seven weekly flights were nonstop, while the other three operated via Knock, Ireland. [[Yoko Ono]], the widow of John Lennon, attended the inauguration ceremony.<ref>{{cite news | title=New York, New York it's a wonderful trip | work=Liverpool Echo | date=25 May 2007 | author=O'Keeffe, Greg | id={{Gale|A163942972}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.flightglobal.com/atlantic-crossing/73821.article | title=Atlantic crossing | work=Airline Business | date=20 May 2007 | access-date=8 May 2022 | author=Sobie, Brendan | url-access=subscription}}</ref> Several problems beset the service, including technical issues with the aircraft, lengthy delays and low passenger numbers.<ref name="echo707">{{cite news | url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/flyglobespan-axes-new-york-air-3507183 | title=Flyglobespan axes its New York air link with Liverpool | work=Liverpool Echo | date=3 July 2007 | access-date=8 May 2022 | author=Hodgson, Neil}}</ref> Flyglobespan ended up replacing the Boeing 757 with a smaller 737 due to the poor patronage.<ref>{{cite news | title=Liverpool's NY flights lose air safety licence; Struggling JLA transatlantic route forced to divert as CAA imposes restrictions: Exclusive | work=Daily Post | date=19 October 2007 | author=Higgerson, David | id={{Gale|A170038627}}}}</ref> The company ended flights to both New York and Hamilton in October 2007.<ref name="le308">{{cite news | url=https://www.thefreelibrary.com/AIR+LINK+TO+NEW+YORK+ON+RUNWAY+TO+DOOM%3b+Axed+city+service+is+not...-a0177031841 | title=Air link to New York on runway to doom; Axed city service is not resumed. | work=Liverpool Echo | date=25 March 2008 | access-date=8 May 2022 | author=Hodgson, Neil}}</ref>

In 2007, construction of a multi-level car park<ref>{{cite web|title=Liverpool John Lennon Airport Multi-storey car park|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/parking/multi-storey/|website=Liverpool Airport Multi-story|publisher=Liverpool JLA|access-date=27 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227232134/https://www.liverpoolairport.com/parking/multi-storey/|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and a [[Hampton by Hilton]] hotel started. The hotel opened in October 2009.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Business Traveller | year = 2009 | url = http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/hilton-to-open-liverpools-first-on-airport-hotel | title = Hampton by Hilton Liverpool/John Lennon Airport | access-date = 10 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091115072018/http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/hilton-to-open-liverpools-first-on-airport-hotel | archive-date = 15 November 2009 | url-status = live }}</ref> In June 2010, [[Vancouver Airport Services]] announced that it reached an agreement with [[The Peel Group]] to acquire 65% share in its airports, including Liverpool.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Liverpool Airport | year = 2009 | url = http://www.liverpoolairport.com/press-office/vancouver-airport-services-announces-agreement-to-invest-in-liverpool-john-lennon-airport.html | title = Vancouver Airport Services Announces Agreement to Invest in Liverpool John Lennon Airport | access-date = 8 July 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724141133/http://www.liverpoolairport.com/press-office/vancouver-airport-services-announces-agreement-to-invest-in-liverpool-john-lennon-airport.html | archive-date = 24 July 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref> In 2008, the airport hosted a public art exhibit. [[Liverpool 08 Collection]], when Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture. Airside improvements include additional retail units and a more advanced security area aiming at reducing waiting times, completed in autumn 2010.<ref>{{cite web | publisher = Liverpool Airport | year = 2009 | url = http://www.liverpoolairport.com/press-office/peel-airports-considers-partners-at-liverpool-john-lennon-airport.html | title = Peel Airports considers partners at Liverpool John Lennon Airport | access-date = 10 May 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110724141205/http://www.liverpoolairport.com/press-office/peel-airports-considers-partners-at-liverpool-john-lennon-airport.html | archive-date = 24 July 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref>

In April 2014, Peel repurchased the 65% stake it had sold in the airport giving it 100% ownership once more.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/peel-takes-control-liverpool-john-7027721|title=Peel takes control of Liverpool John Lennon Airport|author=manchestereveningnews.co.uk|date=24 April 2014|access-date=27 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809002325/http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/business/peel-takes-control-liverpool-john-7027721|archive-date=9 August 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2016, Peel sold a 20% stake in the airport to Liverpool City Council for a reported £12M. This valued the airport at £60M.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/liverpool-city-council-take-12m-11041185|title=Liverpool City Council to take £12m stake in Liverpool John Lennon Airport|first=Tony|last=McDonough|date=15 March 2016|access-date=6 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829182340/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/business/liverpool-city-council-take-12m-11041185|archive-date=29 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> From 2019 to early 2020, the airport completed some renovation works which made it even easier to get around and also more aesthetically pleasing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZD3hbJGaUyQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZD3hbJGaUyQ| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=How Safe is Flying in 2020? Ryanair Boeing 737-8AS Liverpool to Dublin &#124; Trip Report|date=14 July 2020 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> This included changing the gate numbers from gates 30–43 to gates 11–17, in order to make the gates larger and more spacious, which also involved removing two by merging gates together. In addition, the departure hall, security hall and the entire experience throughout the airport has been altered massively by new decorations and images promoting the surrounding region.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lake District imagery on giant posters at Liverpool airport|url=https://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/17870302.lake-district-imagery-giant-posters-liverpool-airport/|access-date=1 October 2020|website=The Westmorland Gazette|date=30 August 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

{{as of|2024}}, the airport is 47% owned by Peel, 47% by investment manager Ancala Partners, and 6% by Liverpool City Council.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.liverpoolairport.com/about/about-the-airport/ | title = About the airport | publisher = Liverpool Airport | access-date = 1 December 2024}}</ref>

=== Future expansion ===
Possible future developments include an investment of perhaps £100{{nbsp}}million in the airport infrastructure: this might include a [[runway]] extension (enabling [[Transatlantic flight|transatlantic]]/long-haul flights)<ref>{{cite web|last=Houghton|first=Alistair|date=26 March 2018|title=Plan to expand Liverpool John Lennon Airport|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/plan-expand-liverpool-john-lennon-14456433|access-date=16 September 2020|website=Liverpool Echo}}</ref> as well as a new [[cargo]] area south of the runway, new taxiway, terminal expansion (including new food/drink outlets, larger [[Security checkpoint|security]] areas as well as 3 new piers/concourses), hotel/parking expansion as well as the plans for a new [[A-road]] to enhance motorway connections to the facilities.<ref>{{cite web|date=March 2018|title=Strategic Vision to 2030|publisher=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/media/2993/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-strategic-vision-to-2030.pdf|access-date=16 September 2020|website=liverpoolairport.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=March 2018|title=Master Plan to 2050|publisher=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/media/2957/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-master-plan-to-2050.pdf|access-date=16 September 2020|website=liverpoolairport.com}}</ref> In addition, the airport wants to build a [[nature reserve]] on the coastal perimeter of the [[Oglet|Oglet Shore]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Surface Access Strategy|publisher=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/transport/airport-surface-access-strategy|access-date=16 September 2020|website=liverpoolairport.com}}</ref> Plans also include schemes to improve public transport connections to the airport, including new [[Bus service|bus]] and rail services to [[Liverpool South Parkway railway station|South Parkway]].

== Terminal ==
The single terminal at Liverpool John Lennon Airport has a capacity of 7{{nbsp}}million passengers a year<ref>{{cite news|title=Liverpool John Lennon International Airport - Airport Technology|url=https://www.airport-technology.com/projects/liverpool-john/|access-date=1 October 2020|newspaper=Airport Technology}}</ref> and consists of an arrivals and a departures hall, both connected within short walking distance of each other. There are no [[jet bridge]]s or [[Moving walkway|travelators]] at Liverpool, requiring passengers to walk to/from the departure/arrival halls and gates. There are a number of retail and food outlets in the airport.

==Airport directors==
Captain Harold James Andrews was appointed as the first airport manager in July 1932, and he was effectively the first full-time professional co-ordinator for the whole project. Jack Chadwick took over many of the management functions post-war until 1961. That year there was a traffic increase of 42%, attributed to the first airport marketing campaign initiated by the new airport director, Wing Commander H.W.G.Andrews.<ref>{{cite book|last=Butler|first=Phil|title=Liverpool John Lennon Airport An Illustrated History|year=2008|publisher=Tempus Publishing|isbn=978-0-7524-4511-3|pages=21,74,124}}</ref>

In the late 1960s, Brian Trunkfield was the assistant director, and Keith Porter took over as airport director in the days when The Beatles were regular passengers.<ref>{{cite web|title=Liverpool Parks Police Report - The Airport Constabulary|url=http://www.liverpoolparkspolice.co.uk/PDF/article-liverpool-airport-police.pdf|publisher=FOLA-Friends of Liverpool Airport|access-date=29 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320191617/http://www.liverpoolparkspolice.co.uk/PDF/article-liverpool-airport-police.pdf|archive-date=20 March 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Chris Preece, a former executive of [[British Aerospace]], was airport director during much of the British Aerospace years of ownership, replaced by Rod Rufus and then Rod Hill, who brought in Direct Holidays, part of the [[MyTravel Group]] on a commercial deal which was to prove the market for [[easyJet]]. [[Neil Pakey]] took over as managing director in 2002, taking the airport through its major passenger growth years.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

On selling the airport to Vancouver Airport Services in 2010, the former operations director for Vancouver Airport, Craig Richmond, took over, and on 1 March 2013, Matthew Thomas, also from Vancouver Airport Services (by then renamed Vantage Airport Group), was appointed to the role.<ref>{{cite news|title=John Lennon Airport Appoint new Chief Executive|url=http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2013/01/08/john-lennon-airport-appoint-new-chief-executive-matthew-thomas-99623-32564687/|access-date=29 January 2013|newspaper=Liverpool Daily Post|date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719122655/http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/regional-news/2013/01/08/john-lennon-airport-appoint-new-chief-executive-matthew-thomas-99623-32564687/|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> Andrew Cornish held the CEO position from September 2014 until the end of June 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2017/06/ljla-ceo-resigns/|title=LJLA CEO resigns|website=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|access-date=22 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180123072209/https://www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2017/06/ljla-ceo-resigns/|archive-date=23 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> John Irving became the new CEO with effect from 12 March 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2018/01/new-ceo-appointed-at-ljla/|title=New CEO appointed at LJLA|website=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|date=12 January 2018 }}</ref>

==Airlines and destinations==
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The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Liverpool:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolairport.com/flight-information/destination-map/|title=Destination map|work=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|access-date=31 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204135431/http://www.liverpoolairport.com/flight-information/destination-map/|archive-date=4 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

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|{{nowrap|[[Aer Lingus]]}} | [[Dublin Airport|Dublin]]<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230724-baeicodeshare|title=British Airways Expands AerLingus Codeshare Routes From mid-July 2023|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=24 July 2023|accessdate=14 March 2025|language=en}}</ref>
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| [[easyJet]] | [[Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport|Alicante]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220905-u2nw22ams|title=easyJet NW22 Amsterdam Frequency Changes – 04SEP22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=5 September 2022|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220411-u2jul22|title=easyJet July 2022 Frequency Changes as of 08APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[George Best Belfast City Airport|Belfast–City]],<ref name="aeroroutes_220425-u2ns22">{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220425-u2ns22|title=easyJet NS22 Network Addition Update - 24APR22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=25 April 2022|accessdate=8 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Belfast International Airport|Belfast–International]],<ref name="aeroroutes_220704-u2jul22uk">{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220704-u2jul22uk|title=easyJet July 2022 UK Operation Update - 03JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=4 July 2022|accessdate=7 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Berlin Brandenburg Airport|Berlin]],<ref name="Easyjet additions">{{cite web|first=Jim|last=Liu|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240618-u2nw24|title=EASYJET NW24 NETWORK ADDITIONS|website=Aeroroutes|date=18 June 2024|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref> [[City of Derry Airport|Derry]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishnews.com/news/business/easyjet-set-to-launch-flights-from-city-of-derry-airport-for-the-first-time-WKGNE637ONF3RJ4TSGAPDD3FRQ/|title=EasyJet to launch flights from City of Derry Airport for the first time|date=27 June 2024|website=The Irish News}}</ref> [[Enfidha–Hammamet International Airport|Enfidha]], [[Faro Airport|Faro]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Fuerteventura Airport|Fuerteventura]],<ref name="Easyjet additions"/> [[Hurghada International Airport|Hurghada]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230911-u2nw23|title=easyJet NW23 Network Additions – 10SEP23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=11 September 2023|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Isle of Man Airport|Isle of Man]],<ref name="aeroroutes_220704-u2jul22uk"/> [[Jersey Airport|Jersey]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Lanzarote Airport|Lanzarote]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Lisbon Airport|Lisbon]] (begins 31 March 2026),<ref name="h984">{{cite web | title=CAPA | website=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | date=2025-11-20 | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-commence-liverpool-services-to-lisbon-and-paphos-in-mar-2026-aug-2026-1339708 | access-date=2025-11-20}}</ref> [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Malta Airport|Malta]],<ref name="Easyjet additions"/> [[Marrakesh Menara Airport|Marrakesh]],<ref name="aeroroutes_241114-u2nw24">{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/241114-u2nw24|title=easyJet NW24 Network Additions – 10NOV24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=14 November 2024|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris–Charles de Gaulle]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Prague Airport|Prague]],<ref name="aeroroutes_241114-u2nw24"/> [[Paphos Airport|Paphos]] (begins 2 August 2026),<ref name="h984">{{cite web | title=CAPA | website=News for Airlines, Airports and the Aviation Industry | date=2025-11-20 | url=https://centreforaviation.com/news/easyjet-to-commence-liverpool-services-to-lisbon-and-paphos-in-mar-2026-aug-2026-1339708 | access-date=2025-11-20}}</ref> [[Sharm El Sheikh International Airport|Sharm El Sheikh]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/easyjet-to-serve-luxor-for-first-time-in-more-than-a-decade|title=EasyJet to serve Luxor for first time in more than a decade|first=Jacobs Media Group|last=Ltd|website=Travel Weekly}}</ref> [[Tenerife South Airport|Tenerife–South]]<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Almería Airport|Almería]],<ref name="EZY202506">{{cite web | url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/easyjet-announces-three-fantastic-new-31873075 | title=EasyJet announces three new routes from John Lennon Airport | date=17 June 2025 }}</ref> [[Milas–Bodrum Airport|Bodrum]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Corfu International Airport|Corfu]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-u2ns23|title=easyJet NS23 Network Changes – 30MAR23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 March 2023|accessdate=1 April 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Dalaman Airport|Dalaman]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Geneva Airport|Geneva]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Geneva, Switzerland|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=[[OAG (company)|OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited]]|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=318–323}}</ref> [[Gran Canaria Airport|Gran Canaria]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.preferente.com/noticias-de-transportes/noticias-de-aerolineas/easyjet-dispara-su-capacidad-en-espana-con-5-000-vuelos-adicionales-342086.html | title=Easyjet dispara su capacidad en España: 5.000 vuelos adicionales | date=25 February 2025 }}</ref> [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]],<ref name="aeroroutes_220425-u2ns22"/> [[Kos International Airport|Kos]],<ref name="aeroroutes_220425-u2ns22"/> [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]],<ref name="EZY202506"/> [[Larnaca International Airport|Larnaca]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Salzburg Airport|Salzburg]],<ref>{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Salzburg, Austria|date=February 2023|volume=24|issue=8|publisher=[[OAG (company)|OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited]]|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=772–773}}</ref> [[Split Airport|Split]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/easyjet-announces-new-holiday-route-30403949|title=EasyJet announces new holiday route from Liverpool John Lennon Airport for summer 2025|date=19 November 2024 }}</ref> [[Vienna Airport|Vienna]] (begins 13 November 2025)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://aviation.direct/easyjet-verstaerkt-winterangebot-am-flughafen-wien-mit-fuenf-neuen-verbindungen | title=Easyjet verstärkt Winterangebot am Flughafen Wien mit fünf neuen Verbindungen | date=17 June 2025 }}</ref>
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| [[Jet2.com]] | [[Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport|Alicante]],<ref name="Jet2 Base">{{cite web|url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/jet2-unveils-11th-base-at-liverpool-john-lennon-airport|website=travelweekly.co.uk |title= Jet2 unveils 11th base at Liverpool John Lennon Airport|date= 16 May 2023}}</ref> [[Antalya Airport|Antalya]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240415-ukns24">{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240415-ukns24|title=UK NS24 Network Additions – 14APR24|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=15 April 2024|accessdate=26 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Fuerteventura Airport|Fuerteventura]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Madeira Airport|Funchal]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Gran Canaria Airport|Gran Canaria]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Lanzarote Airport|Lanzarote]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240415-ukns24"/> [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jet2.com/en/cheap-flights/Liverpool/Malaga?from=2025-03-01&to=2025-03-01&preselect=false|title=Liverpool to Malaga|website=Jet2.com|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.travelgossip.co.uk/latestnews/jet2-com-and-jet2holidays-extend-summer-2025-programme/|first=Lisa|last=James|title=Jet2.com and Jet2holidays extend summer 2025 programmes|website= Travel Gossip|date=9 May 2024|access-date=22 June 2024}}</ref><ref name="Jet2NS25">{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-lsns25 | title=Jet2 NS25 Network Additions – 14JUL24 }}</ref> [[Tenerife South Airport|Tenerife–South]]<ref name="aeroroutes_240415-ukns24"/> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Milas–Bodrum Airport|Bodrum]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Burgas Airport|Burgas]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Corfu International Airport|Corfu]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Dalaman Airport|Dalaman]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240415-ukns24"/> [[Faro Airport|Faro]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Heraklion International Airport|Heraklion]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Ibiza Airport|Ibiza]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Kos International Airport|Kos]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]],<ref name="Jet2 Additions">{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolworld.uk/news/first-ever-jet2-announces-more-new-routes-from-liverpool-airport-4521761|website=liverpoolworld.uk |title= Jet2 announces more new routes from Liverpool Airport|date= 16 February 2024}}</ref> [[Malta International Airport|Malta]],<ref name="Jet2NS25"/> [[Menorca Airport|Menorca]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]],<ref name="aeroroutes_240415-ukns24"/> [[Paphos International Airport|Paphos]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Václav Havel Airport Prague|Prague]],<ref name="Jet2 Additions"/> [[Reus Airport|Reus]],<ref name="Jet2NS25"/> [[Keflavík International Airport|Reykjavík–Keflavík]] (begins 30 November 2025),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/whats-on-news/jet2-announces-once-lifetime-trips-29388039|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk |title= Jet2 announces 'once in a lifetime trips' from Liverpool John Lennon Airport|date= 20 June 2024}}</ref> [[Rhodes International Airport|Rhodes]],<ref name="Jet2 Base"/> [[Vienna International Airport|Vienna]] (begins 20 November 2025),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/jet2-launches-new-destination-liverpool-29826146|website=liverpoolecho.co.uk |title= Jet2 launches new destination from Liverpool John Lennon|date= 29 August 2024}}</ref> [[Zakynthos International Airport|Zakynthos]]<ref name="Jet2 Base"/>
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| [[Loganair]] | [[Isle of Man Airport|Isle of Man]]<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240227-lmns24|title=Loganair NS24 Service Changes – 25FEB24|website=Aeroroutes.com|accessdate=2 November 2024|language=en-CA}}</ref>
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| [[Ryanair]] | [[Alicante–Elche Miguel Hernández Airport|Alicante]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571">{{Cite journal|author=<!-- not stated -->|journal=OAG Flight Guide Worldwide|title=Liverpool, UK|date=August 2023|volume=25|issue=2|publisher=[[OAG (company)|OAG Aviation Worldwide Limited]]|publication-place=Luton, United Kingdom|issn=1466-8718|language=en|pages=570–571}}</ref> [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Milan Bergamo Airport|Bergamo]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport|Budapest]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynewshungary.com/new-flight-from-budapest-western-metropolis |title= Superb: New flight from Budapest announced to a Western European metropolis|date= 11 May 2024}}</ref> [[Cork Airport|Cork]], [[Dublin Airport|Dublin]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/220726-fraug22gbie|title=Ryanair August 2022 UK / Ireland Network Adjustment - 24JUL22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=26 July 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Faro Airport|Faro]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Kaunas Airport|Kaunas]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Ireland West Airport|Knock]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Košice International Airport|Košice]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Kraków John Paul II International Airport|Kraków]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Madrid–Barajas Airport|Madrid]],<ref name="aeroroutes_230330-frns23">{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/230330-frns23|title=Ryanair NS23 Network Additions Summary – 26MAR23|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=30 March 2023|accessdate=30 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Malta International Airport|Malta]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Marrakesh Menara Airport|Marrakesh]] (begins 1 April 2026),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://x.com/SeanM1997/status/1981701276531630173|title=Ryanair loads 26 new routes into the system
|last=Sean M|website=X|accessdate=27 October 2025}}</ref> [[Paphos International Airport|Paphos]],<ref name="RyanairNS24">{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/240716-frns24 | title=Ryanair NS24 Network Additions Summary – 14JUL24 }}</ref> [[Poznań–Ławica Airport|Poznań]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Shannon Airport|Shannon]],<ref name="aeroroutes_230330-frns23"/> [[Sofia Airport|Sofia]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Solidarity Szczecin–Goleniów Airport|Szczecin]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Tenerife South Airport|Tenerife–South]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Warsaw Modlin Airport|Warsaw–Modlin]] (resumes 2 February 2026),<ref>{{cite web | title=Ryanair przywraca 2 ważne trasy z Polski! Jedna z nich wróci jeszcze w tym roku | url=https://www.fly4free.pl/ryanair-przywraca-2-wazne-trasy-z-polski-rzym-i-liverpool/ }}</ref> [[Wroclaw Airport|Wrocław]]<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Bergerac Dordogne Périgord Airport|Bergerac]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Corfu International Airport|Corfu]],<ref name="RyanairNS24"/> [[Fuerteventura Airport|Fuerteventura]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Ibiza Airport|Ibiza]],<ref name="aeroroutes_230330-frns23"/> [[Lanzarote Airport|Lanzarote]], [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Porto Airport|Porto]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Reus Airport|Reus]],<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/> [[Rome Ciampino Airport|Rome–Ciampino]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Liu|first1=Jim|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221212-frnw22|title=Ryanair NW22 Network Additions Summary – 09DEC22|website=Aeroroutes.com|date=12 December 2022|accessdate=31 March 2025|language=en}}</ref> [[Rovaniemi Airport|Rovaniemi]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231030-uknw23 | title=UK NW23 Network Additions/Removals Summary – 29OCT23 }}</ref> [[Turin Airport|Turin]] (begins 13 December 2025),<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ansa.it/piemonte/notizie/2025/07/02/ryanair-investe-300-milioni-a-torino-piu-voli-e-nuove-rotte_82dc06b6-164e-410e-a5bd-5cae2ed2ab08.html | title=Ryanair investe 300 milioni a Torino, più voli e nuove rotte - Notizie - Ansa.it | date=2 July 2025 }}</ref> [[Zadar Airport|Zadar]]<ref name="OAG_World_Aug2023_570_571"/>
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| [[Wizz Air]] | [[Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport|Bucharest–Otopeni]],<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Bucharest, Romania BUH|pages=184-186}}</ref> [[Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport|Gdańsk]],<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Gdansk, Poland GDN|pages=405-407}}</ref> [[Iași International Airport|Iași]],<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Iasi, Romania IAS|pages=491-491}}</ref> [[Warsaw Chopin Airport|Warsaw–Chopin]]<ref>{{OAGWorldMay2025Ref|title=Warsaw, Poland WAW|pages=1187-1192}}</ref>
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==Statistics==
===Passengers and aircraft movements===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right; "

! rowspan=2|Year!! colspan=2|Passenger numbers!! colspan=2|Aircraft movements
|-
! Total!!% change<br />(year on year) !! Total!!% change<br />(year on year)
|-
!1997
|689,468 || – || 83,354 || –
|-
!1998
|873,172 || {{increase}} 26.6 || 86,871 ||{{increase}} 4.2
|-
!1999
|1,304,959|| {{increase}} 49.5 || 75,489 ||{{decrease}} 13.1
|-
!2000
|1,982,711|| {{increase}} 51.9 || 76,257 || {{increase}} 1.0
|-
!2001
|2,253,398|| {{increase}} 13.7 || 74,659 || {{decrease}} 2.1
|-
!2002
|2,835,871|| {{increase}} 25.8 || 74,313 || {{decrease}} 0.5
|-
!2003
|3,177,009|| {{increase}} 12.0 || 84,405 || {{increase}} 13.6
|-
!2004
|3,353,350|| {{increase}} 5.6   || 85,393 || {{increase}} 1.2
|-
!2005
|4,411,243|| {{increase}} 31.5 || 92,970 || {{increase}} 8.9
|-
!2006
|4,963,886|| {{increase}} 12.5 || 91,263 || {{decrease}} 1.8
|-
!2007
|'''5,468,510'''|| {{increase}} 10.2 || 86,668 || {{decrease}} 5.0
|-
!2008
|5,334,152|| {{decrease}} 2.5   || 84,890 || {{decrease}} 2.1
|-
!2009
|4,884,494|| {{decrease}} 8.4   || 79,298 || {{decrease}} 6.6
|-
!2010
|5,013,940|| {{increase}} 2.7   || 68,164 || {{decrease}} 14.0
|-
!2011
|5,251,161|| {{increase}} 4.7   || 69,055 || {{increase}} 1.3
|-
!2012
|4,463,257 || {{decrease}} 15.0 || 60,270 || {{decrease}} 12.7
|-
!2013
|4,187,439 || {{decrease}} 6.2   || 55,839 || {{decrease}} 7.4
|-
!2014
|3,986,654 || {{decrease}} 4.8   || 52,249 || {{decrease}} 6.4
|-
!2015
|4,301,495 || {{increase}} 7.9   || 55,905 || {{increase}} 7.0
|-
!2016
|4,778,939 || {{increase}} 11.1 || 62,441 || {{increase}} 11.7
|-
!2017
|4,901,157 || {{increase}} 3.0 || 56,643 || {{decrease}} 9.0
|-
!2018
|5,042,312 || {{increase}} 3.0 || 59,320 || {{increase}} 5.0
|-
!2019
|5,043,975 || {{steady}} 0.0 || 58,968 || {{decrease}} 1.0
|-
!2020 
|1,338,000 || {{decrease}} 73.5 || 13,300 || {{decrease}} 77.5
|-
!2021 
|1,165,508|| {{decrease}} 1.1 || 13,233 || {{decrease}} 1.0
|-
!2022 
|3,490,844|| {{increase}} 199.5 || 26,766 || {{increase}} 102.2
|-
!2023 
|4,193,623|| {{increase}} 20.1 || 49,436 || {{increase}} 84.7
|-
!2024<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual airport data 2024 {{!}} UK Civil Aviation Authority |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2024/annual-2024/ |access-date=19 May 2025 |website=www.caa.co.uk}}</ref>
|5,074,266
|{{increase}} 21.0
|51,715
|{{increase}} 4.6
|}

===Route statistics===
{|class="wikitable sortable" 
|+ Busiest routes to and from Liverpool (2022)<ref name="routestats">{{cite web |url=https://www.caa.co.uk/data-and-analysis/uk-aviation-market/airports/uk-airport-data/uk-airport-data-2022/annual-2022/ |title=Airport Data 2022 |date=21 March 2023 |publisher=UK Civil Aviation Authority |at=Tables 12.1(XLS) and 12.2 (XLS) |access-date=25 March 2023 }}</ref>
|-
! Rank || Airport || Total <br />passengers || Change<br />2021–22
|-
|1|| [[Belfast International Airport|Belfast–International]] ||align='right'| 412,179||{{increase}} 56.1%
|-
|2|| [[Dublin Airport|Dublin]] ||align='right'| 338,156|| {{increase}} 369.3%
|-
|3||  [[Alicante Airport|Alicante]] ||align='right'| 192,050||{{increase}} 163.6%
|-
|4||  [[Málaga Airport|Málaga]] ||align='right'| 190,534||{{increase}} 164.2%
|-
|5||  [[Palma de Mallorca Airport|Palma de Mallorca]] ||align='right'| 156,364||{{increase}} 196.7%
|-
|6|| [[Isle of Man Airport|Isle of Man]] ||align='right'| 154,439||{{increase}} 149.1%
|-
|7||  [[Amsterdam Airport Schiphol|Amsterdam]] ||align='right'| 143,256||{{increase}} 1,237.7%
|-
|8||  [[Faro Airport|Faro]] ||align='right'| 141,824||{{increase}} 151.3%
|-
|9||  [[Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport|Barcelona]] ||align='right'| 117,838||{{increase}} 466.5%
|-
|10||  [[Jersey Airport|Jersey]] ||align='right'| 99,937||{{increase}} 108.4%
|-
|11||  [[Ireland West Airport]] ||align='right'| 83,846||{{increase}} 180.7%
|-
|12||  [[John Paul II International Airport Kraków–Balice|Kraków]] ||align='right'| 73,898||{{increase}} 216.4%
|-
|13|| [[Tenerife South Airport|Tenerife–South]] ||align='right'| 71,690||{{increase}} 510.4%
|-
|14||  [[Geneva Airport|Geneva]] ||align='right'| 58,743||{{increase}} 3,147.3%
|-
|15||  [[Cork Airport|Cork]] ||align='right'| 56,486||{{increase}} 477.5%
|-
|16||  [[Henri Coandă International Airport|Bucharest]] ||align='right'| 52,704||{{increase}} 477.5%
|-
|17||  [[Rome Fiumicino Airport|Rome–Fiumicino]] ||align='right'| 47,261||{{increase}} 842.6%
|-
|18||  [[Warsaw Modlin Airport|Warsaw–Modlin]] ||align='right'| 46,869||{{increase}} 152.1%
|-
|19||  [[Lanzarote Airport|Lanzarote]] ||align='right'| 46,378||{{increase}} 266.6%
|-
|20||  [[Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice]] ||align='right'| 41,833||{{increase}} 924.1%
|}

==Ground transport==
[[File:-2023-02-02 Bus interchange at Liverpool South Parkway.jpg|thumb|[[Liverpool South Parkway railway station]] was built to improve links to the airport.]]
[[File:-2023-02-02 Transport for Wales Class 197 at Liverpool South Parkway.jpg|thumb|Platform view at Liverpool South Parkway Station.]]
Liverpool John Lennon Airport is within [[Merseytravel]] Area C, for local public transport tickets. [[Plusbus]] tickets are also available. [[Arriva North West]] provides buses to [[Liverpool City Centre]]. There is also an express service [[Arriva North West]] 500 that connects the airport with the city centre every 30 minutes<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.plusbus.info/liverpool-plusbus-john-lennon-airport |title=PLUSBUS &#124; Liverpool PLUSBUS |publisher=Plusbus.info |access-date=13 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183249/http://www.plusbus.info/liverpool-plusbus-john-lennon-airport |archive-date=14 July 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Road===
The airport is accessible from the [[A533 road|A533]]/[[Silver Jubilee Bridge|Runcorn Widnes Bridge]] and [[Mersey Gateway Bridge]] to the south and from the [[M57 motorway|M57]] and [[A5300 road|Knowsley Expressway]] to the north.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.liverpoolairport.com/transport/road/|title=Road|website=Liverpool John Lennon Airport|access-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223211437/https://www.liverpoolairport.com/transport/road/|archive-date=23 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Rail===
The nearest [[Merseyrail Northern Line]] station is [[Hunts Cross railway station|Hunts Cross]] at {{convert|2.2|mi}} away, where there are frequent services to [[Liverpool Central]] and [[Southport railway station|Southport]].

[[Liverpool South Parkway railway station|Liverpool South Parkway]] at {{convert|2.9|mi}} from the airport is the closest intercity railway station, where there are [[East Midlands Railway]], [[London Northwestern Railway]], [[Merseyrail]], [[Northern Trains]], [[TransPennine Express]] and [[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]] regular services.

===Bus and coach===
Regular bus services link the airport with surrounding urban areas, operated by [[Arriva North West]] and [[Merseytravel]].

==Facilities==
===Hotels===
[[File:John lennon airport hilton.jpg|thumb|right|The Hampton by Hilton Liverpool John Lennon Airport]]
The original terminal building dating from the late 1930s, famously seen on 1960s television footage with its terraces packed with [[The Beatles|Beatles]]' fans, was part of the [[Marriott Hotels & Resorts|Marriott]] chain of hotels. It became 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.<ref name=hilton1>{{cite web|url=http://hamptoninn.hilton.co.uk/HiWayWeb/appmanager/portals/hotel?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=hotel_home_standard&ctyhocn=LPLJLHX|title=Hampton by Hilton Liverpool/John Lennon Airport|publisher=Hampton Inn|access-date=8 June 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822194813/http://hamptoninn.hilton.co.uk/HiWayWeb/appmanager/portals/hotel?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=hotel_home_standard&ctyhocn=LPLJLHX|archive-date=22 August 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The hotel was constructed as part of a £37{{nbsp}}million development by [[Peel Holdings]] at John Lennon Airport (which also included a [[multi-storey car park]]).

There is also a [[Premier Inn]] and a [[Travelodge UK]] within walking distance to the airport terminal.

==Accidents and incidents==
*On 20 July 1965 [[Vickers Viscount]] G-AMOL of [[Cambrian Airways]] [[Cambrian Airways Liverpool crash|crashed on approach]] from [[Isle of Man Airport]], killing the two crew members onboard as well as two people on the ground.<ref name=ASN200765>{{cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650720-0 |title=Accident description |publisher=Aviation Safety Network |access-date=7 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025091233/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19650720-0 |archive-date=25 October 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*On 10 May 2001 [[Spanair]] Flight 3203 ([[McDonnell Douglas MD-83]] EC-FXI) was substantially damaged when the starboard undercarriage collapsed on landing from [[Palma de Mallorca Airport]]. All 51 people on board evacuated via the escape slides. It was repaired and returned to service five months later.<ref name=MD-83>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010510-0|title=EC-FXI Accident description|publisher=Aviation Safety Network|access-date=11 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111155651/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20010510-0|archive-date=11 January 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
*The [[Yellow Submarine (sculpture)|''Yellow Submarine'' sculpture]], previously displayed in Liverpool's [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool|Albert Dock]], is now outside the airport entrance.

==References==
===Citations===
{{reflist}}
===Bibliography===
{{refbegin}}
*Phil Butler ''Liverpool Airport – an Illustrated History''. Tempus Publishing, Stroud, 2004. {{ISBN|0-7524-3168-4}}.
*[[:de:Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper|Gabi Dolff-Bonekämper]]: ''Berlin-Tempelhof'' in: ''[[Berlin Tempelhof Airport|Berlin-Tempelhof]], Liverpool-Speke, [[Paris – Le Bourget Airport|Paris-Le Bourget]]. Années 30 Architecture des aéroports, Airport Architecture of the Thierties, Flughafenarchitektur der dreißiger Jahre.'' Éditions du patrimoine, Paris 2000, {{ISBN|2-85822-328-9}}, S.&nbsp;32–61.
* Bob Hawkins (ed.): ''Historic airports. Proceedings of the international "L'Europe de l'Air" conferences on Aviation Architecture Liverpool (1999), Berlin (2000), Paris (2001).'' English Heritage, London 2005, {{ISBN|1-873592-83-3}}.
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-multi|Liverpool (Speke) Airport|Liverpool John Lennon Airport}}
*{{Official website}}


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