What is London City Airport?
[[Image:DHC-7 G-BOAY London City Aws LCY 31.10.88 edited-2.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[de Havilland Canada Dash 7]] makes its steep approach to LCY from the west as another London City Airways DHC-7 prepares to leave for [[Amsterdam]].]] '''London City Airport''' <ref>{{Airport codes|LCY|EGLC}}</ref> is a single-runway [[airport]], intended for use by [[STOL]] (short take-off and landing) planes, mainly serving the financial districts of [[London]]. It is on a former [[London Docklands|Docklands]] site, in the [[London Borough of Newham]] in [[East London]]. It is near [[Canary Wharf]] and the [[O2 arena]] in an area called Silvertown. The airport serves European destinations, though there is one flight to [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|New York JFK]] airport. The airport has tough rules to limit the [[noise]] from aircraft operations. This limits the aircraft types that can be used, and so does the length of the [[runway]] and the steep glideslope. The steep 5.5 degree approache requires special training for crew. Only multi-engine, fixed-wing aircraft with special crew and aircraft certification can operate at London City Airport.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/ded/aircraftRegistry/rp18certificationrequirementsfor1.pdf | format = PDF | title = Certification requirements for London City Airport | publisher = Isle of Man Aircraft Registry | accessdate = 22 January 2011 | archive-date = 14 September 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110914100841/http://www.gov.im/lib/docs/ded/aircraftRegistry/rp18certificationrequirementsfor1.pdf | url-status = dead }}</ref> London City Airport has a [[Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom|CAA]] Public Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P728). London City Airport was developed by the engineering company [[Mowlem]] in 1986/87. It is the fifth-largest international airport in size serving the London area, after [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]], [[London Gatwick Airport|Gatwick]], [[London Stansted Airport|Stansted]] and [[London