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Answer» What is Liverpool John Lennon Airport mean?

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an international airport located in Liverpool, England. The airport is within the City of Liverpool on the banks of the estuary of the River Mersey 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south-east of Liverpool city centre. Scheduled domestic, European, North African and Middle Eastern services are operated from the airport. The airport comprises a single passenger terminal, three general use hangars, a FedEx Express courier service centre as well as a single runway measuring 7,500 ft (2,286 m) in length, with the control tower south of the runway.

Originally called Speke Airport, the airport was renamed after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon of the Beatles in 2001. On the outbreak of World War II, the airport was operated by the RAF and known as RAF Speke. Between 1997 and 2007, the facility was one of Europe's fastest-growing airports, increasing annual passenger numbers from 689,468 in 1997 to 5.47 million in 2007. Despite passenger numbers having decreased to as low as 3.98 million in 2013, in 2019 the airport handled 5.05 million passengers, making it the 13th-busiest airport in the UK.

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