LYDD AIRPORT

[Airnuts]

Lydd and Manston

Here a copy of my posting to KIA (Kent International Airport) thread which incorporates the Lydd data

Lemmeno if more required - drop a mail to
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Lydd (LAA)

www.answers.com/topic/lydd All about Lydd with a Link to
which tells us London Ashford Airport or Lydd Airport (IATA: LYX, ICAO: EGMD) is located 1.2 nautical miles (2.2 km) northeast of the town of Lydd and 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) south of Ashford in Kent, South East England. and lots more about the "Ferry Field" as it used to be known.
London Ashford Airport
Lydd AirportIATA: LYX - ICAO: EGMDSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorLondon Ashford Airport Ltd.ServesLyddElevation AMSL45 m (146 ft)Coordinates50°57′22″N, 000°56′21″ERunwaysDirectionLengthSurfacemft03/211,5054,938Grooved Asphalt

KIA (Kent Intl Airport) Manston

How to get to KIA
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By road fm London (90mls)
Kent International Airport (KIA) located on the Thanet Peninsula just 2mls W of Ramsgate and 72 miles E of London.
Follow M2 from the M25 until the A299. Then towards Ramsgate until A253 from where signs to KIA direct to B2050.
Passenger terminal on the B2050 (1mile from Manston).

By rail and bus:
Nearest train station is Ramsgate on the South Eastern train network (from Victoria - 2hr rail trip presently)
Then 10-minute taxi ride (£7) or #38 bus ride to/from the airport (only 4 trips per day).
NationalRail - Map www.nationalrail.co.uk/system/galleries/download/print_maps/LondonAndSouthEast.pdf

NationalExpress coaches www.nationalexpress.com/home/hp.cfm do not presently serve KIA but do serve London-Victoria to Ramsgate in approx 3hrs.

Map showing all airports close to London www.mlcengland.com/margate/travel.htm

Otherwise click around at
www.kentinternationalairport-manston.com/news-CosmoH.asp
re the Cosmos/Monarch flights to Norfolk, VA due to start in spring 2007 and at www.answers.com/kent%20international%20airport


Kent International Airport
Manston Airport

IATA: MSE - ICAO: EGMHSummaryAirport typePublicOperatorInfratilServesKentElevation AMSL54 m (178 ft)Coordinates51°20′32″N, 001°20′46″ERunwaysDirectionLengthSurfacemft10/282,7529,029Asphalt/ConcreteKent International Airport (IATA: MSE, ICAO: EGMH) is an airport in Kent, England. It was formerly called RAF Manston (a Royal Air Force airfield) – also, previously known as London Manston Airport.

History

At the outset of the Great War, the Isle of Thanet was equipped with a small and precarious landing strip for aircraft at Westgate, above the cliffs at the foot of the sea where a seaplane had been based at the end of the promenade.
The landing grounds atop the cliff soon became the scene of several accidents, with at least one plane seen to fail to stop before the end of the cliffs and tumble into the sea, which for the fortunate pilot had been on its inward tide.........


Cheers
Airnuts

PS KIA also unfortunately means "Killed in action" :-(