London City Airport is a monster.
Wind Shear on a daily basis as standard and mechanical turbulence from the buildings, speeding up as it comes in contact with the River Thames.
The airport also has best views of London having Big Ben and HP, The Eye, Dome, Canary Wharf, The Docks, etc.... in the circuit.
Yet another consideration is the Police helicopters hunting below you and trying to land on, what is essentially, an aircraft carrier. The TCAS gets busy too in the LTMA.
Oh and it is a steep approach at 5.5 deg, requiring a rate of descent is twice that od a normal approach, so judging the landing requires cat like reflexes or you either plant it on the deck or miss the landing zone; crosswinds having upto a 30 degree crab angle on a bad day and with a 40+ kt wind at 2000', you can bet the last 500' will give you windshear.
We need a pay rise !!!!
As a frequent passenger into LCY it's my favourite destination for all the reasons you mention above and I'm warmed to read about the experience from the front - it's a laugh for us passengers as well
