London City Airport serving the London area—after Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton—and was the 14th-busiest in the UK in 2017. The airport was first proposed in 1981 by Reg Ward, who was Chief Executive of the newly formed London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC) that was responsible for the regeneration of the area. He in turn discussed the proposal with Sir Philip Beck (Chairman of John Mowlem & Co plc) and the idea of an airport for Docklands was born. By November of that year Mowlem and Bill Bryce of Brymon Airways had submitted an outline proposal to the LDDC for a Docklands STOLport
East London Airport minister of transport at the time. The airport was renamed in 1994. Since then, major alterations to the terminal building have been completed and a new first-floor office development for the airport management team has been added. East London Airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has two asphalt paved runways: 11/29 is and 06/24 is . East London Airport East London Airport is an airport serving East London, a city in the Eastern Cape province on the southeast coast of South Africa. East London's airport is a small but bustling one that plays an important