London Southend Airport

London Southend Airport
IATA: SEN ICAO: EGMC
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Stobart Group
Operator	London Southend Airport Company Ltd.
Serves	Southend, Essex and East London areas
Location	Rochford
Elevation AMSL	55 ft / 17 m
Coordinates	51°34′13″N 000°41′36″E / 51.57028°N 0.69333°E / 51.57028; 0.69333Coordinates: 51°34′13″N 000°41′36″E / 51.57028°N 0.69333°E / 51.57028; 0.69333
Website	southendairport.com
Map
EGMC Location in Essex
Runways
Direction Length Surface m ft 05/23 1,856 6,089 Asphalt
Statistics (2016)
Passengers 874,000 Passenger change 15–16 2.9% Aircraft movements 23,538 Movements change 14–15 22.9%
Sources: UK AIP at NATS Statistics from the UK Civil Aviation Authority

Passengers	874,000
Passenger change 15–16	2.9%
Aircraft movements	23,538
Movements change 14–15	22.9%

London Southend Airport (IATA: SEN, ICAO: EGMC) is an international airport in the district of Rochford within Essex, England, approximately 42 miles (68 km) from the centre of London.

During the 1960s, Southend was London's third-busiest airport. It remained London's third-busiest airport in terms of passengers handled until the end of the 1970s, when the role of "London's third airport" passed to Stansted. Following its purchase by Stobart Group in 2008, a development programme provided a new terminal and control tower, extended runway, and connection to central London via the regular rail service running between Liverpool Street Station & Southend Airport Station on the Shenfield-Southend line, continuing on to Southend Victoria.

EasyJet began operating services by opening a base at Southend in April 2012 and Irish carrier Aer Lingus Regional began regular flights to Dublin in May, resulting in a rapid increase in airport passenger numbers to 617,027 during 2012; 721,661 passengers used the airport in 12 months following the start of these services, with 969,912 in 2013, and 1,102,358 in 2014, though 2015 saw a decline in passenger numbers to 900,648 and 2016 continued the decline with 874,000 passengers. The airport operator hopes to increase passenger numbers to two million per year by 2020.