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Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an airport serving the English city of Liverpool. Formerly
known as Speke Airport and RAF Speke, the airport is located adjacent to the estuary of the River Mersey some 7.5 miles
(12 km) south-east of the centre of Liverpool.
2002 saw the airport being renamed in honour of the late John Lennon, a founding member of Liverpudlian
band The Beatles, twenty-two years after Lennon's death. A 7ft bronze statue of the local icon proudly stands
overlooking the check-in hall. On the roof is painted the airport's motto, a line from Lennon's song "Imagine":
"Above us, only sky".
In recent years it has been one of Europe's fastest growing airports, having increased its annual passenger numbers from
875,000 in 1998 to 4.96 million in 2006. The growth rate was 12.6% in 2006, less than the 31.5% of 2005. 500,000
passengers were handled in one month, for the first time, during May 2007.
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