Liverpool John Lennon Airport (IATA: LPL, ICAO: EGGP) is an international airport located in Liverpool, England. The airport is within the City of Liverpool on the banks of the estuary of the River Mersey 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) southeast of Liverpool city centre. Scheduled domestic, European, North African and Middle Eastern services are operated from the airport. The airport comprises a single passenger terminal, three general use hangars, a FedEx Express courier service centre as well as a single runway measuring 7,500 ft (2,286 m) in length, with the control tower south of the runway.

Originally called Speke Airport, the airport was operated by the RAF and known as RAF Speke at the outset of World War II. Between 1997 and 2007, the facility was one of Europe’s fastest-growing commercial airports, as it saw annual passenger numbers increase from 689,468 to 5.47 million over that period. It was renamed after Liverpudlian musician John Lennon of the Beatles in 2001. Although passenger numbers had decreased to 3.98 million in 2013, the airport handled 5.05 million passengers in 2019, making it the 13th-busiest airport in the UK