Airport begins consultation over possible flight path changes

Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) is today (January 13) beginning a 12 week consultation as part of the modernisation of the UK’s airspace, which will involve potential changes to the routes taken by aircraft departing from and arriving at the airport.

The area covered by possible changes to flight paths of aircraft relating to LJLA, reaches to South Lancashire in the North, Warrington in the East, Mid-Cheshire in the South and across to Flintshire in the West.

Consequently, the airport is keen that members of the public who live within areas that may potentially be affected by such changes to aircraft flight paths, participate in the consultation.

The UK’s airspace is some of the most complex in the world, yet has not undergone significant change since the 1950s.

The Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) plan to modernise UK airspace in order to deliver quicker, quieter and cleaner journeys by air in and around the UK and to accommodate future aviation growth, with flight paths having to be redrawn in a coordinated way.

As a consequence, airports across the UK will all be consulting with local communities and other airspace users about potential changes to their departure and arrival routes.

The affected area

In a 12 week consultation that will last until 12 noon on Thursday, April 9, Liverpool John Lennon Airport has set out various options to illustrate how the flight paths of aircraft operating to or from the airport in the skies above North West England and North Wales, might change in the future as part of this airspace modernisation.

Two open days will be held at the airport over the coming weeks as part of the consultation; one on Wednesday, February 12, and the other on Saturday, March 7, with representatives from the airport on hand to discuss the potential impact of any proposed flight path changes.