London Luton Airport

international airport in Luton, Bedfordshire, England
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Summary

London Luton Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,123 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Luton[3]
  • Country: United Kingdom[4]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[5]
  • Named after: Luton[6], London[7]
  • IATA airport code: LTN[8]
  • ICAO airport code: EGGW[9]
  • Commons category: London Luton Airport[10]
  • Runway: 08/26[11]
  • Coordinate location: 51.874722, -0.368333[12]
  • Official website: https://www.london-luton.co.uk[13]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Luton Airport[14]
  • Place served by transport hub: London[15]
  • Replaces: RAF Luton[16]
  • Date of official opening: July 16, 1938[17]
  • Short name: Londres Luton[18], London Luton[19], Londra Luton[20]
  • Different from: Lutong Airport[21], London International Airport[22]
  • Elevation above sea level: 160[23]
  • Aerodrome reference point: 51.8747, -0.36833[24]
  • Connects with: Central Terminal[25]
  • Patronage: 2,022,786[26], 1,868,737[27], 1,806,998[28], 1,952,048[29], 2,058,085[30], 2,207,289[31], 2,088,075[32], 1,988,842[33], 1,822,574[34], 1,738,835[35], 1,820,289[36], 1,604,117[37], 2,611,321[38], 1,988,849[39]

Why It Matters

London Luton Airport has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

References

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "EGGW"], Entity["WeatherStation", "EGGW"]
    Logo image → London Luton logo.svg
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["WeatherStation", "EGGW"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54526042|EGGW (#54526042)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  3. 22w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14452 → 920GLTN1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14452: 920GLTN1"
  4. 23w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Website → —
    Official website → https://www.london-luton.co.uk
    Different from → Lutong Airport, London International Airport
    Located in time zone → —
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["Airport", "EGGW"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257634|batch #257634]]"
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