Lydd Airport Action Group (LAAG)

Lydd Airport is a small local airport owned by Sheikh Fahad al Athel which is planning to become a regional airport with 2 million passengers per annum by 2015. Lydd is not a suitable site for a regional airport being surrounded by fragile habitats protected under European and UK laws, located under the largest migratory bird route in the South of England, located less than 3 miles from the Dungeness nuclear complex and less than 2 miles and 8 miles from the Lydd and Hythe military ranges. The growth in the airport will directly and indirectly damage the rare plant, invertebrate, bird and animal populations of Dungeness and pose a major public safety risk as fully loaded B737s will be tasking off and landing less than three miles from the Dungeness nuclear power complex.