Flights to and from the airport in Essex had been suspended since Sunday afternoon when a medical transport aircraft crashed moments after taking off.
A statement from the airport on Wednesday read: “London Southend Airport is today partially reopening for a small number of flights, following Sunday’s tragic air accident and subsequent closure.
“Four easyJet flights will land at London Southend Airport this evening (Wednesday 16 July). Eastern Airways will also operate an empty positioning flight.
“Normal airline operations resume from the morning of Thursday 17 July.”
The crash saw a medical flight, chartered for a patient to be brought to the UK for treatment, come down within the airport boundary shortly after take off.
It is understood the patient had been dropped off and the plane was bound for its base in the Netherlands.
The four people who died were two male pilots, understood to be Dutch, and a female nurse and a male doctor.
Reports have named the nurse as Maria Fernanda Rojaz Ortiz, a 31-year-old German national originally from Chile, and the doctor as German national Dr Matthias Eyl, 46.
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