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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Gatwick Airport Limited | ||||||||||||||
| Serves | Greater London Urban Area | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Crawley, West Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | 30 May 1958 | ||||||||||||||
| Hub for | British Airways | ||||||||||||||
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| Built | November 1928 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 203 ft / 62 m | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°08′53″N 0°11′25″W / 51.14806°N 0.19028°W | ||||||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||||||
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London Gatwick (/ˈɡætwɪk/),[3] also known as Gatwick Airport[2] (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK), is the secondary international airport serving London, England. It is located near Crawley, West Sussex, England 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London.[2][4] In 2022, Gatwick was the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after Heathrow Airport, and was the 8th-busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic.[5] It covers a total area of 674 hectares (1,670 acres).[6]
Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s; it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933. The airport has two terminals, the North Terminal and the South Terminal, which cover areas of 98,000 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft; 117,000 sq yd) and 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft; 190,000 sq yd) respectively.[7] It operates as a single-runway airport, using a main runway with a length of 3,316 metres (10,879 ft). A secondary runway is available but, due to its proximity to the main runway, can only be used if the main runway is not in use. In 2018, 46.1 million passengers passed through the airport, a 1.1% increase compared with 2017.[8]
Gatwick is the secondary London hub for British Airways and the largest operating base for low-cost carrier easyJet.
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- ^ Airport Statistics Summary (PDF) (Report). London: Civil Aviation Authority. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.
- ^ a b c "London Gatwick celebrates next phase of growth with launch of new brand and refreshed vision" (Press release). Crawley: Gatwick Airport Limited. Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
- ^ Oxford Dictionaries (retrieved 5 September 2012) Archived 3 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Just where are our airports?". Channel 4 News. 18 August 2009. Archived from the original on 21 August 2009. Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "At a glance". Gatwick Airport. 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Gatwick Airport Interim Master Plan" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ^ "Facts and Stats". Gatwick Airport. 2014. Archived from the original on 29 August 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2014.
- ^ "Gatwick long-haul traffic grows in December as 46.1m passengers travel through in 2018". 16 January 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019. [permanent dead link]