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London Gatwick (/ ˈ ɡ æ t w ɪ k /), [3] also known as Gatwick Airport [2] (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK), is the secondary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is located near Crawley, West Sussex, England 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London.
On 23 July 2013, Gatwick unveiled its proposals for a second runway to the south of the existing runway and airport boundary. If approved, the new runway could open by 2025 and cost between £5 billion and £9 billion, depending on the option chosen – i.e., a new runway 3,395 ft (1,035 m) south of the existing runway, a new runway less than ...
Hoar, Marlow and Lovett. The Beehive is the original terminal building at Gatwick Airport, England. Opened in 1936, it became obsolete in the 1950s as the airport expanded. [1] In 2008, it was converted into serviced offices, operated by Orega, having served as the headquarters of franchised airline GB Airways for some years before that.
August 22, 2024 at 4:36 AM. Nearly 20 million passengers travelled through the West Sussex airport in the first half of 2024 [Getty Images] Gatwick Airport said it is having one of its "busiest ...
Timeline of Gatwick Airport. Gatwick Airport was in Surrey until 1974, when it became part of West Sussex as a result of a county boundary change. The original, pre- World War II airport was built on the site of a manor in the parish of Charlwood. The land was first used as an aerodrome in the 1920s, and in 1933 commercial flights there were ...
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The metropolitan area of London, England, United Kingdom, is served by six international airports and several smaller airports. Together, these airports constitute the busiest airport system in the world by passenger numbers and the second-busiest by aircraft movements. [1] In 2018, the six airports handled a total of 177,054,819 passengers.
— London Gatwick LGW (@Gatwick_Airport) August 22, 2024 Underlying earnings were up 13.9% year on year to £268 million, with net profit for the period up 33.8% at £106 million.