UK Airports

Gatwick airport is located 28 miles (45km) south of London, linked directly to the M23 motorway at junction 9 and to the London to Brighton road A23.

Opened in 1958, Gatwick is the busiest single-runway airport in the world, the second largest airport in the UK and the sixth busiest international airport in the world. The airport operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and caters for around 32 million passengers per year (estimated to increase to 40 million over the next 10 years).

There are around 25,000 (2,000 are BAA Gatwick employees) employees and the airport manages over 216,000 tonnes air cargo per year. Over the previous 10 years £800 million has been invested in the airport with a smiliar figure estimated for the next 10 years creating many jobs.