Gatwick Airport

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.

Gatwick airport hosts 90 airlines including British Airways, easyJet, Monarch, First Choice Airways, and Thomsonfly with a total aircraft movement of over 245,000 a year to around 250 destinations across 88 countries worldwide.

Aircraft types includes Airbus 300, 310, 330, 340, 318/9, 320, 321, Boeing 747, 767, 777, 737, 757, Douglas DC10, Lockhead Tristar, MD11, BAe 146/ Rj100/RJ 115, DC9 and MD 80 series, Fokker 70/100, Fokker F27, MD90, Dash 7/8 with 70% scheduled and 30% charter flights.

Airport Facilities

Number of runways: 1
Runway length: 3,316m long by 45m wide
Number of terminals: 2 - South (which opened in 1958) and North (which opened in 1988)
Total retail space: 37,000m²
Check-in capacity: 114 desks in north Terminal, 204 in South Terminal
Car parking spaces: Short stay 4,100; Long stay 29,500
Number of aircraft stands: 66 pier-served, 44 remote (includes 11 from Pier 6)
Rail link to central: London Gatwick Express, 30 minutes to London

Gatwick Airport Parking

Short and long term airport car parking at Gatwick is available with regular shuttles between the long term parking area and the airport terminals. It is adviseable to book airport parking for Gatwick in advance due to it’s popularity.

Distances in miles when driving from:

Basingstoke 62 miles
Brighton 28 miles
Cambridge 96 miles
Chelmsford 61 miles
Clapham 25 miles
Croydon 19 miles
Dartford 35 miles
Dorking 13 miles
Guildford 34 miles
Kingston Upon Thames 27 miles
Portsmouth 62 miles
Reading 65 miles
Redhill 7 miles
Southampton 91 miles
Tunbridge Wells 23 miles

Gatwick Destinations

Top UK destinations

Edinburgh
Dublin
Jersey
Manchester

Top international destinations

Malaga
Palma
Alicante
Tenerife
Orlando
Amsterdam
Faro
Geneva
Barcelona
Atlanta

The most popular destination country is Spain and the most popular domestic destination is Edinburgh.

Gatwick Second Runway

The Government’s White Paper, “The Future of Air Transport”, means that it will be some time before we know whether or not a second runway at Gatwick will even be on the agenda - it entirely depends on whether a new runway at Heathrow airport is possible. Gatwick is bound by a Legal Agreement with West Sussex County Council that prevents the construction of a second runway before 2019.

Owned and operated by BAA plc Gatwick airport will be a popular UK airport for many years to come.

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