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London Gatwick Airport

London, United Kingdom

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London Gatwick Airport

London, United Kingdom

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202 ft

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London's second-busiest airport, a single-runway gateway.

Opened

1936

Location

Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is the United Kingdom's second-largest airport and one of the busiest single-runway airports in the world, handling over 40 million passengers annually in pre-pandemic years. Located approximately 28 miles south of central London in West Sussex, it serves as a major hub for short- and medium-haul European travel as well as long-haul routes to the Americas, Middle East, and beyond. The airport is operated by Gatwick Airport Limited and has two terminals — the North Terminal and the South Terminal — connected by an automated shuttle service. It plays a critical role in the UK's aviation infrastructure and has been a focus of ongoing debates regarding runway expansion to increase capacity.

Terminals

Gatwick has two terminals — the North Terminal and the South Terminal — linked by a free automated inter-terminal transit shuttle.

Getting to & from

The Gatwick Express provides a non-stop rail service to London Victoria in approximately 30 minutes, with Thameslink and Southern services offering additional connections to London and beyond.

Airlines here

easyJet is the largest carrier at Gatwick, with British Airways, Norwegian, TUI Airways, and Virgin Atlantic also operating significant services.

Notable facts

›Gatwick is one of the world's busiest single-runway airports, managing over 900 aircraft movements per day at peak.
›The airport first opened as a civil aerodrome in 1936 and was substantially redeveloped in the late 1950s.
›A second runway has been approved in principle but faces ongoing legal, environmental, and financial challenges.
›The airport's two terminals are separated by the runway and connected by an automated people mover.
›Gatwick handled approximately 46 million passengers in 2019, its record year before the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Airlines serving this airport

Atlant-Soyuz Airlines

Belavia Belarusian Airlines

Norwegian Air Shuttle

Pacific Southwest Airlines

Ukraine International Airlines

United Feeder Service

Transaero Airlines

Air Europa

Virgin Atlantic Airways

Formosa Airlines

Vueling Airlines

Canadian Western Airlines

Routes

LGW → FNA3G · 319

LGW → CMN3O · 320

LGW → TNG3O · 320

LGW → LASAA · 777

LGW → MCOAA · 777

LGW → TPAAA · 777

LGW → SZGAB · 734

LGW → CTAAP · 320

LGW → PMOAP · 320

LGW → CMNAT · 738

LGW → RAKAT · 738

LGW → LASAY · 777

LGW → MCOAY · 777

LGW → TPAAY · 777

LGW → CTAAZ · 320

LGW → PMOAZ · 320

LGW → MSQB2 · 735 E75

LGW → ACEBA · 320

LGW → AGPBA · 319 734 320

LGW → ALCBA · 319 734

LGW → ALGBA · 734 319

LGW → AMSBA · 319 734

LGW → ANUBA · 777

LGW → BCNBA · 319 734 320

LGW → BDABA · 777

LGW → BGIBA · 777

LGW → BODBA · 734 319

LGW → BRIBA · 734

LGW → CTABA · 734 319

LGW → CUNBA · 777

LGW → DBVBA · 734 319

LGW → EDIBA · 734 319

LGW → FAOBA · 319 734 320

LGW → FCOBA · 734 320 319

LGW → GLABA · 734 319

LGW → GOABA · 320 319 734

LGW → JERBA · 734 319

LGW → KINBA · 777

LGW → LASBA · 777

LGW → LCABA · 320

LGW → MCOBA · 777

LGW → MLABA · 319 734

LGW → MLEBA · 777

LGW → MRUBA · 777

LGW → NAPBA · 320 734 319

LGW → NCEBA · 320 734 319

LGW → NQYBA · DH4

LGW → OLBBA · 737

LGW → PFOBA · 319

LGW → PSABA · 734 319

LGW → RAKBA · 734 319 320

LGW → SKGBA · 734

LGW → SZGBA · 734

LGW → TFSBA · 320

LGW → TIABA · 734

LGW → TPABA · 777

LGW → TRNBA · 319 320 734

LGW → UVFBA · 777

LGW → VCEBA · 734 319 320

LGW → VRNBA · 734 319 320

Aircraft operating here

Airbus A319118 routes Airbus A320110 routes 73H75 routes Boeing 737-40030 routes 75W30 routes Airbus A32127 routes Boeing 77724 routes Boeing 757-20016 routes Boeing 737-80010 routes Boeing 747-4009 routes Airbus A3307 routes Boeing 757-3006 routes

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Encyclopaedia

London Gatwick Airport is one of several international airports serving Greater London and southern England. It is located in Crawley, in West Sussex, 30 miles south of Central London, England. In 2024, Gatwick was the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after Heathrow, and was the tenth-busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic. It covers a total area of 674 hectares.

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