Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport(IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is 2.7 nautical miles (5.0 km; 3.1 mi) north of the centre of Crawley,West Sussex, and 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London. Also known as London Gatwick, it is London's second-largest international airport and the second-busiest (by total passenger traffic) in the United Kingdom (after Heathrow). Gatwick is Europe's leading airport for point-to-point flights and has the world's busiest single-use runway, with a maximum of 55 aircraft movements per hour. Its two terminals (North and South) cover an area of 98,000 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft) and 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft), respectively. In 2015, 40.3 million passengers passed through the airport, a 5.6 per cent increase compared with 2014.

From 1978 to 2008, many flights to and from the United States used Gatwick because of restrictions on the use of Heathrow implemented in the Bermuda II agreement between the UK and the US.US Airways, Gatwick's last remaining US carrier, ended service from Gatwick on 30 March 2013. This leaves Gatwick without a scheduled US airline for the first time in over 35 years. The airport is a base for scheduled airlines British Airways (BA), EasyJet, Monarch Airlines, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Virgin Atlantic and charter operators such as Thomas Cook Airlines and Thomson Airways. Gatwick is unique amongst London's airports in its representation of the three main airline business models: full service, low-/no frills and charter. As of April 2015, these respectively accounted for 30 percent, 64 percent and 6 percent of Gatwick's seat capacity.

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Cargo into Gatwick Airport may double with expansion

BBC News 13 Feb 2025
Gatwick Airport is awaiting a final decision on plans to bring its northern runway into regular use. .

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Major engineering work close to the main control tower at the UK's London Gatwick Airport caused no disruption to flights, thanks to a pair of Grove GMK5150XL mobile cranes owned by Southern Cranes & Access.

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The Daily Mail 13 Feb 2025
The migrant said she was worried about being arrested at the airport and 'disappeared' if she returned to her country, The Telegraph reported ... File photo ... Pictured. The Border Force checking passports at Gatwick Airport in London ... She ruled ... .

Man arrested over export of cocaine

Ghana Business News 12 Feb 2025
... Ethline Shamin Hall who were travelling together were going through departure formalities at the Kotoka International Airport to board British Airways Flight BAO78 to Gatwick, in the United Kingdom.

Heathrow will submit proposals for third runway 'by the summer' | This is Money

The Daily Mail 11 Feb 2025
The Chancellor also backed expansions at Luton and Gatwick airports, as well as a 'growth corridor' between Oxford and Cambridge, which she suggested could be 'Europe's Silicon Valley'.

‘Extreme weather’ delays work on M25’s worst junction by a year

The Times/The Sunday Times 10 Feb 2025
A major project to overhaul the most dangerous and congested junction on the M25 has been delayed by almost a year because of extreme weather ... People travelling to, from or between Gatwick and Heathrow airports will be affected by the March closures ... .

Major M25 project causing severe congestion is delayed by ‘extreme weather’

AOL 10 Feb 2025
National Highways senior project manager Jonathan Wade said ... Among the people affected will be many of those travelling to, from and between the UK’s two busiest airports, Heathrow and Gatwick ... Mr Wade said ... .

EasyJet pilot collapses at controls forcing emergency landing on UK-bound flight

AOL 09 Feb 2025
It comes after a jet was forced to make an emergency landing at Gatwick Airport when two swans smashed into its windscreen just seconds after take-off ... Pilots issued a distress call and immediately returned to the airport.

Clearing the runway: Can we make every Indian fly?

Deccan Herald 09 Feb 2025
While Heathrow Airport is a mega hub and Gatwick a smaller one, the other airports, like Luton, cater to low-cost airlines like Ryan Air, which carried 198 million passengers last year, which is equal ...

Iceland’s unlikely challenge to British Airways’ transatlantic dominance

The Daily Telegraph 09 Feb 2025
He said. “We’re going to be competing with the big guys, but we have an advantage that’s always going to be there ... In the UK, Icelandair serves Heathrow, Gatwick, Manchester and Glasgow airports ... AP Photo/Jon Gustafsson ... He said ... a prospect ... Show comments.

Swans 'hit jet at 185mph' cracking windscreen and sparking emergency landing at Gatwick Airport

London Evening Standard 07 Feb 2025
A TUI flight was forced into emergency measures at Gatwick Airport after two giant swans struck the aircraft, according to reports ... .

Plane forced into emergency landing after swans smash into the windscreen at 185mph after it ...

The Daily Mail 07 Feb 2025
A plane had to make an emergency landing after two swans smashed into the jet while it took off from Gatwick Airport ... A source told the Sun ... Pictured. Stock image ... Tui and Gatwick Airport have been approached by MailOnline for comment. TuiGatwick Airport.

Boeing plane forced to make emergency landing after hitting two swans

The Daily Telegraph 07 Feb 2025
A Boeing 737 was forced to make an emergency landing at London Gatwick Airport after crashing into two swans ... LaGuardia Airport ... Gatwick airport, Birds, Cape Verde, TUI, Boeing, Transport and industry.
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