London Gatwick Airport (LGW)

General Information London Gatwick Airport

Country: United Kingdom (UK)
ISO code country: GB
City: London
Airport name: London Gatwick Airport
Code IATA: LGW
Code ICAO: EGKK
Time zone: 0 GMT
Altitude: 62 meters
Length of runway: 3316 meters

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Gatwick Airport Contacts: adress, zip code, phone

Tel: +44 344 892 0322
Adress: Horley, Gatwick RH6 0NP, United Kingdom
Web: gatwickairport.com

Gatwick Airport (LGW) on Map — Location

General Info about Gatwick Airport

Gatwick Airport, also known as London Gatwick, is a major international airport near Crawley, West Sussex, England, 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London. It is the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after Heathrow Airport. Gatwick is the tenth-busiest airport in Europe. It covers a total area of 674 hectares (1,670 acres).

Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s; it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933. The airport has two terminals, the North Terminal and the South Terminal, which cover areas of 98,000 m2 (117,000 sq yd) and 160,000 m2 (190,000 sq yd) respectively. It operates as a single-runway airport, using a main runway with a length of 3,316 m (10,879 ft). A secondary runway is available but, due to its proximity to the main runway, can only be used if the main runway is not in use.