Gatwick Aiport Facts and
Figures
1) Gatwick is the 6th busiest airport
in the world and has the busiest single runway.
2) Behind Heathrow and in front of Manchester, Gatwick is
the second largest airport in the UK. However, Gatwick only
has one runway and Manchester with 2 potentially has room
more growth.
3) Over 90 airlines fly out of Gatwick to nearly 200 destinations.
4) On a busy day Gatwick is able to service 800 movements.
5) There are over 28,000 people working directly for Gatwick.
6) Gatwick is 28 miles south of London of London and is connected
to the M23, which leads onto the notorious or indeed infamous
M25.
7) 87% of its passengers live in the southeast. The development
of Regional airports has seen passenger levels from more distant
parts of the country actually start to decrease.
8) The airport covers an incredible 1687 acres and is the
size of a medium town.
9) The runway measures 3316 metres and is 45 metres wide.
10) There are 27000 car parking spaces at Gatwick. Given on
its busiest day last year 16Th August 2003 134527 passengers
passed through the airport there are insufficient spaces to
meet the demand. Whilst the off airport car parks can provide
another 15,000 spaces this is still not enough and a major
concern for continued growth.
These are the most popular routes.
Malaga
Palma
Alicante
Faro
Edinburgh
Tenerife
Orlando
Amsterdam
Dublin
Corfu
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