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During the Second World War, the airport was taken over by the military and was known as RAF Gatwick. Scheduled air services from the new terminal began the following year. The Air Ministry approved commercial flights from the site in 1933, and the first terminal, ' The Beehive', was built in 1935. The land on which Gatwick Airport stands was first developed as an aerodrome in the late 1920s. Gatwick is the secondary UK hub for British Airways and the largest hub for low-cost carrier easyJet.įor a chronological guide, see Timeline of Gatwick Airport.

In 2018, 46.1 million passengers passed through the airport, a 1.1% increase compared with 2017. 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. It operates as a single-runway airport, using a main runway with a length of 3,316 metres (10,879 ft). Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933. It covers a total area of 674 hectares (1,670 acres). In 2022, Gatwick was the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after Heathrow Airport, and was the 8th-busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic. It is located near Crawley, West Sussex, England, 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London. London Gatwick ( / ˈ ɡ æ t w ɪ k/), also known as Gatwick Airport ( IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK), is the secondary international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom.

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