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Gatwick Airport

London, United Kingdom

London Airport overview

Gatwick Airport (), also known as London Gatwick (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK), is a major international airport near Crawley in West Sussex, southeast England, 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London. It is the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the United Kingdom, after Heathrow Airport. Gatwick is the eighth-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 that is out of use. In 2018, 46.1 million passengers passed through the airport, a 1.1% increase compared with 2017. As of 2019, Gatwick is the second busiest airport in the world to operate only one runway (after Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport; until 2017, Gatwick was the busiest) with a passenger use of 46 million in 2018.

Shuttle Buses from Airport

Gatwick Express

Every day from 12:00am to 11:59pm circa every 15 minutes.

Gatwick Express will serve You transportation from Gatwick Airport to London Liverpool Street. Price for one way ticket is 15.00 GBP.

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National Express

Every day from 12:00am to 11:59pm circa every 30 minutes.

National Express will serve You transportation from Gatwick Airport to Baker Street, Victoria Station. Price for one way ticket is 12.00 GBP.

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Public transport to city center of London

The public transport station is right in front of airport terminal.

Day route:

Southern District Estimated duration 45 mins.

Southern 3 stops to Victoria Station ( 32 mins - 43.1 km )

District 2 stops to Westminster Station ( 3 mins - 1.6 km )

This route will take you to Palace of Westminster in London city center.

Night route:

National Express 88 Estimated duration 1 hour 25 mins.

National Express 9 stops to London Vauxhall ( 1 hour 8 mins - 37.9 km )

88 8 stops to Parliament Square (Stop A) ( 9 mins - 2.6 km )

This route will take you to Palace of Westminster in London city center.

Hotels in nearby areas

Sofitel London Gatwick

London

0.9 km from LGW

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Hampton by Hilton London Gatwick Airport

London

1.1 km from LGW

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Transfers from Gatwick Airport

We are sorry but We are not able to recommend any private LGW transfer service right now.

Airport ranking

45,561,694 passengers in 2017.
33.	bussiest airport in the World
8.	bussiest airport in Europe
2.	bussiest airport in United Kingdom

Airport details

Actual time	23:50
Actual date	2019/06/25

IATA code	LGW
Website	https://www.gatwickairport.com/

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