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Airport Code: LGW

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Gatwick Airport Parking in one of our secure off airport car parks. As well as offering parking throughout the UK, MF Airport Parking specialise in Gatwick Parking. Based locally, only two miles from Manchester Airport rest assured that all of our car parks are of the highest standard and offer unbelievable value for money. Pre booking your Parking is always the best option. It can save you in the region of 60% on drive up gate prices.  We have various parking options available all of which have their benefits to different individuals. 

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Gatwick Airport Information

Airport Code: LGW
Terminals: 2
Contact: + 44 844 335 1802

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Airport Overview

Located within a short distance of London, Gatwick Airport is the UK rsquo;s second busiest airport by passenger traffic and also the world’s busiest single runway airport, handl ing 30,433,810 passengers in 2008. As charter airlines tend not to operate from Heathrow, they often use Gatwick instead, as a result of this and a significant presence of airlines who offer full service and no frills service: Gatwick handles a diverse array of air transport operators with 90 airlines serving more than 200 destinations.

In December 2009 ownership of the airport shifted from BAA to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) who have pledged to invest just short of £1 billion on developing the airport in the near future.

The airport consists of two terminals, the North Terminal which was opened in 1988 and measures 75,000 square metres and the South Terminal opened in 1958, measuring 120,000 square metres. The terminals are linked by a 0.75 mile automated rail system, initially built in 1983 to link the circular satellite pier to the main terminal then extended to coincide with the opening of the North Terminal.

Retail Outlets

Both Terminals at Gatwick cater to all your shopping needs before and after security. Prior to check-in you’ll find branches of Accessorize, Marks & Spencer Simply Food, Boots, Monsoon, Sunglass Hut, WH Smith and Tie Rack in both terminals. Antler, La Senza and Body Shop also feature before security in the North Terminal and Bags Etc. are to be found in the South Terminal.

Once you’ve passed through security, the shopping options are even greater:

The North Terminal features: Caviar House & Prunier, Dixons Travel, Fat Face, Glorious Britain, Goldsmiths, HMV, Hamleys, Harrods, Hugo Boss, JD Sports, Lacoste, Mango, Next, Nike, Ray-Ban, Swatch, Ted Baker, The Shoe Studio, World Duty Free and World of Whiskies.

The South Terminal features: All Saints, Animal, Caviar House & Prunier, Clarins Studio, Dixons Travel, Fat Face, Goldsmiths, HMV, Harrods, Hugo Boss, JD Sports, Next, Superdry, Ted Baker, World Duty Free and World of Whiskies.

Eating and Drinking

Whether you’re after a caviar and smoked salmon blini washed down with champagne courtesy of Caviar House & Prunier, a rack of BBQ ribs from Garfunkel’s or a classic, thick milkshake from Shake-a-Hula: Gatwick Airport has it all. Alongside the eat-in dining options of Fran kie & Benny’s, Café Rouge and the Red Lion child-friendly pub, the airport also offers fast food options from Burger King, EAT, McDonald’s and the Apostrophe ‘sandwich boutique’.

Stiff drinks come courtesy of The Flying Horse and Bridge Bar and Eating House for South Terminal departures and Lloyds No.1 and the Red Lion for those departing from the North Terminal- all of which boast a warm, friendly, pub atmosphere to put you at ease before boarding.

Transport Links

Officials at Gatwick have stated that they’re aiming for 40% of passengers to use public transport to access the airport by approximately 2015 (at which point the airport is expected to handle 40 million passengers a year). 

At present the Gatwick Airport railway station runs services to stations all over the South East of the country, including the regular and popular Gatwick Express to Victoria Station in Central London. This rail system is supplemented by National Express Coaches, Oxford Bus Company, EasyBus and local bus services.

Given Gatwick’s variety of destinations there are extensive rail and bus links to the other London airports to cater for transfers.

Airport History

The first aeronautical presence on the current Gatwick site developed in the late 1920s in the form a small aerodrome adjacent to the Hunts Green Farm racecourse. In 1930 the site was licensed and the Surrey Aero Club was formed there. Following a few changes in land owner commercial flights to mainland Europe commenced in 1936. During World War II the airport was used by the RAF as a repair and maintenance facility.

Due to Gatwick’s issues with fog and flood risk, in the late 1940s Stansted was considered to be London’s second airport and the future of Gatwick looked in jeopardy until the government intervened and implemented a development plan in the 1950s.

By the late 1950s the airport had gained the status of the world’s first to incorporate a direct rail link. From this initial breakthrough, Gatwick continued to grow and improve to such an extent that in the year ending April 1987 it was the world’s second busiest international airport, behind Heathrow. Although no longer as high up the table of busiest airports it continues to be the second busiest in the UK and if proposed plans for a second runway and terminal expansion go ahead, could theoretically handle more passengers than Heathrow in the future.