Encyclopedia / 1958 to 1963 The jet bet / Airports

London Gatwick

London, GB.

Code

LGW

Position

51.154, -0.182

Runway

2,000 m paved

Capacity

About 1,200 movements a week, 14 stands, terminal generation 2

Weather

Worst month loses about 1.9% of flights

Opens

1958

Confidence

estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.

Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.

Evidence

Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.