Gatwick officially opened as an airport in 1958. It had one runway and an additional taxi-way, that was expanded so it could be used as a back-up in case the main runway was out of action.

The airport wants to move its northern runway, which is currently only used for taxiing or as a back up, and make it operational by the end of the decade. The transport secretary's support does ...

The airport wants to move its northern run-off strip, which is only used for taxiing or as a back-up, by 12 metres to create ... The second runway would allow Gatwick to almost double its capacity ...

Footage of the incident from the airport’s webcam shows Southwest ... the controller told the Flexjet pilot to move further up the runway and come to a stop. “Your instructions were to hold ...

That would enable the West Sussex airport to use its emergency runway routinely, opening up space for 100,000 more ... financed project would see it move the emergency runway 12 metres north.

but airport webcam video shared on X, formerly Twitter, shows the pilots had to abruptly pull up its nose after spotting the second plane on the runway. The second plane, described as a business ...