22 AUGUST 2011

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Gatwick runway to be re-surfaced

The northern, emergency, runway at Gatwick Airport is to be resurfaced, with work already started and not expected to be completed until the end of the year.

Known as 08L/26R it is 2565m long as against 08R/26L 3316m. Both runways cannot be used at the same time due to their nearness and the emergency strip is too short for (heavy) wide-bodied aircraft operations but in fact is longer than most UK regional airports.  The work, and normal remedial servicing on the main runway, should not affect scheduled operations.

The project will involve resurfacing an area of 400,000m2 – the equivalent of 100 football pitches – with approximately 65,000 tonnes of asphalt.  Around 1,900 runway and taxiway lights, fed by 530km of electrical cabling, will also be replaced.

Gatwick is easily the world’s busiest single runway airport, often recording over 50 movements per hour.  It has aircraft access at both ends.  London City, also with one runway, has access at one end (and a three-aircraft holding area at its easterly point) but here the much smaller aircraft are actually in the operational area for a lot less time. www.gatwickairport.com

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