Gatwick has announced that a public consultation will start on September 09, 2021, on plans to bring its existing Northern Runway into routine use alongside its Main Runway. 

The proposed plans would allow the airport’s Northern Runway to be brought into routine use for departing aircraft, by repositioning its centerline further north by 12 meters. This would enable dual runway operations with the airport’s Main Runway whilst meeting all international safety standards. Other elements of the proposal include improved airport access and highway, as well as additional landscape/ecological planting, and environmental mitigation.

The plans would add resilience to Gatwick’s operations (reducing delays and congestion), bring new global connections, and increase passenger capacity to approximately 75 million passengers per year by 2038. The estimated investment value for the project is GBP500 million (US$687.21 million).