London Gatwick Airport is an international airport in West Sussex, south of London, and the second-busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow. It began as a small airfield in the 1930s and was developed after the war, and the airport was officially reopened in a modernised form by Queen Elizabeth II in the late 1950s, with a new terminal built over the railway line. It is known for having a railway station directly connected to its terminals, giving fast links to central London. Its single main runway handles more traffic than any other single-runway airport in the world. It serves as a base for many low-cost and charter carriers.
Before and after
- from 1958 to 1963Project Mercury
- 1958Great Leap Forward
- 1958Founding of Kitt Peak National Observatory
- 1958Integrated circuit
- 1958Construction of London Gatwick Airport
- 1 January 1958Founding of European Commission
- 1958Publication of Exodus
- 1958Founding of Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
- 1958Child mortality falls below 20% worldwide
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