Gatwick Airport (GAL) operates the busiest single runway in the world and is the second largest airport in the UK.
However the existing aircraft stands along Pier 5 at the North Terminal cannot accept larger aircraft such as the Airbus 320 adjacent to one another. Pier 5 had to be re-configured in order that the larger planes could be accommodated, including the huge Airbus A380 (the world’s largest commercial passenger aircraft).