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How much did London Gatwick Airport cost to build?

London Gatwick Airport, which opened in its present form on 30 May 1958, is the airport south of London whose largest building project of the 1980s was the GBP 200 million North Terminal, work on which began in the 1980s and which the Queen opened in 1988, as recorded by GATCOM, the airport's consultative group, and the Wikipedia article. Later works include the GBP 110 million Pier 6 started in June 2003 within a GBP 850 million BAA investment programme and a GBP 44 million inter-terminal shuttle completed in July 2010.

Reported project cost

£200 million

Approximately $355.76 million

Cost basis: 1988

Gatwick Airport, south of London, is Britains' second busiest airport, after Heathrow. Until 2017 it was also the busiest single-runway airport in the world. You may notice in my picture a second runway/taxiway. It can, under certain circumstances, be used as a runway but it's too close to the main runway to be permitted to be used at the same time. In recent years the operators of the airport have been trying to get permission to expand the airport, with an additional runway, etc. However, in 2
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Reported project cost1988
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1988

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