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Old 31st March 2006 | 11:54
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classicwings
 
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At airfields, such as Gatwick, an ATCO might speak to maybe 60-70 a/c in one hour.

At airports, such as Heathrow, an ATCO might speak to 120+ a/c an hour.

So dividing those numbers by the number of runways in use (and bearing in mind one controller per runway); You are admitting that Gatwick is at the very least, as busy as Heathrow

Certainly confirms the fact that Gatwick is the busiest single operation runway in the world.
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