Publications
Modern airport: features of Gatwick, London's latest terminal: rational building layout: ground and air traffic control: ancillary services, published 4 June 1936 in Flight (article, pp.602-604) View Online
Illustrated technical account of the new airport
Gatwick: London's latest airport opened by Lord Swinton: "Martello Tower": invaded from the air road and railway, published 11 June 1936 in Flight (article, pp.616-619) View Online
Detailed illustrated account of opening ceremonies
Air Work: the organization behind the many activities of a large private enterprise, by Roy Pearl, published 8 January 1948 in Flight (article, pp.39-42) View Online
Illustrated account of aircraft repair and maintenance company based at Gatwick
Report of an Inquiry into the Proposed Development of Gatwick Airport, etc., by Ministry of Housing and Local Government, published 1954 (63 pp.)
London's airports and the geography of airport location, by K.R. Sealy, published November 1955 in Geography (vol. 40, no. 4, article, pp.255-264, Geographical Association) View Online
A Royal Occasion: a record of the Queen's visit in June 1958 to Gatwick Airport and Crawley New Town and of Longley's part in the development of those enterprises , published 1958 (24 pp., James Long & Company) accessible at: R.I.B.A. Library
The Development of Gatwick Airport (includes plates), by Snow, Frederick Sidney, and N. J. Payne, published c.1958 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 14, no. 1, article, pp.43-66) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17904]
Gatwick: London's new airport nears completion, published 4 April 1958 in Flight (article, pp.442-443) View Online
Illustrated technical account of the rebuilt airport's facilities
Gatwick: inauguration of a two-airport system to serve London, published 6 June 1958 in Flight (article, pp.770-774) View Online
Illustrated technical account of the rebuilt airport's facilities, including a plan of the layout
Structure of aircraft service depot at Gatwick for Transair Ltd., by Wilfred John Marshall Haines and Alan James Harris, published 1959 in Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol. 12, no. 2, article, pp.187-196)
Gatwick Manor, published 1963 (pamphlet, Gatwick Manor Innews) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8615]
Report on the accident to Piper PA 30, G-ASWW at Gatwick Airport on 3rd November 1968, published 1970 (13 pp., London: H.M.S.O.)
The timing of investments in airport capacity: the case of London, by P.J. Forsyth, published January 1972 in Journal of Transport Economics and Policy (vol. 6, no. 1, article, pp.51-68)
Gatwick Airport, London: Master Plan Report, published 1974 (pamphlet, British Airports Authority) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 5979]
Lowfield Heath Scrapbook, by Jean M. Shelley and Jean Brown, published 1974 (published by the authors) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
1975 survey on airport workers, Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted: Summary of results, published 1976 (22 leaves, British Airports Authority, ISBN-10: 0903460076 & ISBN-13: 9780903460071)
Growing Gatwick, by Vincent J. Bunce, published 1976 (46 pp., Longman, ISBN-10: 0582075580 & ISBN-13: 9780582075580) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
The Jordans of Gatwick in Charlwood - An outline History, 1287-1750, by Michael J. Burchall, published March 1976 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 4, article, pp.112-121) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Handley page herald series 201 G-APWF : Report on the accident at London (Gatwick) airport, runway 26 on 20 July 1975, published 1977 (London: H.M.S.O.)
Jordan of Gatwick - a footnote, published March 1977 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 2 no. 8, article, p.271) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 7966] & The Keep [LIB/501254] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Excavations 1977: Gatwick Field Survey, by J. Gibson-Hill, published August 1977 in Sussex Archæological Society Newsletter (no. 22, article, p.120, ISSN: 0307-2568) accessible at: S.A.S. library Download PDF
Airport related employment in the Gatwick area, by Officers of Crawley Borough Council, Surrey County Council and West Sussex County Council, published 1979 (41 pp., Crawley District Council)
Golden Gatwick: Fifty Years of Aviation, by John King, published 1980 (pamphlet, Royal Aeronautical Society) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 14770][Lib 8886] & West Sussex Libraries
Faded Rainbow: Our Married Years, by Daisy Noakes, published 1 August 1980 (56 pp., Brighton: QueenSpark Books, ISBN-10: 0904733076 & ISBN-13: 9780904733075) accessible at: The Keep [LIB/504089] & The Keep archive of QueenSpark Books & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries
Abstract:This autobiography gives a poignant insight into the life and expectations of a working class Brighton girl, who from the age of fourteen, was in service from 1910 to 1934. It describes her life as a young wife and mother, and the isolation she felt living in the countryside surrounding Gatwick Airfield. Daisy examines the early years of her marriage in 1934 to George Noakes, when she comments that there was 'no honeymoon period for us', as her employers would not allow such a luxury and it was like getting 'blood out of a stone' even to get a day off to get married. In her twilight years Daisy bravely recalls how she coped with her husband's terminal illness, when she was left alone to keep her family going.
Runway capacity and aircraft delays at Gatwick Airport, by I. M. Reay, published 1981 (Civil Aviation Authority)
Second Terminal, Gatwick and Other Works: Public Inquiry Report, by Department of the Environment, published 1 November 1981 (iii + 178 pp., Stationery Office Books, ISBN-10: 011751540X & ISBN-13: 9780117515406) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Gatwick's Beehive: a forgotten development, by John King, published 1982 in Journal, Thirties Society (No. 2, article, pp.25-28)
Gatwick airport and the labour market : report to the British Airports Authority and Department of Industry, by Institute of Manpower Studies, published 1983 (vi + 202 pp., University of Brighton)
Air traffic control at Gatwick airport, published 1984 (Civil Aviation Authority)
Lowfield Heath Remembered, by Jean Shelley, published 1 September 1984 (48 pp., published by the author, ISBN-10: 0950994111 & ISBN-13: 9780950994116) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Gatwick Airport, London: International Handbook, published 1985 (booklet, Gatwick Airport) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9481]
Sussex Industrial History: Journal of the Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society: Gatwick. The Evolution of an Airport, by John King, published 1986 (issue no. 16, 68 pp., Sussex Industrial History, ISBN-10: 0951203606 & ISBN-13: 9780951203606ISSN: 0263-5151) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 9930] & The Keep [LIB/506526] & R.I.B.A. Library & West Sussex Libraries & East Sussex Libraries Download PDF
Foreward by Air Marshall Sir Frederick Sowrey, K.C.B., C.B.E., A.F.C:This is a story of determination and endeavour in the face of many difficulties - the site, finance and "the authorities" - which had to be overcome in the significant achievement of the world's first circular airport terminal building. A concept which seems commonplace now was very revolutionary fifty years ago, and it was the foresight of those who achieved so much which springs from the pages of John King's fascinating narrative.
Although a building is the central character, the story rightly involves people because it was they who had to agonise over the decisions which were necessary to achieve anything. They had the vision, but they had to convince others: they had to raise the cash, to generate the publicity, to supervise the work - often in the face of opposition to Gatwick as a commercial airfield.
My own introduction to the Beehive came six years after it was opened when the squadrons at the grass airfield that was war-time Gatwick used the building as a Headquarters. As well as the administrative centre. it also housed the Link instrument flying trainers on which we practised our developing skills. Some of those whose achievements are the thread of this story were still living locally and were hospitality itself to the Royal Air Force pilots using their brainchild.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about a remarkable building is that it is still around. No one has demolished it, yet it is not now used as a terminal. Although it never achieved the success hoped for, successive owners have recognised its worth. All credit to Gatwick Airport Limited, (formerly the British Airports Authority) for marking the 50th Anniversary by publishing a work of historical significance which will materially help to achieve the preservation of the building it portrays.
Although a building is the central character, the story rightly involves people because it was they who had to agonise over the decisions which were necessary to achieve anything. They had the vision, but they had to convince others: they had to raise the cash, to generate the publicity, to supervise the work - often in the face of opposition to Gatwick as a commercial airfield.
My own introduction to the Beehive came six years after it was opened when the squadrons at the grass airfield that was war-time Gatwick used the building as a Headquarters. As well as the administrative centre. it also housed the Link instrument flying trainers on which we practised our developing skills. Some of those whose achievements are the thread of this story were still living locally and were hospitality itself to the Royal Air Force pilots using their brainchild.
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about a remarkable building is that it is still around. No one has demolished it, yet it is not now used as a terminal. Although it never achieved the success hoped for, successive owners have recognised its worth. All credit to Gatwick Airport Limited, (formerly the British Airports Authority) for marking the 50th Anniversary by publishing a work of historical significance which will materially help to achieve the preservation of the building it portrays.
River Mole relief at Gatwick airport, by D. Heath and A. Smith, published 1986 in Tunnels and Tunnelling (vol. 18, no. 5, article, pp.51-52)
Pressure grows for second Gatwick runway, by T. Byrd and L. Russell, published 1988 in New Civil Engineer (article, pp.4-5)
Report of the Committee on Runway Utilization at Heathrow and Gatwick, published 1 March 1988 (21 pp., Civil Aviation Authority, ISBN-10: 0860393372 & ISBN-13: 9780860393375)
Gatwick Airport, by Gordon Bain, published 3 June 1994 (120 pp., The Crowood Press, ISBN-10: 185310468X & ISBN-13: 9781853104688) accessible at: East Sussex Libraries
Report on the Incident to Boeing 737-2y5a, 95-Aba at London Gatwick Airport on 20 October 1993, by Air Accidents Investigation Branch, published 16 July 1994 (3 pp., Stationery Office Books, ISBN-10: 0115512888 & ISBN-13: 9780115512889) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Report on the Incident to Airbus A320-212, G-Kmam London Gatwick Airport on 26 August 1993, by Air Accidents Investigation Branch, published 27 February 1995 (21 pp., Stationery Office Books, ISBN-10: 0115516816 & ISBN-13: 9780115516818) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Air Traveller's Guide to London Gatwick International Airport, by Phil Coulson, published 1 October 1997 (128 pp., Moray Books, ISBN-10: 1901193012 & ISBN-13: 9781901193015)
Passengers at Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester airports in 1997, published 1998 (xii + 97 pp., London: Civil Aviation Authority)
Passengers at Gatwick, Heathrow and Manchester airports in 1998, published 1999 (xii + 98 pp., London: Civil Aviation Authority, ISBN-10: 0860397793 & ISBN-13: 9780860397793)
From the Flightdeck: Boeing 777 London Gatwick-Atlanta, by Bruce Campion-Smith, published 25 February 1999 (96 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711025657 & ISBN-13: 9780711025653)
Gatwick Airport, by Geoff Jones, published 29 July 2000 (96 pp., Ian Allen Publishing, ISBN-10: 0711027528 & ISBN-13: 9780711027527)
Abstract:An in-depth look at how one of the world's busiest modern airports functions
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2000, by D. J. Monkman and others, published 2001 (ERCD report: 0402, 16 pp., London: Department of Transport) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
West Sussex aquires Crawley New Town and Gatwick Airport, by Neville Oswald, published Spring 2001 in West Sussex History, the Journal of West Sussex Archives Society (no. 67, article, p.17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 16404/67] & The Keep [LIB/500491]
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2003, by D. J. Monkman and others, published 2003 (ERCD report: 0402, 16 pp., London: Department of Transport)
Report on the unannounced inspections of four short-term non-residential holding facilities : GatwickAirport, North Terminal Gatwick Airport, South Terminal London City Airport Dover Asylum Screening Centre : November 2004 - January 2005, by H.M. Chief Inspector of Prisons, published 2005 (48 pp., London: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons)
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2004, by D. J. Monkman and others, published 2005 (ERCD report: 0502, 16 pp., London: Department of Transport)
Excavation of a Late Bronze Age enclosure site at Gatwick Airport, 2001, by Nicholas A. Wells, published 2005 in Sussex Archæological Collections (vol. 143, article, pp.47-69) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15610] & The Keep [LIB/500361] & S.A.S. library View Online
Abstract:In the summer of 2001, Framework Archaeology was commissioned to undertake a programme of archaeological investigations in advance of car park development in the North-West Zone of Gatwick Airport. The investigations culminated in the excavation of a partially enclosed Late Bronze Age settlement lying on the edge of the River Mole floodplain. Pollen, plant and insect remains indicated that the settlement occupied an area of previously cleared forest and woodland. An open landscape of grassland floodplain with scattered clumps of trees provided browsing and grazing for domestic animals. We can suggest that tillage occurred on the higher ground beyond the floodplain. The settlement developed and the landscape was cleared for pasture. The floodplain became drier, possibly because of modification and management of the watercourses and the increasing intensity in land-use. The excavation has demonstrated the archaeological and palaeo-environmental potential of the Mole Valley as it cuts through the Weald.
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2005, by D. J. Monkman and others, published December 2006 (ERCD report: 0602, iv + 16 leaves, London: Civil Aviation Authority)
Report on the unannounced follow-up inspections of three non-residential short-term holding facilities : Gatwick North, Gatwick South, Dover Asylum Screening Centre : July - August 2006, by H.M. Chief Inspector of Prisons, published c.2007 (38 pp., London: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons, ISBN-13: 9781847261762)
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2006, by D. J. Monkman and others, published June 2007 (ERCD report: 0702, iv + 16 leaves, London: Civil Aviation Authority)
London Gatwick Airport: strategic noise maps 2006, by D. J. Monkman and others, published 18 December 2007 (ERCD report: 0707, vi + 27 pp., London: Stationery Office Books, ISBN-10: 0117909718 & ISBN-13: 9780117909717)
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2007, by D. J. Monkman and others, published July 2008 (ERCD report: 0802, iv + 16 leaves, London: Civil Aviation Authority)
Noise exposure contours for Gatwick Airport 2008, by J. Lee and others, published September 2009 (ERCD report: 0902, viii + 29 pp., London: Civil Aviation Authority)
Gatwick: from a flying club - to a major hub, by Graham M. Simons, published 1 March 2010 (spiral-bound, 94 pp., GMS Enterprises, ISBN-10: 1904514588 & ISBN-13: 9781904514589)
Noise Monitor Positions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports, by Sam White and others, published 30 April 2010 (ERCD report: 1004 , vi + 13 pp., Stationery Office Books , ISBN-10: 0117923915 & ISBN-13: 9780117923911)
Tangled wings: Gatwick seen through green-tinted glasses, by Brendon Sewill, published 1 October 2012 (115 pp., London: The Aviation Environment Federation, ISBN-10: 1900211017 & ISBN-13: 9781900211017) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Expanding airport capacity: competition and connectivity: the case of Gatwick and Heathrow, by Guillaume Burghouwt and others, published 2014 (92 pp., Paris: International Transport Forum)
Report on the accident to Airbus A330-343, G-VSXY, London Gatwick Airport 16 April 2012, by Robert D. G. Carter, published 12 February 2014 (ix + 72 pp., Aldershot, Hampshire: Air Accidents Investigation Branch)
Gatwick Airport: the first 50 years, by Charles Woodley, published 1 December 2014 (160 pp., History Press, ISBN-10: 0752488074 & ISBN-13: 9780752488073) accessible at: West Sussex Libraries
Abstract:The Gatwick story really began when two young men purchased a plot of land near Gatwick Racecourse to develop as a flying field. From these humble beginnings in the 1930s, it has become Britain's second airport, with 34 million passengers a year passing through the terminals - and this despite it having only a single runway! This lavishly illustrated volume traces its extraordinary early history, including its varied and valuable wartime service under the auspices of the Raf, its subsequent redevelopment in the 1950s and its emergence in the 1960s and beyond - after considerable struggles - as the bustling, modern airport familiar to so many travellers today. It is an unashamedly nostalgic look at this historic airport, its hardworking staff and the iconic planes that have passed through it.
Expanding Airport Capacity: Competition, Connectivity and Welfare : Discussion of options for Gatwick and Heathrow, by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and ITF, published 2015 (International Transport Forum Policy Papers, no.12, Paris: OECD Publishing)