GATWICK Airport is set to get a second runway by the end of the decade.
Plans for the new runway have received a huge boost today, after campaigner against the plans lost their bid to challenge it.
The airport expansion was approved back in September and is set to cost £2.2billion.
It will involve moving the airport’s emergency runway 12 metres north and as a result, the airport will be able to host an extra 100,000 flights a year.
The new runway is set to have planes taking off by the end of the decade.
In a ruling on Tuesday, Lord Justice Holgate and Lord Justice Dove dismissed campaigners’ bids against the new runway.
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They said: “We conclude that each of the grounds of appeal raised by each appellant is unarguable.
“Neither appeal has a real prospect of success. We also consider that there are no other compelling reasons for either appeal to be heard.”
Gatwick Airport is the second busiest airport in the UK and has one of the busiest runways in the world.
The runway will be used mainly for more narrow-bodied planes, such as Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s.
Campaigners argued that the Government has not properly assessed the climate impact of an additional runway.
They also commented that there is no need for an expansion at Gatwick Airport, considering Heathrow is not too far away.