Entire contents of airport for sale The auction will be held by Peaker Pattinson Ltd, and includes four fire tenders, runway vehicles, generators, boilers, ticket machines, baggage trolleys, office furniture, a smoking shelter, a two-storey office block and metal detectors. Ian Clare, project manager at the auction house, said the firm is expecting a huge amount of interest from a range of potential buyers, including businesses and other airports. "There will be quite a bit of people interested in this," he said. A combination of people, different businesses, a wide range would be interested. It's not unusual, we sell quite a bit of runway equipment, we do quite a lot for Gatwick. But this is the first time we have done an airport. But the auction has attracted criticism from local aviation group Viable, which is campaigning to re-open the airport. Chairman Raoul Witherall said: "We want them to put a stop on this auction. We will need this kit to reopen and it seem to us to be a wrecking tactic given that we have yet to sit down with the new administration and explore options. The airport was closed in December due to a lack of business.