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Gatwick Airport

April 12, 2024

"Gatwick" redirects here. For the neighbourhood in Surrey, see Gatwick, Surrey.

London Gatwick (/ˈɡætwɪk/),[3] also known as Gatwick Airport[2] (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK), is the secondary international airport serving London, England, United Kingdom. It is located near Crawley, West Sussex, England 29.5 miles (47.5 km) south of Central London.[2][4] In 2022, Gatwick was the second-busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK, after Heathrow Airport, and was the 8th-busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic.[5] It covers a total area of 674 hectares (1,670 acres).[6]

London Gatwick Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorGatwick Airport Limited
ServesGreater London Urban Area
LocationCrawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Opened30 May 1958; 65 years ago (1958-05-30)
Hub forBritish Airways
Operating base for
Elevation AMSL203 ft / 62 m
Coordinates51°08′53″N 0°11′25″W / 51.14806°N 0.19028°W / 51.14806; -0.19028
Websitewww.gatwickairport.com
Map
EGKK
Location in West Sussex
EGKK
Location in England
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
08L/26R[nb 1] 2,565 8,415 Grooved asphalt
08R/26L 3,316 10,879 Grooved asphalt
Statistics (2022)
Total Passengers32,835,381
Air transport movements217,495
Gates115 (in terminal)
Sources: UK AIP at NATS.[1][2] Statistics from CAA.

Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s; it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933. The airport has two terminals, the North Terminal and the South Terminal, which cover areas of 98,000 m2 (1,050,000 sq ft; 117,000 sq yd) and 160,000 m2 (1,700,000 sq ft; 190,000 sq yd) respectively.[7] It operates as a single-runway airport, using a main runway with a length of 3,316 metres (10,879 ft). A secondary runway is available but, due to its proximity to the main runway, can only be used if the main runway is not in use. In 2018, 46.1 million passengers passed through the airport, a 1.1% increase compared with 2017.[8]

Gatwick is the secondary UK hub for British Airways and the largest hub for low-cost carrier easyJet.

History edit

For a chronological guide, see Timeline of Gatwick Airport.

Early years edit

 
A Douglas DC-6 infront of the then new terminal at Gatwick Airport in 1964
 
A BAC 1-11 with the main terminal building at Gatwick Airport in 1973

The land on which Gatwick Airport stands was first developed as an aerodrome in the late 1920s. The Air Ministry approved commercial flights from the site in 1933, and the first terminal, "The Beehive", was built in 1935. Scheduled air services from the new terminal began the following year. During the Second World War, the airport was taken over by the military and was known as RAF Gatwick. After the war, the airport returned to its civilian capacity. Major development work at the airport took place during the 1950s. The airport buildings were designed by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall between 1955 and 1988.[9]

In the 1960s, British United Airways (BUA) and Dan-Air were two of the largest British independent[nb 2] airlines at Gatwick, with the former establishing itself as the dominant scheduled operator at the airport as well as providing a significant number of the airport's non-scheduled services and the latter becoming its leading provider of inclusive tour charter services.[10] Further rapid growth of charter flights at Gatwick was encouraged by the Ministry of Aviation, which instructed airlines to move regular charter flights from Heathrow. Following the takeover of BUA by Caledonian Airways at the beginning of the following decade, the resulting airline, British Caledonian (BCal), became Gatwick's dominant scheduled airline during the 1970s. While continuing to dominate scheduled operations at Gatwick for most of the 1980s, BCal was also one of the airport's major charter airlines until the end of the 1970s (together with Dan-Air, Laker Airways and British Airtours).[11] As a result of conditions imposed by Britain's Monopolies and Mergers Commission on the takeover of BCal by the then newly privatised British Airways (BA) at the end of the 1980s, Dan-Air and Air Europe assumed BCal's former role as Gatwick's dominant scheduled short-haul operator while BA continued in BCal's erstwhile role as the airport's most important scheduled long-haul operator. Following the demise of Air Europe and Dan-Air (both of which had continued to provide a significant number of charter flights in addition to a growing number of scheduled short-haul flights at Gatwick) in the early 1990s, BA began building up Gatwick into a secondary hub (complementing its main hub at Heathrow). These moves resulted in BA becoming Gatwick's dominant airline by the turn of the millennium.[12][13] BA's subsequent decision to de-hub Gatwick provided the space for EasyJet to establish its biggest base at the airport and become its dominant airline.[14]

Development since the 2000s edit

From 1978 to 2008, many flights to and from the United States used Gatwick because of restrictions on the use of Heathrow implemented in the Bermuda II Agreement between the UK and the US.[15] The US-based carriers that flew to Gatwick were American Airlines (from Dallas/Fort Worth, Nashville, New York–JFK, Raleigh/Durham and St. Louis), Braniff (from Dallas/Fort Worth), Continental Airlines (from Cleveland, Houston–Intercontinental and Newark), Delta Air Lines (from Atlanta, Cincinnati and New York–JFK), Eastern Air Lines (from Miami), Northwest Airlines (from Detroit, Memphis and Minneapolis/St. Paul), People Express Airlines (from Newark), Piedmont Airlines (from Charlotte), TWA (from New York–JFK and St. Louis), and US Airways (from Charlotte, Philadelphia and Pittsburgh). US Airways, Gatwick's last remaining US carrier, ended its service between Gatwick and Charlotte on 30 March 2013.[16] This left Gatwick without a scheduled US airline for the first time in 35 years.[17] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta Air Lines announced its intent to launch service between Gatwick and Boston Logan in the summer of 2020, which would have made it the first US airline to service Gatwick since the withdrawal of the US Airways service in 2013, but the massive global travel downturn placed these plans on indefinite hold.[18] In 2021, JetBlue became the first US airline to serve Gatwick since 2013, with services to New York–JFK and Boston.

On 17 September 2008, BAA announced it would sell Gatwick after the Competition Commission published a report about BAA's market dominance in London and the South East. On 21 October 2009, it was announced that an agreement had been reached to sell Gatwick to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), which subsequently also bought Edinburgh Airport in 2012,[nb 3] for £1.51 billion. The sale was completed on 3 December.[19] In February 2010, GIP sold minority stakes in the airport of 12% and 15% to the South Korean National Pension Service and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) for £100 million and £125 million, respectively. The sales were part of GIP's strategy to syndicate the equity portion of the original acquisition by issuing bonds to refinance bank debt. Although this entails bringing additional investors into the airport, GIP aims to retain management control.[20][21] The Californian state pension fund CalPERS acquired a 12.7% stake in Gatwick Airport for about $155 million (£104.8 million) in June 2010.[22] On 21 December 2010, the A$69 billion (£44 billion) Future Fund, a sovereign wealth fund established by the Australian government in 2006, agreed to purchase a 17.2% stake in Gatwick Airport from GIP for £145 million. This transaction completed GIP's syndication process for the airport, reducing its stake to 42% (although the firm's extra voting rights meant it still controlled the airport's board).[23]

In August 2020, the airport announced plans to cut over a quarter of its employees as a result of a planned company restructuring caused by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The planned cuts will bring the total workforce of the airport to 1,900; before the start of the pandemic it was 3,300, however, an additional 785 jobs were cut earlier in 2020.[24]

Ownership edit

BAA Limited (now Heathrow Airport Holdings) and its predecessors, BAA plc and the British Airports Authority, owned and operated Gatwick from 1 April 1966 to 2 December 2009.[25][26]

The airport is owned and operated by Gatwick Airport Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ivy Holdco Limited,[27] owned by Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), among others.[28] In December 2018, Vinci announced that it would acquire a 50.01% majority stake for £2.9bn, with a GIP-managed consortium of investors (Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, Australia's sovereign wealth fund and two public pension funds in California and South Korea) owning the remaining 49.9%.[29][30] The sale was completed by the middle of 2019.[31]

In August 2021, it was reported that Gatwick's operators were in talks with lenders following posting first-half-year net losses of £ 245m.[32]

In September 2023, Margaret Ford, Baroness Ford was announced as the new Chair of Gatwick Airport.[33]

Operations edit

Facilities edit

 
Airport Map (as of November 2016)
 
The airport control tower opened in 1984.
 
The bridge connecting the North Terminal to its apron pier
 
Interior of the North Terminal apron pier bridge

On 31 May 2008, Virgin Holidays opened the V Room, Gatwick's first lounge dedicated to their long-haul leisure travellers. On 25 January 2017, the lounge moved to the North Terminal together with the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse as part of the airline moves that saw British Airways and Virgin Atlantic exchange their previous terminal locations and EasyJet consolidated in the North Terminal.[34][35] On 9 April 2009, an independent pay-for-access lounge opened in the South Terminal. Gatwick also has a conference and business centre, and several on- and off-site hotels ranging in class from executive to economy.

The airport has Anglican, Catholic and Free Church chaplains, and there are multi-faith prayer and counselling rooms in each terminal. A daily service is led by one of the chaplains.[36]

The Civil Aviation Authority Safety Regulation Group is in the Aviation House.[37] WesternGeco, a geophysical services company, has its head office and Europe–Africa–Russia offices in Schlumberger House,[38][39] a 124,000 sq ft (11,500 m2) building on the airport grounds[40] near the South Terminal. The company had a 15-year lease on the building, scheduled to expire in June 2008. In 2007, WesternGeco reached an agreement with its landlord, BAA Lynton, extending its lease to 2016 at an initial rent of £2.1 million.[40] Fastjet has its registered and head offices at Suite 2C in First Point at the airport.[41]

Before the sale, BAA planned an £874 million investment at Gatwick over five years, including increased capacity for both terminals, improvements to the transport interchange and a new baggage system for the South Terminal.[42] Passengers passing through the airport are informed about the redevelopment programme with large mobile barcodes on top of construction hoardings. Scanning these transfers information on the construction to the user's smartphone.[43]

In the summer of 2013, Gatwick introduced Gatwick Connect, a free flight connection service to assist passengers changing flights at Gatwick whose airlines do not provide a full flight connection service. On 15 September 2015, the service was rebranded as "GatwickConnects".[44][45][46] It is available to passengers connecting on several major airlines.[47][48][49]

Flight movements edit

Gatwick operates as a single-runway airport although it has two runways; the northern runway (08L/26R) can only be used when the main runway (08R/26L) is out of use for any reason. The UK Integrated Aeronautical Information Package gives the Takeoff Run Available (TORA) of its main runway (08R/26L) as 3,255 m when aircraft take off in a westerly direction (26) and 3,159 m when takeoffs occur in an easterly direction (08). The documentation lists the respective TORA for the northern runway (08L/26R) as 2,565 m in both directions. Nearly three-quarters of takeoffs are towards the west (74% over 12 months). Both runways are 148 ft (45 m) wide; they are 656 ft (200 m) apart,[50] which is insufficient for the simultaneous use of both runways. During normal operations the northern runway is used as a taxiway,[51][52] consistent with its original construction (although it was gradually widened).[53]

In October 2018, the airport announced that it was "exploring how to make best use of its existing runways, including the possibility of bringing its existing standby runway into routine use".[54] One scenario would see 08L/26R used for departing narrow-body aircraft only, while the longer 08R/26L would be used for wide-body take-offs and all landings; widening 08L/26R would also increase the centreline separation slightly. New technology could also be used to increase capacity on the main runway, and, in the longer term, the airport remains interested in constructing a new runway to the south.[55]

In 2023, plans were announced to expand the second runway and make it operational for regular use.[56]

The main runway uses a Category III Instrument Landing System (ILS). The northern runway does not have an ILS; when it is in use, arriving aircraft are radar vectored to intercept an RNAV (GNSS) approach, providing the aircraft is equipped and the operator has approval. This approach is satellite-based and is also available for the main runway. When an RNAV approach is not possible, assistance from the approach controller using surveillance radar, an "SRA approach" is available. This involves heading instructions and altitude callouts supplied by the Air Traffic Controller.[57] On both runways, a continuous descent approach is used to minimise the environmental effects of incoming aircraft, particularly at night.[58]

Night flights are subject to restrictions;[59] between 11 pm and 7 am, noisier aircraft (rated QC/8 and QC/16) may not operate. From 11.30 pm to 6 am (the night quota period) there are three limits: Number of flights, a Quota Count system, limiting total noise permitted[60] and no night QC/4 flights.

Security edit

The airport is policed by the Gatwick District of Sussex Police. The district is responsible for the entire airport (including aircraft) and, in certain circumstances, aircraft in flight. The 150 officers attached to this district include armed and unarmed officers, and community support officers for minor offences. The airport district counters man-portable surface-to-air missiles (MANPADS) by patrolling in and around the airport and a separate sub-unit has vehicle checks around the airport.[61]

Access to airside portions of the airport is controlled and maintained by the airport's team of security officers, regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority.[62] Brook House, an immigration removal centre of Immigration Enforcement, was opened near the airport on 18 March 2009 by the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith.[63]

Major airlines edit

The airport is a base for scheduled airlines British Airways (BA), EasyJet, Wizz Air, and charter operators such as TUI Airways. Gatwick is unique among London's airports in its representation of the three main airline business models: full service, low-cost and charter.[64] As of October 2016, these respectively accounted for 26.6%,[nb 4] 61.3%[nb 4] and 13.1%[nb 5] of Gatwick's seat capacity.[65]

By late 2015, EasyJet flew over 100 routes from Gatwick with a fleet of more than 60 aircraft.[66][67] The airport is the carrier's largest base and its 16 million passengers per year accounted for 45% of Gatwick's 2013 total[68] (ahead of Gatwick's second-largest passenger airline: BA, whose 4.5 million passengers comprised 14% of total passenger traffic in 2011–12).[nb 6][69][70]

EasyJet, BA and Norwegian Air Shuttle were Gatwick's three biggest resident airlines, although in late 2020 Norwegian announced the closure of its base at Gatwick. According to data from Airport Coordination Limited, these three airlines respectively accounted for 43.3%, 19% and 10.5% of airport slots in April 2018. According to this data, by April 2018 Norwegian had overtaken Virgin Atlantic as Gatwick's number one transatlantic airline by seat capacity, and BA's competitive response to Norwegian's growing commercial threat to its transatlantic business would result in Virgin's relegation to third position among the airport's transatlantic airlines during the 2018 summer timetable period.[71] EasyJet, BA and Norwegian collectively accounted for 65.43% of Gatwick's total passengers in 2016 (EasyJet: 40.37% / 17.4 million; BA: 14.39% / 6.2 million; Norwegian: 10.67% / 4.6 million).[72][73][74] As per Official Airline Guide (OAG) data for the week of 29 May 2017, their respective international departure seat capacity shares at the airport for summer 2017 are 42.1%, 15.4% and 9.4%.[75]

In terms of passengers carried EasyJet and BA were also among the five largest airlines operating at Gatwick in 2010 (which also included TUI Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines at the time) and the top 10 in 2015.[76][45] In terms of total scheduled airline seats at Gatwick in 2014, EasyJet accounted for 18.36 million, more than two-and-a-half times as many as second-placed BA (7 million) and nearly five times the number offered by third-placed Norwegian Air Shuttle (3.74 million).[77] Using data sourced from the OAG Schedules Analyser, the following changes in the respective departure seat capacity shares of Gatwick's three biggest airlines occurred from 2010 to 2015: EasyJet's share increased from 26.1% in 2010 to 42.1% in 2015; BA's share dropped from 18.3% in 2010 to 15% in 2015; Norwegian's share rose almost three-fold from less than 3% in 2010 to 8.3% in 2015. EasyJet, BA, Norwegian, TUI Airways, Ryanair, Thomas Cook Airlines, Monarch Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Vueling and Emirates were Gatwick's top 10 airlines by share of passengers in 2017.[78]

EasyJet's acquisition of BA franchise carrier GB Airways in March 2008 increased its share of airport slots to 24% (from 17% in late 2007); the airline became the largest short-haul operator at the airport, accounting for 29% of short-haul passengers.[79] By 2009, BA's share of Gatwick slots had fallen to 20% from its peak of 40% in 2001.[80] By 2010, this had declined to 16%.[81][82] By mid-2012, EasyJet had 45% of Gatwick's early-morning peak time slots (6 a.m. to 8:55 a.m.).[nb 7][83]

By 2008, Flybe was Gatwick's third-largest airline (accounting for 9% of its slots) and its fastest-growing airline.[80][84] It became the airport's largest domestic operator, carrying 1.2 million passengers in its 2011–12 financial year on eight routes to destinations in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.[nb 6][85] In March 2013, the airline announced that it would end operations at Gatwick, citing unsustainably high airport charges and increases in UK Air Passenger Duty. Flybe sold its 25 pairs of daily slots[nb 8] at the airport to EasyJet for £20 million.[86][87] The latter's share of Gatwick slots increased to 44% in summer 2014; second-placed BA has held about 16% of the airport's slots since 2010.[81][82][88] Following the sale of its Gatwick slots to EasyJet, Flybe continued to provide the scheduled service between Gatwick and Newquay, as a result of being awarded the contract to fly this route under a four-year Public Service Obligation (PSO), until the flight was subsequently moved from Gatwick to Heathrow Airport in April 2019.[89][90]

The EU–US Open Skies Agreement, which became effective on 30 March 2008, led several airlines to downsize their transatlantic operations at Gatwick in favour of Heathrow. Continental Airlines was the second transatlantic carrier (after American Airlines)[91] to leave Gatwick after it decided to transfer the seasonal Cleveland service to Heathrow on 3 May 2009.[92][93]

Slots left by the US carriers (and the collapse of Zoom Airlines, Oasis Hong Kong Airlines, XL Airways UK, Sterling Airlines, Monarch Airlines, Thomas Cook Airlines, and Adria Airways) were taken by EasyJet, Flybe, Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair. Many full-service airlines have established or resumed operations at the airport, including Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and WestJet. This is part of the airport's strategy to attract higher-spending business travellers (countering its dependence on European low-cost and charter markets), increasing year-round capacity utilisation by smoothing peaks and troughs in traffic. Gatwick's success in persuading these airlines to launch (or re-launch) routes to overseas destinations important for business and leisure travel was aided by a lack of comparable slots at Heathrow.[94][95]

On 5 May 2020, Virgin Atlantic announced it would cease operations at Gatwick due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[96] On 18 August 2020, Wizz Air announced a new hub at Gatwick Airport. Initially basing their A321 aircraft there along with additional commercial routes to Greece, Italy, Spain, and Malta operating from 22 October 2020, onwards.[97]

In September 2021, the International Airlines Group announced that British Airways would terminate its short- and medium-haul base operations at Gatwick with immediate effect resulting in the cancellation of more than 30 routes. This came after labour negotiations regarding the handover of these operations, most of which were still suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to a newly formed budget subsidiary failed. British Airways continues to serve two domestic destinations, Glasgow and Manchester alongside their long-haul network from Gatwick.[98]

British Airways has now resumed short-haul flights from Gatwick, as a new subsidiary which will be initially operated by British Airways, but will soon be managed under the trading name "EuroFlyer". The company expects this to happen by Autumn 2022.[99]

City Place Gatwick edit

Main article: City Place Gatwick

Gatwick's original terminal, the Beehive, is included within the City Place Gatwick office complex together with 1, 2 and 3 City Place.[100][101][102][103][104] The complex was developed by BAA Lynton.[105] Some airlines have had offices at the Beehive, including BEA/British Airways Helicopters,[106][107] Jersey Airlines, Caledonian Airways, Virgin Atlantic and GB Airways.[108][109][110][111] Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property (including office buildings on the site of, or adjacent to, the original 1930s airport) include British Caledonian,[112][113] British United Airways,[114] CityFlyer Express,[115] Fastjet,[116] Laker Airways[117] and Tradewinds Airways.[118][119]

Gatwick Aviation Museum edit

Main article: Gatwick Aviation Museum

Situated to the northwest of the airfield near the village of Charlwood, there is a museum including original items and photographs from Gatwick's history, as well as a variety of military aircraft. It is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday all year round.[120]

Terminals edit

 
South Terminal main entrance
 
South Terminal check-in area
 
South Terminal shuttle station
 
North Terminal check-in zones A and B

The airport has two terminals, South and North, with 65 total gates. Both have shops and restaurants landside and airside, and all areas are accessible to disabled passengers. There are facilities for baby changing and feeding. Business travellers have specialised lounges. The North and South Terminals are connected by a 0.75-mile (1.21 km), elevated, two-way automated people mover landside. They are not connected once past security.

South Terminal edit

South Terminal has 32 gates with jetbridges and 7 remote gates. The official opening of the central pier of what is now the South Terminal, with 11 aircraft stands, was on 9 June 1958. Gatwick was one of the world's first airports with an enclosed pier-based terminal, which allowed passengers to walk under cover to waiting areas near the aircraft (with only a short walk outdoors).[121] Another feature of Gatwick's new air terminal was its modular design, permitting subsequent, phased expansion.[122] As passenger numbers grew, a circular satellite pier was added to the terminal building. It was connected to the main terminal by the UK's first automated people mover system.[121] This replaced the original North Pier dating from 1962; the people mover was subsequently replaced with a walkway and travelators.

The South Terminal was temporarily closed from June 2020, and all airlines normally operating from this terminal were relocated to the North Terminal, owing to the sharp decline in passenger traffic as a result of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.[123] It fully reopened in March 2022.[124] During the time it was not in operation, it was used as a remote filming location for the fourteenth series of the television show Taskmaster.

North Terminal edit

North Terminal has 31 gates with jetbridges including three which can support an Airbus A380. Construction began on the North Terminal on land previously earmarked for a second runway in the draft plan of May 1970. This was the largest construction project south of London in the 1980s, costing £200 million.[51][52][125][126] In 1991 a second aircraft pier was added to the North Terminal. On 16 May 2005, the new Pier 6 opened at £110 million, adding 11 pier-served aircraft stands. The pier is linked to the North Terminal's main building by the second-largest air passenger bridge in the world,[nb 9] spanning a taxiway and providing passengers with views of the airport and taxiing aircraft.[128]

A large extension to the terminal was opened by former Prime Minister John Major in November 2011.[129][130]

Terminal assignments and rearrangements edit

As part of a seven-year strategic commercial partnership between Gatwick and EasyJet, the airport proposed several changes to individual airlines' terminal locations. These would see EasyJet consolidate all its Gatwick operations in the North Terminal, while British Airways and Virgin Atlantic would swap their terminals. Gatwick believes that these terminal moves improve the airport's operational efficiency and resilience, as the use of different terminals by EasyJet and British Airways reduces pressure on the North Terminal's check-in, security, boarding and ramp areas at peak times. In addition, a terminal swap by Virgin frees up lounge and gate space for BA long-haul passengers in the South Terminal and, unlike BA's current short-haul schedules, Virgin's long-haul schedules do not clash with EasyJet's busy schedule in the North Terminal due to the airlines' differing peak times.[68]

It was confirmed in January 2015 that British Airways would move all its flights to the South Terminal in November 2016 while all EasyJet flights would be consolidated in the North Terminal at the same time.[131][67] However, it was decided in February 2016 to postpone the agreed relocation of airlines until 25 January 2017, to avoid operational disruptions over the 2016–17 Christmas season and to give all parties involved enough time to deal with any unforeseen issues ahead of the February 2017 half-term holidays.[132] The relocation of these airlines was accomplished by the revised date of 25 January 2017.[133]

Airlines and destinations edit

The following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Gatwick Airport:[134]

AirlinesDestinations
Aegean Airlines Seasonal: Athens[135]
Air Arabia Tangier
Air China Beijing–Capital (resumes 1 June 2024),[136] Shanghai–Pudong
Air Europa Madrid
Air India Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa–Mopa, Kochi
Air Mauritius Mauritius
Air Peace Lagos[137]
Air Transat Montréal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson
Seasonal: Québec City
airBaltic Riga, Tallinn
Atlantic Airways Seasonal: Vágar (begins 1 June 2024)[138]
Aurigny Guernsey
Azerbaijan Airlines Baku
Azores Airlines Seasonal: Ponta Delgada (begins 4 June 2024)[139]
BH Air Seasonal: Burgas, Sofia
British Airways Accra, Agadir,[140] Algiers, Alicante, Amsterdam, Antigua, Aruba, Bordeaux, Cancún, Dubrovnik, Faro, Funchal (begins 27 October 2024),[141] Georgetown–Cheddi Jagan, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Grenada, Islamabad (begins 27 October 2024),[142] Jersey (resumes 23 May 2024),[143] Kingston–Norman Manley, Lanzarote, Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Mauritius, New York–JFK, Nice, Orlando, Palma de Mallorca, Porto, Port of Spain, Punta Cana, Salzburg, Seville, St. Kitts, St. Lucia–Hewanorra, Tampa, Tenerife–South, Tobago, Turin, Verona
Seasonal: Antalya, Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi (begins 28 October 2024),[144] Barbados, Bari, Cagliari, Cape Town, Catania, Corfu, Dalaman, Edinburgh (resumes 26 May 2024),[145] Fuerteventura, Geneva, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck,[146] Kos, Las Vegas, Lyon, Menorca, Montpellier, Mykonos, Paphos, Rhodes, San José (CR), Santorini, Sharm El Sheikh, Thessaloniki, Vancouver
China Eastern Airlines Shanghai–Pudong[147]
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou (begins 20 June 2024),[148] Zhengzhou[149][150]
Corendon Airlines Seasonal: Antalya, Dalaman, Heraklion (resumes 28 April 2024)[151]
Croatia Airlines Seasonal: Split
Delta Air Lines Seasonal: New York–JFK[152]
Eastern Airways Newquay
easyJet Aberdeen, Agadir, Akureyri, Alicante, Almería, Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Barcelona, Bari, Basel/Mulhouse, Belfast–City, Belfast–International, Bergamo, Berlin, Bilbao, Bologna, Bordeaux, Budapest, Catania, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Edinburgh, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Geneva, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Gran Canaria, Hamburg, Hurghada, Innsbruck, Inverness, Isle of Man, Jersey, Kraków, Lanzarote, Larnaca, Lisbon, Ljubljana, Lyon, Madrid, Málaga, Malta, Marrakesh, Marseille, Milan–Linate, Milan–Malpensa, Montpellier, Munich, Murcia, Nantes, Naples, Nice, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris–Charles de Gaulle, Pisa, Porto, Prague, Rennes, Rome–Fiumicino, Seville, Sharm El Sheikh, Sofia, Tenerife–South, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Verona, Zürich
Seasonal: Ancona,[153][154] Bastia, Biarritz, Bodrum, Brindisi, Burgas, Cagliari, Calvi, Chania, Corfu, Dubrovnik, Figari, Friedrichshafen, Grenoble, Heraklion, Ibiza, İzmir, Kalamata, Kefalonia, Kittilä,[155] Kos, La Rochelle, Limoges, Menorca, Mykonos, Palermo, Preveza/Lefkada, Pula, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salerno (begins 13 July 2024),[156] Salzburg, Santiago de Compostela, Santorini, Skiathos (begins 4 May 2024),[157] Split, Tel Aviv, Tivat, Toulon, Zadar, Zakynthos
Emirates Dubai–International
Ethiopian Airlines Addis Ababa[158]
Freebird Airlines Seasonal: Antalya
Iberia Express Madrid
Icelandair Reykjavik–Keflavik
ITA Airways Rome–Fiumicino (begins 1 June 2024)[159]
JetBlue Boston, New York–JFK
KM Malta Airlines Malta[160]
Lufthansa Frankfurt
Norse Atlantic Airways[161] Las Vegas (begins 12 September 2024),[162] Los Angeles,[163] Miami,[164] New York–JFK,[163] Orlando[163]
Seasonal: Barbados,[165] Montego Bay
Norwegian Air Shuttle[166] Bergen, Copenhagen, Gothenburg (resumes 2 May 2024),[167][168] Helsinki, Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm–Arlanda, Trondheim
Seasonal: Tromsø
Nouvelair Tunis
Qatar Airways Doha
Royal Air Maroc Casablanca
Seasonal: Tangier[169]
Ryanair Alicante, Cork, Dublin, Shannon
Saudia Jeddah[170]
Singapore Airlines Singapore (begins 22 June 2024)[171]
Sky Express Athens
SkyAlps Bolzano (begins 17 April 2024)[172]
SunExpress[173] Antalya
Seasonal: Dalaman, İzmir[173]
Swiss International Air Lines Seasonal: Geneva, Zurich[174]
TAP Air Portugal Lisbon, Porto
TUI Airways[175] Agadir, Boa Vista, Cancún, Enfidha, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, La Palma, Málaga, Marrakesh, Marsa Alam, Montego Bay, Punta Cana, Sal, Sharm El Sheikh, St. Lucia–Hewanorra, Tenerife–South
Seasonal: Alicante, Antalya, Banjul, Barbados, Bodrum, Budapest (begins 6 May 2024),[176] Burgas, Chambéry, Chania, Corfu, Dakar–Diass, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Frankfurt,[177] Geneva, Girona, Goa–Mopa,[178] Heraklion, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Ivalo, İzmir, Jerez de la Frontera, Kavala, Kefalonia, Kittilä,[175] Kos, Kuusamo, Lamezia Terme, Larnaca, La Romana (begins 24 December 2024),[179] Liberia (CR), Luxor (begins 7 November 2024),[175] Melbourne/Orlando, Menorca, Naples, Olbia, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Phuket, Porto (begins 2 May 2025),[175] Porto Santo,[175] Preveza/Lefkada, Pula, Reus, Reykjavík–Keflavík, Rhodes, Rovaniemi, Salzburg, Sarajevo, Samos, Skiathos, Sofia, Split, Thessaloniki, Toulouse, Turin, Verona, Zakynthos
Seasonal charter: Oslo,[180] Singapore[181]
Tunisair[182] Tunis
Turkish Airlines Istanbul
Seasonal: Antalya, Bodrum
Turkmenistan Airlines Aşgabat[183]
Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent[184]
Volotea Strasbourg[185]
Vueling A Coruña, Asturias, Barcelona, Bilbao, Florence, Gran Canaria, Málaga, Paris–Orly, Rome–Fiumicino, Santiago de Compostela, Seville, Valencia
Seasonal: Alicante, Granada,[186] Lanzarote
WestJet Seasonal: Halifax (resumes 28 April 2024),[187] St. John's (resumes 1 May 2024)[187]
Wizz Air Antalya, Athens, Bucharest–Otopeni, Budapest, Istanbul, Kraków, Larnaca, Málaga, Milan–Malpensa, Naples, Nice, Prague,[188] Rome–Fiumicino, Tel Aviv, Venice, Vienna
Seasonal: Agadir, Catania, Dalaman, Faro, Grenoble, Hurghada, Lyon, Marrakesh, Podgorica, Sharm El Sheikh

Traffic and statistics edit

Overview edit

In 2015, Gatwick became the first single-runway airport to handle more than 40 million passengers annually.[189] By 2016, EasyJet accounted for over 40% of Gatwick's total passengers.[190][72] When ranked by global passenger traffic, Gatwick is the 35th busiest internationally and the eighth busiest airport in Europe. Gatwick is the world's leading low-cost airport[191] and until March 2017 had the world's busiest single-use runway,[nb 10] with a maximum of 55 aircraft movements per hour.[192][193]

Busiest routes edit

Busiest routes to and from Gatwick (2022)[194]
Rank Airport Total
passengers		 Change
2021 / 22
1 Dublin 1,155,114   261.1%
2 Barcelona 1,006,584   483.2%
3 Málaga 879,306   503.6%
4 Dubai–International 658,158   4,261.6%
5 Madrid 632,257   338.6%
6 Faro 626,800   325.6%
7 Palma de Mallorca 626,301   311.3%
8 Geneva 611,172   547.2%
9 Amsterdam 605,141   1,075.9%
10 Alicante 577,717   239.8%

Traffic edit

Gatwick Airport Passengers. See Wikidata query.

Gatwick handled 186,172 passengers during its first seven months of operation after the 1956–58 reconstruction; the annual number of passengers passing through the airport was 368,000 in 1959 and 470,000 in 1960.[121][195] Passenger numbers reached one million for the first time during the 1962–63 fiscal year,[nb 11] with British United Airways (BUA) accounting for four-fifths.[196] The 1.5 million mark was exceeded for the first time during the 1966–67 fiscal year.[nb 12] This was also the first time more than half a million scheduled passengers used the airport.[197] Gatwick accommodated two million passengers for the first time during the 1967–68 fiscal year[nb 13] and 3 million in the 1969–70 fiscal year,[nb 14] with BUA accounting for nearly half.[198][199] By the early 1970s, 5 million passengers used Gatwick each year, with a record 5.7 million during the 1973–74 fiscal year.[nb 15] During that period, British Caledonian accounted for approximately half of all charter passengers and three-fourths of scheduled passengers.[200] Within a decade annual passenger numbers doubled, to 10 million; they doubled again, to over 20 million, by the late 1980s.[121][201][11][12] By the turn of the millennium, Gatwick handled more than 30 million passengers annually.[121]

Year Number of
passengers
[nb 16]		 Percentage
change		 Number of
aircraft
movements
[nb 17]		 Freight
(tonnes)
2000 32,068,540 – 260,859 318,905
2001 31,181,770  02.8% 252,543 280,098
2002 29,627,420  05.0% 242,379 242,519
2003 30,005,260  01.3% 242,731 222,916
2004 31,466,770  04.9% 251,195 218,204
2005 32,775,695  04.2% 261,292 222,778
2006 34,163,579  04.2% 263,363 211,857
2007 35,216,113  03.1% 266,550 171,078
2008 34,205,887  02.9% 263,653 107,702
2009 32,392,520  05.3% 251,879 74,680
2010 31,375,290  03.1% 240,500 104,032
2011 33,674,264  07.3% 251,067 88,085
2012 34,235,982  01.7% 246,987 97,567
2013 35,444,206  03.5% 250,520 96,724
2014 38,103,667  07.5% 259,692 88,508
2015 40,269,087  05.7% 267,760 73,371
2016 43,119,628  07.1% 280,666 79,588
2017 45,516,700  05.2% 285,969 96,983
2018 46,075,400  01.1% 283,926 112,600
2019 46,574,786  01.1% 282,896 110,358
2020 10,171,867  078.2% 79,489 26,063
2021 6,260,072  038.5% 52,000 11,623
2022 32,800,000  0423.9% 217,524 36,407
2023 40,894,242  024.7% 253,047 61,123
Source 2000–2016: UK Civil Aviation Authority[202]
Source 2017: Gatwick Airport Limited[203]

46.1 million passengers passed through Gatwick in 2018, an increase of 1.1% over the previous year. North Atlantic and other long-haul[nb 18] traffic recorded increases over the previous year of 24.4% and 12.7% to 4.04 million and 4.65 million passengers, respectively. UK,[nb 19] European charter,[nb 20] Irish and European scheduled passenger traffic recorded decreases over the previous year of 8.7%, 5.7%, 1.1% and 0.9% to 3.73 million, 2.88 million, 1.67 million and 29.11 million, respectively. Air transport movements decreased by 0.7% to 283,926. Cargo volume increased by 16.1% to 112,676 metric tonnes.[8]

Compared with a year earlier, January to March 2019 passenger numbers increased by 4% to 9.675 million (an increase of 374,700 over January to March 2018). The following changes were recorded amongst individual passenger traffic categories: North Atlantic traffic +15.3% (784,200 passengers); European scheduled traffic +3.9% (5.649 million passengers); other long-haul[nb 18] traffic +3.2% (1.277 million passengers); European charter[nb 20] traffic +2.1% (710,900 passengers); Irish traffic +1.6% (412,000 passengers) and UK[nb 19] traffic -0.2% (841,700 passengers). Air transport movements increased by 3.3% to 62,392. Cargo volume increased by 7.2% to 27,390 metric tonnes, which was driven by a 7.5% increase in overall long-haul passenger traffic. The growing popularity of the GatwickConnects flight connections assistance service provided by the airport for self-connecting passengers was driven by additional passengers changing flights at Gatwick whose journey originated in Edinburgh (+80%), Jersey (+58%) and Belfast (+50%).[204]

Ground transport edit

 
North Terminal A23 roundabout

Gatwick has set goals of 40% public transport use by the time annual passenger traffic reaches 40 million (in 2015) and 45% by the time it reaches 45 million.[205]

The airport is accessible from a motorway spur road at junction 9A of the M23, which links to the main M23 motorway 1 mile (1.6 km) east at junction 9. The M23 connects with London's orbital motorway, the M25, 9 miles (14 km) north; this provides access to much of Greater London, the South East and beyond, and the M23 is the main route for traffic to (and from) the airport. Gatwick is also accessible from the A23, which serves Horley and Redhill to the north and Crawley and Brighton to the south. The A217 provides access northwards to the town of Reigate. The airport has long- and short-stay car parks at the airport and off-site, although these are often full in summer. Local restrictions limit parking at Gatwick.

Rail edit

 
Gatwick Airport railway station
Main article: Gatwick Airport railway station

Gatwick Airport railway station is located adjacent to the South Terminal and has served the airport since 1958.[206][207] It is located on the Brighton Main Line, and is mainly served by Southern, Thameslink, and Gatwick Express. It also receives an hourly service operated by Great Western Railway via the North Downs Line.

To the south, Southern, Thameslink, and Gatwick Express all provide direct connections to Brighton. Southern also provides connections to Eastbourne, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, and Portsmouth Harbour.

To the north, Thameslink provides connections to London Bridge, Gatwick Express provides non-stopping connections to London Victoria, and Southern provides connections to both stations. Thameslink trains continue further north through the Thameslink Core to St Pancras International, Bedford, Peterborough, and Cambridge. Great Western Railway also provides an hourly service to Reading via Guildford.

The station provides single-change connections to Heathrow Airport and Luton Airport via northbound Thameslink services. Heathrow Airport can be reached by changing to the Elizabeth line at Farringdon, whilst Luton Airport can be reached by the Luton DART station at Luton Airport Parkway.

London Oyster Cards and contactless cards are accepted on all rail routes from Gatwick Airport into London.[208][209]

Bus edit

National Express Coaches operates coaches to Heathrow Airport, London Stansted Airport and cities and towns throughout the region and country. Oxford Bus Company operates direct services to Oxford, and EasyBus operates mini-coaches from both terminals to Earls Court and West Brompton.[citation needed]

Local buses connect the North and South Terminals with Crawley, Horley, Redhill, Horsham and Caterham. Services are offered by Metrobus, including Metrobus's Fastway services operated on a partly guided bus rapid transit system which was the first of its kind to be built outside a major city.[citation needed]

Bike edit

Route 21 of the National Cycle Network passes under the South Terminal, allowing virtually traffic-free cycling and walking northwards to Horley and southwards to Three Bridges and Crawley. A goods-style lift runs between the terminal and ground level (labelled "Lift to Cycle Route") near Zone L.[citation needed]

Terminal transfer edit

 
The Gatwick Airport terminal shuttle departing from the South Terminal.
Main article: Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit

The airport's North and South Terminals are connected by a 0.75 miles (1.21 km), elevated, two-way automated people mover track. The transit shuttle normally consists of two automatic, three-car, driverless trains. Although colloquially known as a "monorail", the shuttle instead runs on a dual, concrete track with rubber tyres.[210] The transit is land side, and besides linking the two terminals also links the North terminal to the airport railway station.

The shuttle opened in 1987, along with the North Terminal, and initially used Adtranz C-100 people-mover cars which remained in operation until September 2009, by which time they had travelled a total of 2.5 million miles (4 million km). Gatwick began upgrading its shuttle service in April 2008, with a bus replacement service in place from September 2009. A new operating system and shuttle cars (six Bombardier CX-100 vehicles)[211] were installed, and the guideway and transit stations were refurbished at a total cost of £45 million. The system re-opened on 1 July 2010, two months ahead of schedule;[212][213] it featured live journey information and sensory technology to count the number of passengers at stations.

An earlier transit system, that opened in 1983 to link the main terminal (now the South Terminal) to the (then new) circular satellite pier, was the UK's first automated people-moving system. This system has since been replaced by a walkway-and-moving walkway link, although the remains of the elevated guideway are still visible.[210]

Expansion proposals edit

Main article: Expansion of Gatwick Airport

Gatwick has been included many reviews of airport capacity in southeastern England. Expansion options have included a third terminal and a second runway; although an agreement not to build a second runway was made in 1979 with West Sussex County Council, that agreement expired by its terms after 40 years.[51][52][214] Expanded operations would allow Gatwick to handle more passengers than Heathrow does today, with a new terminal between two wide-spaced runways. This would complement or replace the South Terminal, depending on expected future traffic.[215]

Airport management's proposal for a second runway (south of the existing runway and airport boundary) was unveiled in July 2013. This was shortlisted for further consideration by the Airports Commission in December 2013, and the commission's final report was published in July 2015.[216][217] Another proposal would extend the North Terminal south, with a passenger bridge in the area currently occupied by aircraft stands without jet bridges.[218] Gatwick's draft master plan (released for consultation on 13 October 2011) dropped the passenger-bridge plan in favour of a mid-field satellite (next to the control tower) linking to the North Terminal as part of an expanded 2030 single-runway, two-terminal airport.[219]

In late 2011, the Department for Transport (DfT) also began a feasibility study for a high-speed rail link between Gatwick and Heathrow as part of a plan combining the airports into a "collective" or "virtual hub", Heathwick. The scheme envisages a high-speed rail route parallel to the M25, covering 35 miles (56 km) in 15 minutes. Trains would reach speeds of 180 mph (290 km/h), and passengers would need to pass through immigration (or check-in) only once. A 2018 proposal for a high-speed railway link to Heathrow, HS4Air, is currently[when?] being considered by the DfT. The proposal is part of a scheme to link the High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 railway lines and connect regional cities in Britain to the Channel Tunnel.[220] The DfT will respond to the HS4Air plans in the autumn of 2018.[221][222][needs update]

On 1 July 2015, the Airports Commission submitted its final report, recommending the expansion of Heathrow Airport as opposed to Gatwick. Whilst the commission recognised Gatwick's benefits and relatively fewer environmental consequences than Heathrow, they felt the economic benefits of Gatwick vs. Heathrow were not as great, nor as broad-ranging.[223] Gatwick disputed the findings.[224]

On 9 September 2021, GAL opened its first public consultation to carry out major works at the runway to increase its capacity from 64 million passengers a year to 75 million passengers a year by moving the northern "emergency" runway to the north to meet international standards for dual runway use.[225] Airport management plans to use this runway only for take-offs by all but the largest aircraft. It hoped to receive approval in 2024, with the main works taking 4 years to complete, and 13 years to be fully complete.[226] Works would also involve a new pier, hotels, terminal expansion and highway improvements including flyovers of the M23 Spur / A23 Airport Way at the terminal roundabouts.[227] Planning permission for the runway realignment was formally requested in July 2023.[228]

Accidents and incidents edit

  • 15 September 1936 – A British Airways Ltd de Havilland DH 86 on a night mail flight to Germany crashed on takeoff, killing the airline's chief pilot and two crew members.[229][230]
  • November 1936 – A British Airways Ltd Fokker F 12 crashed in a wood 4.5 miles (7.2 km) south of Gatwick on its final approach to the airport under a low ceiling in poor visibility, killing both pilots and seriously injuring the flight engineer.[231]
  • 17 February 1959 – A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount 794D (registration: TC-SEV) on an international charter flight crashed in heavy fog at Newdigate, Surrey, on its approach to Gatwick after striking trees. Fourteen of the 24 on board died, and Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was amongst the survivors.[232][233][234]
  • 5 January 1969 – A Boeing 727-113C (registration: YA-FAR) operating as Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 arriving from Frankfurt Airport, Germany, crashed into a house in Fernhill (near Horley, Surrey) in low visibility. The flaps were not extended to maintain flight at final-approach speed. 48 of the 62 on board died, in addition to 2 on the ground.[233][235][236][237]
  • 28 January 1972 – A British Caledonian Vickers VC10-1109 (registration: G-ARTA) with no passengers aboard sustained severe structural damage as a result of a hard landing at Gatwick at the end of a short ferry flight from Heathrow, where the aircraft had been diverted due to fog at Gatwick. After touching down runway 08 and applying spoilers and reverse thrust, the aircraft became airborne again, bounced twice and landed heavily. This resulted in a burst front wheel tyre, a separated wheel and a crumpled fuselage (immediately in front of and behind the wings).[238] A survey of the aircraft's damage revealed that its airframe was bent out of shape, requiring extensive repairs to restore airworthiness. Since the repairs were not cost-effective, the airline's management decided to cannibalise the aircraft for spare parts before scrapping it at Gatwick in 1975.[239][240]
  • 20 July 1975 – A British Island Airways (BIA) Handley Page Dart Herald 201 (registration: G-APWF) was involved in a runway accident while departing on a scheduled flight to Guernsey. The aircraft lifted off from runway 26 after a ground run of 2,490 feet (760 m) and appeared airborne for 411 ft (125 m) (with its landing gear retracting) before the rear underside of the fuselage settled back onto the runway and brought the aircraft to a stop. An investigation concluded that the landing gear was retracted before the aircraft had become established in a climb and the flap setting and takeoff speed were incorrect. Although the aircraft incurred substantial damage, none of the 45 occupants were hurt.[241]
  • 29 December 2014 – A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 (Registration: G-VROM) suffered a loss of hydraulic fluid whilst en route to Las Vegas. Shortly after departure, an alarm prompted the crew to return to Gatwick, when they discovered that an improperly installed actuator had caused the right wing landing gear to not deploy. The aircraft successfully landed on 3 main landing-gear bogies and was returned to service on 11 January 2015.[242]
  • 19–21 December 2018 – A major disruption to the airport was caused by reports of drone sightings close to the runway. The runway was closed and all flights were suspended for about six hours on 19 December. The airport reopened at 03:01 the next morning until another reported sighting prompted another closing about 45 minutes later. As of 00:15 on 21 December, the airport was still closed with about 110,000 passengers and 760 flights affected.[243] Officials called the drone flying a "deliberate act of disruption", but did not classify it as terrorism.[244] The army was deployed to assist the police in resolving the incident.[245] The runway reopened with limited capacity around 06:00 that day.[246] Authorities suspended flights again from 17:10 to 18:23 on 21 December. Later that day a man and a woman were arrested in connection with the incident;[247][248] the pair were released without charge on 23 December with Sussex Police saying that they "are no longer suspects".[249]
  • 26 February 2020 – a Titan Airways Airbus A321-211 reported engine surge after takeoff. A few moments later, the other engine stalled. The aircraft landed safely at Gatwick eleven minutes after takeoff. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch determined fuel contamination following defective maintenance had gone undetected for two days and caused the incident. Safety recommendations were made to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and changes were made by organisations including Airbus and the International Air Transport Association.[250]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Gatwick has two runways; however, their proximity prevents simultaneous operation, so only a single runway is in operation at any time.
  2. ^ independent from government-owned corporations
  3. ^ as of May 2012
  4. ^ a b excluding scheduled regional air services
  5. ^ including scheduled regional air services
  6. ^ a b 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2012
  7. ^ British Airways, 15%; Thomson Airways, 11%; Monarch Airlines, 7%; Flybe and Thomas Cook Airlines, 6% each
  8. ^ including eight early-morning peak-time slot pairs
  9. ^ The largest is the IAF Pedestrian Walkway at Seattle–Tacoma International Airport (SeaTac) which opens in 2022.[127]
  10. ^ by passengers; by movements until 2016
  11. ^ 1 April 1962 to 31 March 1963
  12. ^ 1 April 1966 to 31 March 1967
  13. ^ 1 April 1967 to 31 March 1968
  14. ^ 1 April 1969 to 31 March 1970
  15. ^ 1 April 1973 to 31 March 1974
  16. ^ number of passengers including both domestic and international
  17. ^ number of movements represents total aircraft takeoffs and landings during each year
  18. ^ a b excluding North Atlantic
  19. ^ a b including the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
  20. ^ a b including North Africa

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gatwick, airport, gatwick, redirects, here, neighbourhood, surrey, gatwick, surrey, this, article, needs, attention, from, expert, photography, specific, problem, images, needed, given, exterior, interior, pictures, seriously, outdated, lack, both, quality, va. Gatwick redirects here For the neighbourhood in Surrey see Gatwick Surrey This article needs attention from an expert in Photography The specific problem is New images are needed as the given exterior and interior pictures are seriously outdated and lack both quality and variety WikiProject Photography may be able to help recruit an expert November 2022 London Gatwick ˈ ɡ ae t w ɪ k 3 also known as Gatwick Airport 2 IATA LGW ICAO EGKK is the secondary international airport serving London England United Kingdom It is located near Crawley West Sussex England 29 5 miles 47 5 km south of Central London 2 4 In 2022 Gatwick was the second busiest airport by total passenger traffic in the UK after Heathrow Airport and was the 8th busiest in Europe by total passenger traffic 5 It covers a total area of 674 hectares 1 670 acres 6 London Gatwick AirportIATA LGWICAO EGKKWMO 03776SummaryAirport typePublicOwner OperatorGatwick Airport LimitedServesGreater London Urban AreaLocationCrawley West Sussex England United KingdomOpened30 May 1958 65 years ago 1958 05 30 Hub forBritish AirwaysOperating base forEasyJet UKNorse Atlantic AirwaysTUI AirwaysVuelingWizz Air UKElevation AMSL203 ft 62 mCoordinates51 08 53 N 0 11 25 W 51 14806 N 0 19028 W 51 14806 0 19028Websitewww wbr gatwickairport wbr comMapEGKKLocation in West SussexShow map of West SussexEGKKLocation in EnglandShow map of Southern EnglandRunwaysDirection Length Surfacem ft08L 26R nb 1 2 565 8 415 Grooved asphalt08R 26L 3 316 10 879 Grooved asphaltStatistics 2022 Total Passengers32 835 381Air transport movements217 495Gates115 in terminal Sources UK AIP at NATS 1 2 Statistics from CAA Gatwick opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920s it has been in use for commercial flights since 1933 The airport has two terminals the North Terminal and the South Terminal which cover areas of 98 000 m2 1 050 000 sq ft 117 000 sq yd and 160 000 m2 1 700 000 sq ft 190 000 sq yd respectively 7 It operates as a single runway airport using a main runway with a length of 3 316 metres 10 879 ft A secondary runway is available but due to its proximity to the main runway can only be used if the main runway is not in use In 2018 46 1 million passengers passed through the airport a 1 1 increase compared with 2017 8 Gatwick is the secondary UK hub for British Airways and the largest hub for low cost carrier easyJet Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Development since the 2000s 2 Ownership 3 Operations 3 1 Facilities 3 2 Flight movements 3 3 Security 3 4 Major airlines 3 5 City Place Gatwick 3 6 Gatwick Aviation Museum 4 Terminals 4 1 South Terminal 4 2 North Terminal 4 3 Terminal assignments and rearrangements 5 Airlines and destinations 6 Traffic and statistics 6 1 Overview 6 2 Busiest routes 6 3 Traffic 7 Ground transport 7 1 Rail 7 2 Bus 7 3 Bike 7 4 Terminal transfer 8 Expansion proposals 9 Accidents and incidents 10 See also 11 Notes 12 References 12 1 Citations 12 2 Bibliography 13 External linksHistory editFor a chronological guide see Timeline of Gatwick Airport Early years edit nbsp A Douglas DC 6 infront of the then new terminal at Gatwick Airport in 1964 nbsp A BAC 1 11 with the main terminal building at Gatwick Airport in 1973The land on which Gatwick Airport stands was first developed as an aerodrome in the late 1920s The Air Ministry approved commercial flights from the site in 1933 and the first terminal The Beehive was built in 1935 Scheduled air services from the new terminal began the following year During the Second World War the airport was taken over by the military and was known as RAF Gatwick After the war the airport returned to its civilian capacity Major development work at the airport took place during the 1950s The airport buildings were designed by Yorke Rosenberg Mardall between 1955 and 1988 9 In the 1960s British United Airways BUA and Dan Air were two of the largest British independent nb 2 airlines at Gatwick with the former establishing itself as the dominant scheduled operator at the airport as well as providing a significant number of the airport s non scheduled services and the latter becoming its leading provider of inclusive tour charter services 10 Further rapid growth of charter flights at Gatwick was encouraged by the Ministry of Aviation which instructed airlines to move regular charter flights from Heathrow Following the takeover of BUA by Caledonian Airways at the beginning of the following decade the resulting airline British Caledonian BCal became Gatwick s dominant scheduled airline during the 1970s While continuing to dominate scheduled operations at Gatwick for most of the 1980s BCal was also one of the airport s major charter airlines until the end of the 1970s together with Dan Air Laker Airways and British Airtours 11 As a result of conditions imposed by Britain s Monopolies and Mergers Commission on the takeover of BCal by the then newly privatised British Airways BA at the end of the 1980s Dan Air and Air Europe assumed BCal s former role as Gatwick s dominant scheduled short haul operator while BA continued in BCal s erstwhile role as the airport s most important scheduled long haul operator Following the demise of Air Europe and Dan Air both of which had continued to provide a significant number of charter flights in addition to a growing number of scheduled short haul flights at Gatwick in the early 1990s BA began building up Gatwick into a secondary hub complementing its main hub at Heathrow These moves resulted in BA becoming Gatwick s dominant airline by the turn of the millennium 12 13 BA s subsequent decision to de hub Gatwick provided the space for EasyJet to establish its biggest base at the airport and become its dominant airline 14 Development since the 2000s edit From 1978 to 2008 many flights to and from the United States used Gatwick because of restrictions on the use of Heathrow implemented in the Bermuda II Agreement between the UK and the US 15 The US based carriers that flew to Gatwick were American Airlines from Dallas Fort Worth Nashville New York JFK Raleigh Durham and St Louis Braniff from Dallas Fort Worth Continental Airlines from Cleveland Houston Intercontinental and Newark Delta Air Lines from Atlanta Cincinnati and New York JFK Eastern Air Lines from Miami Northwest Airlines from Detroit Memphis and Minneapolis St Paul People Express Airlines from Newark Piedmont Airlines from Charlotte TWA from New York JFK and St Louis and US Airways from Charlotte Philadelphia and Pittsburgh US Airways Gatwick s last remaining US carrier ended its service between Gatwick and Charlotte on 30 March 2013 16 This left Gatwick without a scheduled US airline for the first time in 35 years 17 Before the COVID 19 pandemic Delta Air Lines announced its intent to launch service between Gatwick and Boston Logan in the summer of 2020 which would have made it the first US airline to service Gatwick since the withdrawal of the US Airways service in 2013 but the massive global travel downturn placed these plans on indefinite hold 18 In 2021 JetBlue became the first US airline to serve Gatwick since 2013 with services to New York JFK and Boston On 17 September 2008 BAA announced it would sell Gatwick after the Competition Commission published a report about BAA s market dominance in London and the South East On 21 October 2009 it was announced that an agreement had been reached to sell Gatwick to a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners GIP which subsequently also bought Edinburgh Airport in 2012 nb 3 for 1 51 billion The sale was completed on 3 December 19 In February 2010 GIP sold minority stakes in the airport of 12 and 15 to the South Korean National Pension Service and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ADIA for 100 million and 125 million respectively The sales were part of GIP s strategy to syndicate the equity portion of the original acquisition by issuing bonds to refinance bank debt Although this entails bringing additional investors into the airport GIP aims to retain management control 20 21 The Californian state pension fund CalPERS acquired a 12 7 stake in Gatwick Airport for about 155 million 104 8 million in June 2010 22 On 21 December 2010 the A 69 billion 44 billion Future Fund a sovereign wealth fund established by the Australian government in 2006 agreed to purchase a 17 2 stake in Gatwick Airport from GIP for 145 million This transaction completed GIP s syndication process for the airport reducing its stake to 42 although the firm s extra voting rights meant it still controlled the airport s board 23 In August 2020 the airport announced plans to cut over a quarter of its employees as a result of a planned company restructuring caused by the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic The planned cuts will bring the total workforce of the airport to 1 900 before the start of the pandemic it was 3 300 however an additional 785 jobs were cut earlier in 2020 24 Ownership editBAA Limited now Heathrow Airport Holdings and its predecessors BAA plc and the British Airports Authority owned and operated Gatwick from 1 April 1966 to 2 December 2009 25 26 The airport is owned and operated by Gatwick Airport Limited a wholly owned subsidiary of Ivy Holdco Limited 27 owned by Global Infrastructure Partners GIP among others 28 In December 2018 Vinci announced that it would acquire a 50 01 majority stake for 2 9bn with a GIP managed consortium of investors Abu Dhabi Investment Authority Australia s sovereign wealth fund and two public pension funds in California and South Korea owning the remaining 49 9 29 30 The sale was completed by the middle of 2019 31 In August 2021 it was reported that Gatwick s operators were in talks with lenders following posting first half year net losses of 245m 32 In September 2023 Margaret Ford Baroness Ford was announced as the new Chair of Gatwick Airport 33 Operations editFacilities edit nbsp Airport Map as of November 2016 nbsp The airport control tower opened in 1984 nbsp The bridge connecting the North Terminal to its apron pier nbsp Interior of the North Terminal apron pier bridgeOn 31 May 2008 Virgin Holidays opened the V Room Gatwick s first lounge dedicated to their long haul leisure travellers On 25 January 2017 the lounge moved to the North Terminal together with the Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse as part of the airline moves that saw British Airways and Virgin Atlantic exchange their previous terminal locations and EasyJet consolidated in the North Terminal 34 35 On 9 April 2009 an independent pay for access lounge opened in the South Terminal Gatwick also has a conference and business centre and several on and off site hotels ranging in class from executive to economy The airport has Anglican Catholic and Free Church chaplains and there are multi faith prayer and counselling rooms in each terminal A daily service is led by one of the chaplains 36 The Civil Aviation Authority Safety Regulation Group is in the Aviation House 37 WesternGeco a geophysical services company has its head office and Europe Africa Russia offices in Schlumberger House 38 39 a 124 000 sq ft 11 500 m2 building on the airport grounds 40 near the South Terminal The company had a 15 year lease on the building scheduled to expire in June 2008 In 2007 WesternGeco reached an agreement with its landlord BAA Lynton extending its lease to 2016 at an initial rent of 2 1 million 40 Fastjet has its registered and head offices at Suite 2C in First Point at the airport 41 Before the sale BAA planned an 874 million investment at Gatwick over five years including increased capacity for both terminals improvements to the transport interchange and a new baggage system for the South Terminal 42 Passengers passing through the airport are informed about the redevelopment programme with large mobile barcodes on top of construction hoardings Scanning these transfers information on the construction to the user s smartphone 43 In the summer of 2013 Gatwick introduced Gatwick Connect a free flight connection service to assist passengers changing flights at Gatwick whose airlines do not provide a full flight connection service On 15 September 2015 the service was rebranded as GatwickConnects 44 45 46 It is available to passengers connecting on several major airlines 47 48 49 Flight movements edit Gatwick operates as a single runway airport although it has two runways the northern runway 08L 26R can only be used when the main runway 08R 26L is out of use for any reason The UK Integrated Aeronautical Information Package gives the Takeoff Run Available TORA of its main runway 08R 26L as 3 255 m when aircraft take off in a westerly direction 26 and 3 159 m when takeoffs occur in an easterly direction 08 The documentation lists the respective TORA for the northern runway 08L 26R as 2 565 m in both directions Nearly three quarters of takeoffs are towards the west 74 over 12 months Both runways are 148 ft 45 m wide they are 656 ft 200 m apart 50 which is insufficient for the simultaneous use of both runways During normal operations the northern runway is used as a taxiway 51 52 consistent with its original construction although it was gradually widened 53 In October 2018 the airport announced that it was exploring how to make best use of its existing runways including the possibility of bringing its existing standby runway into routine use 54 One scenario would see 08L 26R used for departing narrow body aircraft only while the longer 08R 26L would be used for wide body take offs and all landings widening 08L 26R would also increase the centreline separation slightly New technology could also be used to increase capacity on the main runway and in the longer term the airport remains interested in constructing a new runway to the south 55 In 2023 plans were announced to expand the second runway and make it operational for regular use 56 The main runway uses a Category III Instrument Landing System ILS The northern runway does not have an ILS when it is in use arriving aircraft are radar vectored to intercept an RNAV GNSS approach providing the aircraft is equipped and the operator has approval This approach is satellite based and is also available for the main runway When an RNAV approach is not possible assistance from the approach controller using surveillance radar an SRA approach is available This involves heading instructions and altitude callouts supplied by the Air Traffic Controller 57 On both runways a continuous descent approach is used to minimise the environmental effects of incoming aircraft particularly at night 58 Night flights are subject to restrictions 59 between 11 pm and 7 am noisier aircraft rated QC 8 and QC 16 may not operate From 11 30 pm to 6 am the night quota period there are three limits Number of flights a Quota Count system limiting total noise permitted 60 and no night QC 4 flights Security edit The airport is policed by the Gatwick District of Sussex Police The district is responsible for the entire airport including aircraft and in certain circumstances aircraft in flight The 150 officers attached to this district include armed and unarmed officers and community support officers for minor offences The airport district counters man portable surface to air missiles MANPADS by patrolling in and around the airport and a separate sub unit has vehicle checks around the airport 61 Access to airside portions of the airport is controlled and maintained by the airport s team of security officers regulated by the Civil Aviation Authority 62 Brook House an immigration removal centre of Immigration Enforcement was opened near the airport on 18 March 2009 by the then Home Secretary Jacqui Smith 63 Major airlines edit The airport is a base for scheduled airlines British Airways BA EasyJet Wizz Air and charter operators such as TUI Airways Gatwick is unique among London s airports in its representation of the three main airline business models full service low cost and charter 64 As of October 2016 these respectively accounted for 26 6 nb 4 61 3 nb 4 and 13 1 nb 5 of Gatwick s seat capacity 65 By late 2015 EasyJet flew over 100 routes from Gatwick with a fleet of more than 60 aircraft 66 67 The airport is the carrier s largest base and its 16 million passengers per year accounted for 45 of Gatwick s 2013 total 68 ahead of Gatwick s second largest passenger airline BA whose 4 5 million passengers comprised 14 of total passenger traffic in 2011 12 nb 6 69 70 EasyJet BA and Norwegian Air Shuttle were Gatwick s three biggest resident airlines although in late 2020 Norwegian announced the closure of its base at Gatwick According to data from Airport Coordination Limited these three airlines respectively accounted for 43 3 19 and 10 5 of airport slots in April 2018 According to this data by April 2018 Norwegian had overtaken Virgin Atlantic as Gatwick s number one transatlantic airline by seat capacity and BA s competitive response to Norwegian s growing commercial threat to its transatlantic business would result in Virgin s relegation to third position among the airport s transatlantic airlines during the 2018 summer timetable period 71 EasyJet BA and Norwegian collectively accounted for 65 43 of Gatwick s total passengers in 2016 EasyJet 40 37 17 4 million BA 14 39 6 2 million Norwegian 10 67 4 6 million 72 73 74 As per Official Airline Guide OAG data for the week of 29 May 2017 their respective international departure seat capacity shares at the airport for summer 2017 are 42 1 15 4 and 9 4 75 In terms of passengers carried EasyJet and BA were also among the five largest airlines operating at Gatwick in 2010 which also included TUI Airways and Thomas Cook Airlines at the time and the top 10 in 2015 76 45 In terms of total scheduled airline seats at Gatwick in 2014 EasyJet accounted for 18 36 million more than two and a half times as many as second placed BA 7 million and nearly five times the number offered by third placed Norwegian Air Shuttle 3 74 million 77 Using data sourced from the OAG Schedules Analyser the following changes in the respective departure seat capacity shares of Gatwick s three biggest airlines occurred from 2010 to 2015 EasyJet s share increased from 26 1 in 2010 to 42 1 in 2015 BA s share dropped from 18 3 in 2010 to 15 in 2015 Norwegian s share rose almost three fold from less than 3 in 2010 to 8 3 in 2015 EasyJet BA Norwegian TUI Airways Ryanair Thomas Cook Airlines Monarch Airlines Virgin Atlantic Vueling and Emirates were Gatwick s top 10 airlines by share of passengers in 2017 78 EasyJet s acquisition of BA franchise carrier GB Airways in March 2008 increased its share of airport slots to 24 from 17 in late 2007 the airline became the largest short haul operator at the airport accounting for 29 of short haul passengers 79 By 2009 BA s share of Gatwick slots had fallen to 20 from its peak of 40 in 2001 80 By 2010 this had declined to 16 81 82 By mid 2012 EasyJet had 45 of Gatwick s early morning peak time slots 6 a m to 8 55 a m nb 7 83 By 2008 Flybe was Gatwick s third largest airline accounting for 9 of its slots and its fastest growing airline 80 84 It became the airport s largest domestic operator carrying 1 2 million passengers in its 2011 12 financial year on eight routes to destinations in the UK the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man nb 6 85 In March 2013 the airline announced that it would end operations at Gatwick citing unsustainably high airport charges and increases in UK Air Passenger Duty Flybe sold its 25 pairs of daily slots nb 8 at the airport to EasyJet for 20 million 86 87 The latter s share of Gatwick slots increased to 44 in summer 2014 second placed BA has held about 16 of the airport s slots since 2010 81 82 88 Following the sale of its Gatwick slots to EasyJet Flybe continued to provide the scheduled service between Gatwick and Newquay as a result of being awarded the contract to fly this route under a four year Public Service Obligation PSO until the flight was subsequently moved from Gatwick to Heathrow Airport in April 2019 89 90 The EU US Open Skies Agreement which became effective on 30 March 2008 led several airlines to downsize their transatlantic operations at Gatwick in favour of Heathrow Continental Airlines was the second transatlantic carrier after American Airlines 91 to leave Gatwick after it decided to transfer the seasonal Cleveland service to Heathrow on 3 May 2009 92 93 Slots left by the US carriers and the collapse of Zoom Airlines Oasis Hong Kong Airlines XL Airways UK Sterling Airlines Monarch Airlines Thomas Cook Airlines and Adria Airways were taken by EasyJet Flybe Norwegian Air Shuttle and Ryanair Many full service airlines have established or resumed operations at the airport including Air China Cathay Pacific China Eastern Airlines China Southern Airlines Delta Air Lines JetBlue Qatar Airways Singapore Airlines Turkish Airlines and WestJet This is part of the airport s strategy to attract higher spending business travellers countering its dependence on European low cost and charter markets increasing year round capacity utilisation by smoothing peaks and troughs in traffic Gatwick s success in persuading these airlines to launch or re launch routes to overseas destinations important for business and leisure travel was aided by a lack of comparable slots at Heathrow 94 95 On 5 May 2020 Virgin Atlantic announced it would cease operations at Gatwick due to the COVID 19 pandemic 96 On 18 August 2020 Wizz Air announced a new hub at Gatwick Airport Initially basing their A321 aircraft there along with additional commercial routes to Greece Italy Spain and Malta operating from 22 October 2020 onwards 97 In September 2021 the International Airlines Group announced that British Airways would terminate its short and medium haul base operations at Gatwick with immediate effect resulting in the cancellation of more than 30 routes This came after labour negotiations regarding the handover of these operations most of which were still suspended due to the COVID 19 pandemic to a newly formed budget subsidiary failed British Airways continues to serve two domestic destinations Glasgow and Manchester alongside their long haul network from Gatwick 98 British Airways has now resumed short haul flights from Gatwick as a new subsidiary which will be initially operated by British Airways but will soon be managed under the trading name EuroFlyer The company expects this to happen by Autumn 2022 99 City Place Gatwick edit Main article City Place Gatwick Gatwick s original terminal the Beehive is included within the City Place Gatwick office complex together with 1 2 and 3 City Place 100 101 102 103 104 The complex was developed by BAA Lynton 105 Some airlines have had offices at the Beehive including BEA British Airways Helicopters 106 107 Jersey Airlines Caledonian Airways Virgin Atlantic and GB Airways 108 109 110 111 Other airlines which had headquarters on airport property including office buildings on the site of or adjacent to the original 1930s airport include British Caledonian 112 113 British United Airways 114 CityFlyer Express 115 Fastjet 116 Laker Airways 117 and Tradewinds Airways 118 119 Gatwick Aviation Museum edit Main article Gatwick Aviation Museum Situated to the northwest of the airfield near the village of Charlwood there is a museum including original items and photographs from Gatwick s history as well as a variety of military aircraft It is open Friday Saturday and Sunday all year round 120 Terminals edit nbsp South Terminal main entrance nbsp South Terminal check in area nbsp South Terminal shuttle station nbsp North Terminal check in zones A and BThe airport has two terminals South and North with 65 total gates Both have shops and restaurants landside and airside and all areas are accessible to disabled passengers There are facilities for baby changing and feeding Business travellers have specialised lounges The North and South Terminals are connected by a 0 75 mile 1 21 km elevated two way automated people mover landside They are not connected once past security South Terminal edit South Terminal has 32 gates with jetbridges and 7 remote gates The official opening of the central pier of what is now the South Terminal with 11 aircraft stands was on 9 June 1958 Gatwick was one of the world s first airports with an enclosed pier based terminal which allowed passengers to walk under cover to waiting areas near the aircraft with only a short walk outdoors 121 Another feature of Gatwick s new air terminal was its modular design permitting subsequent phased expansion 122 As passenger numbers grew a circular satellite pier was added to the terminal building It was connected to the main terminal by the UK s first automated people mover system 121 This replaced the original North Pier dating from 1962 the people mover was subsequently replaced with a walkway and travelators The South Terminal was temporarily closed from June 2020 and all airlines normally operating from this terminal were relocated to the North Terminal owing to the sharp decline in passenger traffic as a result of the devastating impact of the COVID 19 pandemic 123 It fully reopened in March 2022 124 During the time it was not in operation it was used as a remote filming location for the fourteenth series of the television show Taskmaster North Terminal edit North Terminal has 31 gates with jetbridges including three which can support an Airbus A380 Construction began on the North Terminal on land previously earmarked for a second runway in the draft plan of May 1970 This was the largest construction project south of London in the 1980s costing 200 million 51 52 125 126 In 1991 a second aircraft pier was added to the North Terminal On 16 May 2005 the new Pier 6 opened at 110 million adding 11 pier served aircraft stands The pier is linked to the North Terminal s main building by the second largest air passenger bridge in the world nb 9 spanning a taxiway and providing passengers with views of the airport and taxiing aircraft 128 A large extension to the terminal was opened by former Prime Minister John Major in November 2011 129 130 Terminal assignments and rearrangements edit As part of a seven year strategic commercial partnership between Gatwick and EasyJet the airport proposed several changes to individual airlines terminal locations These would see EasyJet consolidate all its Gatwick operations in the North Terminal while British Airways and Virgin Atlantic would swap their terminals Gatwick believes that these terminal moves improve the airport s operational efficiency and resilience as the use of different terminals by EasyJet and British Airways reduces pressure on the North Terminal s check in security boarding and ramp areas at peak times In addition a terminal swap by Virgin frees up lounge and gate space for BA long haul passengers in the South Terminal and unlike BA s current short haul schedules Virgin s long haul schedules do not clash with EasyJet s busy schedule in the North Terminal due to the airlines differing peak times 68 It was confirmed in January 2015 that British Airways would move all its flights to the South Terminal in November 2016 while all EasyJet flights would be consolidated in the North Terminal at the same time 131 67 However it was decided in February 2016 to postpone the agreed relocation of airlines until 25 January 2017 to avoid operational disruptions over the 2016 17 Christmas season and to give all parties involved enough time to deal with any unforeseen issues ahead of the February 2017 half term holidays 132 The relocation of these airlines was accomplished by the revised date of 25 January 2017 133 Airlines and destinations editThe following airlines operate regular scheduled flights to and from Gatwick Airport 134 AirlinesDestinationsAegean AirlinesSeasonal Athens 135 Air ArabiaTangierAir ChinaBeijing Capital resumes 1 June 2024 136 Shanghai PudongAir EuropaMadridAir IndiaAhmedabad Amritsar Goa Mopa KochiAir MauritiusMauritiusAir PeaceLagos 137 Air TransatMontreal Trudeau Toronto Pearson Seasonal Quebec CityairBalticRiga TallinnAtlantic AirwaysSeasonal Vagar begins 1 June 2024 138 AurignyGuernseyAzerbaijan AirlinesBakuAzores AirlinesSeasonal Ponta Delgada begins 4 June 2024 139 BH AirSeasonal Burgas SofiaBritish AirwaysAccra Agadir 140 Algiers Alicante Amsterdam Antigua Aruba Bordeaux Cancun Dubrovnik Faro Funchal begins 27 October 2024 141 Georgetown Cheddi Jagan Glasgow Gran Canaria Grenada Islamabad begins 27 October 2024 142 Jersey resumes 23 May 2024 143 Kingston Norman Manley Lanzarote Malaga Malta Marrakesh Mauritius New York JFK Nice Orlando Palma de Mallorca Porto Port of Spain Punta Cana Salzburg Seville St Kitts St Lucia Hewanorra Tampa Tenerife South Tobago Turin Verona Seasonal Antalya Bangkok Suvarnabhumi begins 28 October 2024 144 Barbados Bari Cagliari Cape Town Catania Corfu Dalaman Edinburgh resumes 26 May 2024 145 Fuerteventura Geneva Grenoble Heraklion Ibiza Innsbruck 146 Kos Las Vegas Lyon Menorca Montpellier Mykonos Paphos Rhodes San Jose CR Santorini Sharm El Sheikh Thessaloniki VancouverChina Eastern AirlinesShanghai Pudong 147 China Southern AirlinesGuangzhou begins 20 June 2024 148 Zhengzhou 149 150 Corendon AirlinesSeasonal Antalya Dalaman Heraklion resumes 28 April 2024 151 Croatia AirlinesSeasonal SplitDelta Air LinesSeasonal New York JFK 152 Eastern AirwaysNewquayeasyJetAberdeen Agadir Akureyri Alicante Almeria Amsterdam Antalya Athens Barcelona Bari Basel Mulhouse Belfast City Belfast International Bergamo Berlin Bilbao Bologna Bordeaux Budapest Catania Copenhagen Dalaman Edinburgh Enfidha Faro Fuerteventura Funchal Geneva Gibraltar Glasgow Gran Canaria Hamburg Hurghada Innsbruck Inverness Isle of Man Jersey Krakow Lanzarote Larnaca Lisbon Ljubljana Lyon Madrid Malaga Malta Marrakesh Marseille Milan Linate Milan Malpensa Montpellier Munich Murcia Nantes Naples Nice Olbia Palma de Mallorca Paphos Paris Charles de Gaulle Pisa Porto Prague Rennes Rome Fiumicino Seville Sharm El Sheikh Sofia Tenerife South Thessaloniki Toulouse Turin Valencia Venice Verona Zurich Seasonal Ancona 153 154 Bastia Biarritz Bodrum Brindisi Burgas Cagliari Calvi Chania Corfu Dubrovnik Figari Friedrichshafen Grenoble Heraklion Ibiza Izmir Kalamata Kefalonia Kittila 155 Kos La Rochelle Limoges Menorca Mykonos Palermo Preveza Lefkada Pula Reykjavik Keflavik Rhodes Rovaniemi Salerno begins 13 July 2024 156 Salzburg Santiago de Compostela Santorini Skiathos begins 4 May 2024 157 Split Tel Aviv Tivat Toulon Zadar ZakynthosEmiratesDubai InternationalEthiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa 158 Freebird AirlinesSeasonal AntalyaIberia ExpressMadridIcelandairReykjavik KeflavikITA AirwaysRome Fiumicino begins 1 June 2024 159 JetBlueBoston New York JFKKM Malta AirlinesMalta 160 LufthansaFrankfurtNorse Atlantic Airways 161 Las Vegas begins 12 September 2024 162 Los Angeles 163 Miami 164 New York JFK 163 Orlando 163 Seasonal Barbados 165 Montego BayNorwegian Air Shuttle 166 Bergen Copenhagen Gothenburg resumes 2 May 2024 167 168 Helsinki Oslo Stavanger Stockholm Arlanda Trondheim Seasonal TromsoNouvelairTunisQatar AirwaysDohaRoyal Air MarocCasablanca Seasonal Tangier 169 RyanairAlicante Cork Dublin ShannonSaudiaJeddah 170 Singapore AirlinesSingapore begins 22 June 2024 171 Sky ExpressAthensSkyAlpsBolzano begins 17 April 2024 172 SunExpress 173 Antalya Seasonal Dalaman Izmir 173 Swiss International Air LinesSeasonal Geneva Zurich 174 TAP Air PortugalLisbon PortoTUI Airways 175 Agadir Boa Vista Cancun Enfidha Fuerteventura Gran Canaria Hurghada Lanzarote La Palma Malaga Marrakesh Marsa Alam Montego Bay Punta Cana Sal Sharm El Sheikh St Lucia Hewanorra Tenerife South Seasonal Alicante Antalya Banjul Barbados Bodrum Budapest begins 6 May 2024 176 Burgas Chambery Chania Corfu Dakar Diass Dalaman Dubrovnik Faro Frankfurt 177 Geneva Girona Goa Mopa 178 Heraklion Ibiza Innsbruck Ivalo Izmir Jerez de la Frontera Kavala Kefalonia Kittila 175 Kos Kuusamo Lamezia Terme Larnaca La Romana begins 24 December 2024 179 Liberia CR Luxor begins 7 November 2024 175 Melbourne Orlando Menorca Naples Olbia Palma de Mallorca Paphos Phuket Porto begins 2 May 2025 175 Porto Santo 175 Preveza Lefkada Pula Reus Reykjavik Keflavik Rhodes Rovaniemi Salzburg Sarajevo Samos Skiathos Sofia Split Thessaloniki Toulouse Turin Verona Zakynthos Seasonal charter Oslo 180 Singapore 181 Tunisair 182 TunisTurkish AirlinesIstanbul Seasonal Antalya BodrumTurkmenistan AirlinesAsgabat 183 Uzbekistan AirwaysTashkent 184 VoloteaStrasbourg 185 VuelingA Coruna Asturias Barcelona Bilbao Florence Gran Canaria Malaga Paris Orly Rome Fiumicino Santiago de Compostela Seville Valencia Seasonal Alicante Granada 186 LanzaroteWestJetSeasonal Halifax resumes 28 April 2024 187 St John s resumes 1 May 2024 187 Wizz AirAntalya Athens Bucharest Otopeni Budapest Istanbul Krakow Larnaca Malaga Milan Malpensa Naples Nice Prague 188 Rome Fiumicino Tel Aviv Venice Vienna Seasonal Agadir Catania Dalaman Faro Grenoble Hurghada Lyon Marrakesh Podgorica Sharm El SheikhTraffic and statistics editOverview edit In 2015 Gatwick became the first single runway airport to handle more than 40 million passengers annually 189 By 2016 EasyJet accounted for over 40 of Gatwick s total passengers 190 72 When ranked by global passenger traffic Gatwick is the 35th busiest internationally and the eighth busiest airport in Europe Gatwick is the world s leading low cost airport 191 and until March 2017 had the world s busiest single use runway nb 10 with a maximum of 55 aircraft movements per hour 192 193 Busiest routes edit Busiest routes to and from Gatwick 2022 194 Rank Airport Total passengers Change2021 221 Dublin 1 155 114 nbsp 261 1 2 Barcelona 1 006 584 nbsp 483 2 3 Malaga 879 306 nbsp 503 6 4 Dubai International 658 158 nbsp 4 261 6 5 Madrid 632 257 nbsp 338 6 6 Faro 626 800 nbsp 325 6 7 Palma de Mallorca 626 301 nbsp 311 3 8 Geneva 611 172 nbsp 547 2 9 Amsterdam 605 141 nbsp 1 075 9 10 Alicante 577 717 nbsp 239 8 Traffic edit Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki org Gatwick Airport Passengers See Wikidata query Gatwick handled 186 172 passengers during its first seven months of operation after the 1956 58 reconstruction the annual number of passengers passing through the airport was 368 000 in 1959 and 470 000 in 1960 121 195 Passenger numbers reached one million for the first time during the 1962 63 fiscal year nb 11 with British United Airways BUA accounting for four fifths 196 The 1 5 million mark was exceeded for the first time during the 1966 67 fiscal year nb 12 This was also the first time more than half a million scheduled passengers used the airport 197 Gatwick accommodated two million passengers for the first time during the 1967 68 fiscal year nb 13 and 3 million in the 1969 70 fiscal year nb 14 with BUA accounting for nearly half 198 199 By the early 1970s 5 million passengers used Gatwick each year with a record 5 7 million during the 1973 74 fiscal year nb 15 During that period British Caledonian accounted for approximately half of all charter passengers and three fourths of scheduled passengers 200 Within a decade annual passenger numbers doubled to 10 million they doubled again to over 20 million by the late 1980s 121 201 11 12 By the turn of the millennium Gatwick handled more than 30 million passengers annually 121 Year Number ofpassengers nb 16 Percentagechange Number ofaircraftmovements nb 17 Freight tonnes 2000 32 068 540 260 859 318 9052001 31 181 770 nbsp 0 2 8 252 543 280 0982002 29 627 420 nbsp 0 5 0 242 379 242 5192003 30 005 260 nbsp 0 1 3 242 731 222 9162004 31 466 770 nbsp 0 4 9 251 195 218 2042005 32 775 695 nbsp 0 4 2 261 292 222 7782006 34 163 579 nbsp 0 4 2 263 363 211 8572007 35 216 113 nbsp 0 3 1 266 550 171 0782008 34 205 887 nbsp 0 2 9 263 653 107 7022009 32 392 520 nbsp 0 5 3 251 879 74 6802010 31 375 290 nbsp 0 3 1 240 500 104 0322011 33 674 264 nbsp 0 7 3 251 067 88 0852012 34 235 982 nbsp 0 1 7 246 987 97 5672013 35 444 206 nbsp 0 3 5 250 520 96 7242014 38 103 667 nbsp 0 7 5 259 692 88 5082015 40 269 087 nbsp 0 5 7 267 760 73 3712016 43 119 628 nbsp 0 7 1 280 666 79 5882017 45 516 700 nbsp 0 5 2 285 969 96 9832018 46 075 400 nbsp 0 1 1 283 926 112 6002019 46 574 786 nbsp 0 1 1 282 896 110 3582020 10 171 867 nbsp 0 78 2 79 489 26 0632021 6 260 072 nbsp 0 38 5 52 000 11 6232022 32 800 000 nbsp 0 423 9 217 524 36 4072023 40 894 242 nbsp 0 24 7 253 047 61 123Source 2000 2016 UK Civil Aviation Authority 202 Source 2017 Gatwick Airport Limited 203 46 1 million passengers passed through Gatwick in 2018 an increase of 1 1 over the previous year North Atlantic and other long haul nb 18 traffic recorded increases over the previous year of 24 4 and 12 7 to 4 04 million and 4 65 million passengers respectively UK nb 19 European charter nb 20 Irish and European scheduled passenger traffic recorded decreases over the previous year of 8 7 5 7 1 1 and 0 9 to 3 73 million 2 88 million 1 67 million and 29 11 million respectively Air transport movements decreased by 0 7 to 283 926 Cargo volume increased by 16 1 to 112 676 metric tonnes 8 Compared with a year earlier January to March 2019 passenger numbers increased by 4 to 9 675 million an increase of 374 700 over January to March 2018 The following changes were recorded amongst individual passenger traffic categories North Atlantic traffic 15 3 784 200 passengers European scheduled traffic 3 9 5 649 million passengers other long haul nb 18 traffic 3 2 1 277 million passengers European charter nb 20 traffic 2 1 710 900 passengers Irish traffic 1 6 412 000 passengers and UK nb 19 traffic 0 2 841 700 passengers Air transport movements increased by 3 3 to 62 392 Cargo volume increased by 7 2 to 27 390 metric tonnes which was driven by a 7 5 increase in overall long haul passenger traffic The growing popularity of the GatwickConnects flight connections assistance service provided by the airport for self connecting passengers was driven by additional passengers changing flights at Gatwick whose journey originated in Edinburgh 80 Jersey 58 and Belfast 50 204 Ground transport edit nbsp North Terminal A23 roundaboutGatwick has set goals of 40 public transport use by the time annual passenger traffic reaches 40 million in 2015 and 45 by the time it reaches 45 million 205 The airport is accessible from a motorway spur road at junction 9A of the M23 which links to the main M23 motorway 1 mile 1 6 km east at junction 9 The M23 connects with London s orbital motorway the M25 9 miles 14 km north this provides access to much of Greater London the South East and beyond and the M23 is the main route for traffic to and from the airport Gatwick is also accessible from the A23 which serves Horley and Redhill to the north and Crawley and Brighton to the south The A217 provides access northwards to the town of Reigate The airport has long and short stay car parks at the airport and off site although these are often full in summer Local restrictions limit parking at Gatwick Rail edit nbsp Gatwick Airport railway stationMain article Gatwick Airport railway station Gatwick Airport railway station is located adjacent to the South Terminal and has served the airport since 1958 206 207 It is located on the Brighton Main Line and is mainly served by Southern Thameslink and Gatwick Express It also receives an hourly service operated by Great Western Railway via the North Downs Line To the south Southern Thameslink and Gatwick Express all provide direct connections to Brighton Southern also provides connections to Eastbourne Littlehampton Bognor Regis and Portsmouth Harbour To the north Thameslink provides connections to London Bridge Gatwick Express provides non stopping connections to London Victoria and Southern provides connections to both stations Thameslink trains continue further north through the Thameslink Core to St Pancras International Bedford Peterborough and Cambridge Great Western Railway also provides an hourly service to Reading via Guildford The station provides single change connections to Heathrow Airport and Luton Airport via northbound Thameslink services Heathrow Airport can be reached by changing to the Elizabeth line at Farringdon whilst Luton Airport can be reached by the Luton DART station at Luton Airport Parkway London Oyster Cards and contactless cards are accepted on all rail routes from Gatwick Airport into London 208 209 Bus edit National Express Coaches operates coaches to Heathrow Airport London Stansted Airport and cities and towns throughout the region and country Oxford Bus Company operates direct services to Oxford and EasyBus operates mini coaches from both terminals to Earls Court and West Brompton citation needed Local buses connect the North and South Terminals with Crawley Horley Redhill Horsham and Caterham Services are offered by Metrobus including Metrobus s Fastway services operated on a partly guided bus rapid transit system which was the first of its kind to be built outside a major city citation needed Bike edit Route 21 of the National Cycle Network passes under the South Terminal allowing virtually traffic free cycling and walking northwards to Horley and southwards to Three Bridges and Crawley A goods style lift runs between the terminal and ground level labelled Lift to Cycle Route near Zone L citation needed Terminal transfer edit nbsp The Gatwick Airport terminal shuttle departing from the South Terminal Main article Gatwick Airport Shuttle Transit The airport s North and South Terminals are connected by a 0 75 miles 1 21 km elevated two way automated people mover track The transit shuttle normally consists of two automatic three car driverless trains Although colloquially known as a monorail the shuttle instead runs on a dual concrete track with rubber tyres 210 The transit is land side and besides linking the two terminals also links the North terminal to the airport railway station The shuttle opened in 1987 along with the North Terminal and initially used Adtranz C 100 people mover cars which remained in operation until September 2009 by which time they had travelled a total of 2 5 million miles 4 million km Gatwick began upgrading its shuttle service in April 2008 with a bus replacement service in place from September 2009 A new operating system and shuttle cars six Bombardier CX 100 vehicles 211 were installed and the guideway and transit stations were refurbished at a total cost of 45 million The system re opened on 1 July 2010 two months ahead of schedule 212 213 it featured live journey information and sensory technology to count the number of passengers at stations An earlier transit system that opened in 1983 to link the main terminal now the South Terminal to the then new circular satellite pier was the UK s first automated people moving system This system has since been replaced by a walkway and moving walkway link although the remains of the elevated guideway are still visible 210 Expansion proposals editMain article Expansion of Gatwick Airport Gatwick has been included many reviews of airport capacity in southeastern England Expansion options have included a third terminal and a second runway although an agreement not to build a second runway was made in 1979 with West Sussex County Council that agreement expired by its terms after 40 years 51 52 214 Expanded operations would allow Gatwick to handle more passengers than Heathrow does today with a new terminal between two wide spaced runways This would complement or replace the South Terminal depending on expected future traffic 215 Airport management s proposal for a second runway south of the existing runway and airport boundary was unveiled in July 2013 This was shortlisted for further consideration by the Airports Commission in December 2013 and the commission s final report was published in July 2015 216 217 Another proposal would extend the North Terminal south with a passenger bridge in the area currently occupied by aircraft stands without jet bridges 218 Gatwick s draft master plan released for consultation on 13 October 2011 dropped the passenger bridge plan in favour of a mid field satellite next to the control tower linking to the North Terminal as part of an expanded 2030 single runway two terminal airport 219 In late 2011 the Department for Transport DfT also began a feasibility study for a high speed rail link between Gatwick and Heathrow as part of a plan combining the airports into a collective or virtual hub Heathwick The scheme envisages a high speed rail route parallel to the M25 covering 35 miles 56 km in 15 minutes Trains would reach speeds of 180 mph 290 km h and passengers would need to pass through immigration or check in only once A 2018 proposal for a high speed railway link to Heathrow HS4Air is currently when being considered by the DfT The proposal is part of a scheme to link the High Speed 1 and High Speed 2 railway lines and connect regional cities in Britain to the Channel Tunnel 220 The DfT will respond to the HS4Air plans in the autumn of 2018 221 222 needs update On 1 July 2015 the Airports Commission submitted its final report recommending the expansion of Heathrow Airport as opposed to Gatwick Whilst the commission recognised Gatwick s benefits and relatively fewer environmental consequences than Heathrow they felt the economic benefits of Gatwick vs Heathrow were not as great nor as broad ranging 223 Gatwick disputed the findings 224 On 9 September 2021 GAL opened its first public consultation to carry out major works at the runway to increase its capacity from 64 million passengers a year to 75 million passengers a year by moving the northern emergency runway to the north to meet international standards for dual runway use 225 Airport management plans to use this runway only for take offs by all but the largest aircraft It hoped to receive approval in 2024 with the main works taking 4 years to complete and 13 years to be fully complete 226 Works would also involve a new pier hotels terminal expansion and highway improvements including flyovers of the M23 Spur A23 Airport Way at the terminal roundabouts 227 Planning permission for the runway realignment was formally requested in July 2023 228 Accidents and incidents edit15 September 1936 A British Airways Ltd de Havilland DH 86 on a night mail flight to Germany crashed on takeoff killing the airline s chief pilot and two crew members 229 230 November 1936 A British Airways Ltd Fokker F 12 crashed in a wood 4 5 miles 7 2 km south of Gatwick on its final approach to the airport under a low ceiling in poor visibility killing both pilots and seriously injuring the flight engineer 231 17 February 1959 A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount 794D registration TC SEV on an international charter flight crashed in heavy fog at Newdigate Surrey on its approach to Gatwick after striking trees Fourteen of the 24 on board died and Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes was amongst the survivors 232 233 234 5 January 1969 A Boeing 727 113C registration YA FAR operating as Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 arriving from Frankfurt Airport Germany crashed into a house in Fernhill near Horley Surrey in low visibility The flaps were not extended to maintain flight at final approach speed 48 of the 62 on board died in addition to 2 on the ground 233 235 236 237 28 January 1972 A British Caledonian Vickers VC10 1109 registration G ARTA with no passengers aboard sustained severe structural damage as a result of a hard landing at Gatwick at the end of a short ferry flight from Heathrow where the aircraft had been diverted due to fog at Gatwick After touching down runway 08 and applying spoilers and reverse thrust the aircraft became airborne again bounced twice and landed heavily This resulted in a burst front wheel tyre a separated wheel and a crumpled fuselage immediately in front of and behind the wings 238 A survey of the aircraft s damage revealed that its airframe was bent out of shape requiring extensive repairs to restore airworthiness Since the repairs were not cost effective the airline s management decided to cannibalise the aircraft for spare parts before scrapping it at Gatwick in 1975 239 240 20 July 1975 A British Island Airways BIA Handley Page Dart Herald 201 registration G APWF was involved in a runway accident while departing on a scheduled flight to Guernsey The aircraft lifted off from runway 26 after a ground run of 2 490 feet 760 m and appeared airborne for 411 ft 125 m with its landing gear retracting before the rear underside of the fuselage settled back onto the runway and brought the aircraft to a stop An investigation concluded that the landing gear was retracted before the aircraft had become established in a climb and the flap setting and takeoff speed were incorrect Although the aircraft incurred substantial damage none of the 45 occupants were hurt 241 29 December 2014 A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 400 Registration G VROM suffered a loss of hydraulic fluid whilst en route to Las Vegas Shortly after departure an alarm prompted the crew to return to Gatwick when they discovered that an improperly installed actuator had caused the right wing landing gear to not deploy The aircraft successfully landed on 3 main landing gear bogies and was returned to service on 11 January 2015 242 19 21 December 2018 A major disruption to the airport was caused by reports of drone sightings close to the runway The runway was closed and all flights were suspended for about six hours on 19 December The airport reopened at 03 01 the next morning until another reported sighting prompted another closing about 45 minutes later As of 00 15 on 21 December the airport was still closed with about 110 000 passengers and 760 flights affected 243 Officials called the drone flying a deliberate act of disruption but did not classify it as terrorism 244 The army was deployed to assist the police in resolving the incident 245 The runway reopened with limited capacity around 06 00 that day 246 Authorities suspended flights again from 17 10 to 18 23 on 21 December Later that day a man and a woman were arrested in connection with the incident 247 248 the pair were released without charge on 23 December with Sussex Police saying that they are no longer suspects 249 26 February 2020 a Titan Airways Airbus A321 211 reported engine surge after takeoff A few moments later the other engine stalled The aircraft landed safely at Gatwick eleven minutes after takeoff The Air Accidents Investigation Branch determined fuel contamination following defective maintenance had gone undetected for two days and caused the incident Safety recommendations were made to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency and changes were made by organisations including Airbus and the International Air Transport 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