London Gatwick Airport is located within Surrey and lies halfway between the River Thames and the
English channel. Located near Gatwick are the towns of Horley (1NM to the north) and Crawley
(3NM to the south) and are not to be overflown under any circumstances.
ATC Positions
| Callsign | Frequency |
| Gatwick Delivery | 121.955 |
| Gatwick Ground | 121.805 |
| Gatwick Tower | 124.230 |
| Gatwick Director (Intermediate) | 126.825 |
| Gatwick Director (Final) | 118.950 |
When contacting Gatwick Driector, you will normally expect to initially contact the intermediate
Gatwick director on 126.825 and is always staffed. The final director frequency is only open during
busy times and as such you may not be handed over to the frequency of 118.950 and instead may be
handed directly over to tower.
Terminal Allocation
| North Terminal | South Terminal |
| Aeroflot (AFL) | Air Europa (AEA) |
| Easyjet (EZY) | Aegean Airlines (AEE) |
| Easyjet Switzerland (EZS) | AMC (AMC) |
| Tianjin Airlines (GCR) | Austrian Airlines (AUA) |
| Icelandair (ICE) | Ukraine International Airlines (AUI) |
| Meridiana (ISS) | Aurigny (AUR) |
| Royal Air Maroc (RAM) | Titan Airways (AWC) |
| Air Canada Rouge (ROU) | British Airways (BAW) |
| TUI Airways (TOM/TUI) | Flybe (BEE) |
| Emirates Airlines (UAE) | Belavia Belarusian Airline (BRU) |
| Virgin Atlantic (VIR) | Air Baltic (BTI) |
| Vueling Airlines (VLG) | Cathay Pacific (CPA) |
| WestJet (WJA) | Croatia Airlines (CTN) |
| Aer Lingus (EIN) | |
| Enter Air (ENT) | |
| Germania (GMI) | |
| Iraqi Airways (IAW) | |
| Norwegian Air International (IBK) | |
| Iberia Express (IBS) | |
| Small Planet Airlines (LLC) | |
| Malta Air Charter (MAC) | |
| Montenegro Airlines (MGX) | |
| Monarch Airlines (MON) | |
| Norweigan Air Shuttle (NAX) | |
| Pegasus Airlines (PGT) | |
| Ryanair (RYR) | |
| British Airways Shuttle (SHT) | |
| Swiss International Airlines (SWR) | |
| TAP Portugal (TAP) | |
| Tunisair (TAR) | |
| Thomas Cook Airlines (TCX) | |
| Turkish Airlines (THY) | |
| Air Transat (TSC) | |
| Smartwings (TVS) | |
| WOW Air (WOW) | |
| Wizz Air (WZZ) |
Preferential Runway
The preferential runway at Gatwick is runway 26L/08R, with runway 26L being the most preferential
runway when the tailwind component is less than 5 knots and the runway surface is dry.
Taxiways and Taxiway Restrictions
The northern and southern runways at Gatwick are unable to be used simultaneously together, as
such when the southern runway is in use, the northern runway is only utilised as a taxiway, and as
such does not require clearance to enter of taxi along.
Taxiway M is available as an entry point to runway 26L, however, it cannot be used as an exit point
from runway 08R.
When northern runway operations are in force, taxiway AN is not to be used as an entry point to
runway 26R
The taxiway chart can be viewed here
Types of Approaches
RNP
ILS
SRAs
SIDs
North
FRANE1M, FRANE1V, FRANE1P, FRANE1W, FRANE1Z
CLN – disused
East
ODVIK2Z – 08R
MIMFO1M, MIMFO1V – 26L/R
ADMAG – 26L disused
DVR2P, DVR2W – disused
South
BOGNA1M, BOGNA1V, BOGNA1X – exclusively 26L between 0600L-2300L
HARDY5M, HARDY5V, HARDY1X – exclusively 26L between 0600L-2300L
SFD5M, SFD5V, SFD9W, SFD9P, SFD4Z, SFD1X – exclusively 08R and 26L between 2300L-0600L
*L is Local Time
West
IMVUR1Z – 08R
NOVMA1M, NOVMA1V, NOVMA1X – 26L/R
KENET3P, KENET3W – disused
SAM3P, SAM3W – disused
Relief SIDs
Flights to Local Aerodromes
Flights to Thames
Route: DET DCT GODLU DCT ELMIV DCT RAVSA
Will be cleared via FRANE terminating at DET
Flight Level will be at least MSL
Flights to Heathrow
Route: BIG
Expected clearance from runways 26L/R: Cleared to Heathrow via Biggin, after departure
runway 26L/R, climb straight ahead to I-WW 2.3 DME then turn right heading 075, climb to
altitude 4000 feet, speed 220 knots or less.
Expected clearance from runways 08L/R: Cleared to Heathrow via Biggin, after departure
runway 08L/R climb straight ahead to I-GG 5 DME, then turn right heading 090 degrees,
climb to altitude 6000 feet.
Flight Level will be at least MSL
Flights to Essex
Route: DET
Flight Level will be at least MSL
Flights to Farnborough
Route: IMVUR/NOVMA DCT EVATA
Alternative route: SAM DCT RUDMO
Flights to Solent
Routes:
IMVUR N63 SAM
NOVMA L620 SAM
SAM
Flights to Cardiff/Bristol
Route to Cardiff: [IMVUR N63 VOUGA N14/ NOVMA L620 NIBDA N14] KENET DCT ABDAL
DCT BRI DCT CDF
Route to Bristol: Route to Cardiff: [IMVUR N63 VOUGA N14/ NOVMA L620 NIBDA N14]
KENET DCT POMAX DCT BRI
VRPs
Billingshurst
Dorking
Guildford
Handcross
Haywards Heath
Tunbridge Wells
VRP chart can be viewed here
STARs
| STAR | Route | Expected Descent |
| BARMI1G | BARMI SONOG ODROB TEBRA ABTUM ARNUN KKE63 LARCK TIMBA | FL260 by BARMI FL220 by ODROB FL140 by ABTUM |
| KONAN2G | KONAN ARNUN KKE63 LARCK TIMBA | None planned |
| KUNAV1G | KUNAV AMDUT TIMBA | FL160 by AMDUT |
| MID1X | MID ZOPHI MAY LARCK TIMBA | None planned (used as a stack swap from WILLO to TIMBA) |
| NEVIL1G | NEVIL OSPOL NETVU ELDAX AMDUT TIMBA | FL220 by NEVIL FL140 by NETVU |
| TEBRA2G | TEBRA ABTUM ARNUN KKE63 LARCK TIMBA | FL220 by BLIXY/SUNUP FL140 by ABTUM |
| TELTU1G | TELTU SFD TIMBA | None planned (used as a stack swap from WILLO to TIMBA |
| ABSAV1G | ABSAV AVANT GWC HOLLY WILLO | FL130 by GWC |
| AMDUT1G | AMDUT SFD WILLO | None planned (used as a stack swap from TIMBA to WILLO) |
| ARNUN1G | ARNUN HASTY SFD WILLO | None planned (used as a stack swap from TIMBA to WILLO) |
| BEDEK1G | BEDEK NIGIT MID TUFOZ HOLLY WILLO | FL140 by BEDEK |
| DISIT1G | DISIT KIDLI MID TUFOZ HOLLY WILLO | FL200 by DISIT FL150 by KIDLI |
| GWC1G | GWC HOLLY WILLO | FL130 by GWC |
| KIDLI1G | KIDLI MID TUFOZ HOLLY WILLO | FL150 by KIDLI |
| OTMET1G | OTMET SOKDU NEDUL ELDER TELTU HOLLY WILLO | FL270 by OTMET FL210 by NEDUL FL130 by TELTU |
| VASUX1G | VASUX DISVO TELTU HOLLY WILLO | FL130 by TELTU |
Who to contact
Below is the order of which controller you should contact
Vatsim
EGKK_DEL, EGKK_GND, EGKK_TWR, EGKK_APP, LTC_SW_CTR, LTC_S_CTR, LTC_CTR, LON_S_CTR, LON_SC_CTR, LON_CTR
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