London FIR
Aerodrome Information
Gatwick has two parallel runways, the northern of which is 08L/26R and the southern, 08R/26L.
Runway |
Take-off Distance |
Landing Distance |
08R |
3311m |
2766m |
26L |
3407m |
2831m |
08L |
3040m |
2243m |
26R |
2703m |
2148m |
Terminal Assignments:
Airline |
Terminals |
American Airlines |
North |
Astraeus |
North |
Atlas Blue |
North |
Aurigny |
South |
Azerbaijan Airlines |
South |
Belavia Belarusian Airlines |
South |
BH Air |
South |
BMI |
South |
British Airways |
North, South |
British Jet |
South |
Brussels Airlines |
North |
Bulgaria Air |
South |
Centralwings |
South |
Clickair |
North |
Continental Airlines |
South |
Croatia Airlines |
South |
Cubana |
South |
Daallo Airlines |
North |
Delta Airlines |
North |
Easyjet |
South |
Emirates |
North |
Estonian Air |
South |
Ethiopian Airlines |
South |
Etihad Airways |
North |
Eurocypria |
South |
First Choice Airways |
North |
Flybe |
South |
Flyglobespan |
South |
Flyjet |
North |
FlyLAL Lithuanian Airlines |
North |
Freebird |
South |
Futura International Airways |
South |
GB Airways |
North, South |
German Wings |
South |
Ghana International Airlines |
South |
Jet2.com |
South |
Karthago |
South |
Kibris Turkish Airlines |
North |
Malev |
South |
Meridiana Airlines |
South |
Monarch Airlines |
South |
MyTravel |
South |
Nationwide |
North |
Northwest Airlines |
South |
Nouvelair |
South |
Oasis Hong Kong Airlines |
South |
Olympic Airways |
South |
Onur Air |
South |
Pulkovo |
South |
Qatar Airways |
South |
Royal Air Maroc |
North |
Ryanair |
South |
SAS Braathens |
South |
SATA International |
South |
Skyservice |
South |
Sterling |
South |
Sudan Airways |
North |
TAAG Angola Airlines |
North |
TAP Air Portugal |
South |
Thomas Cook |
South |
ThomsonFly |
South |
Transaero Airlines |
South |
Ukraine International Airlines |
South |
US Airways |
South |
Virgin Atlantic Airways |
South |
Virgin Nigeria |
North |
XL Airways |
South |
Zoom Airlines |
South |
Lighting:
Runway Lighting:
- High Intensity bi-directional centre line lights at 15 metre intervals. 08L/26R has no centre line lighting.
- Bi-directional High Intensity white edge lights spaced 46 metres apart laterally and 25 metres apart longitudinally. Low Intensity on 08L/26R
- Touchdown zone lights consisting of bars of 4 white lights. The bars are spaced at 77 metre intervals longitudinally and cover the first 923 metres of the runway.
- High Intensity green threshold lights stretching the whole width of the runway, with green wing bars
- High Intensity red end bar lights across the whole width at the upwind end of the runway
PAPIs are installed on all runways and consist of 4 units on the left (On the right on 08R), providing guidance in maintaining the required 3 degree approach angle.
Approach Lighting:
- 914 metre high white High intensity coded centre line with 5 crossbars (420 metre high, one crossbar on 08L/26R)
- last 300 metres of approach lighting includes Supplementary Approach lights (SALS) consisting of 9 barrettes of 4 white lights dispersed about the centre line, and the same number of 4 red light barrettes either side. (26L/08R only)
Noise:
The airport is surrounded by many built up areas. Various procedures have been designed to minimise disturbance to the local communities.
The preferential selection of runway direction is the main procedure created to do this. More details about it can be found in the "Preferential Runway Procedures" section.
Low Visibility Procedures:
ATC LVP's become effective when:
- IRVR is less than 600 metres
- Cloud ceiling is 200ft or less
During LVP's, Final approach spacing should be increased to 10 miles and aircraft should establish on the ILS outside 10nm from touchdown.