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London Gatwick Airport

ICAO EGKK51.1487°N 0.1857°W62 m / 202 ftLarge airport

London Gatwick Airport (IATA: LGW, ICAO: EGKK) is a large airport in London, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1958. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,317 m (10,883 ft). It is operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2023 it handled 40.9 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1958–1969

1958

OpenedLondon Gatwick Airport opens.

05 JAN 1969

DisasterAriana Afghan Airlines Flight 701.

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

08R/26L078° / 258° · LIT

LENGTH3,317 m10,883 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

08L/26R078° / 258° · LIT

LENGTH2,561 m8,402 ftWIDTH45 m148 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2012–2023

34.2M

35.4M

38.1M

40.3M

43.1M

45.5M

46.1M

46.6M

10.2M

6.3M

32.8M

40.9M

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Routes

234 destinations · 80 countries

Year-round161

GCIGuernsey AirportGuernsey · Aurigny Air Services256 km159 mi JERJersey AirportJersey · easyJet, British Airways259 km161 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Air France, easyJet308 km191 mi RNSRennes-Saint-Jacques AirportFrance · easyJet360 km224 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet364 km226 mi IOMIsle of Man AirportIsle of Man · easyJet443 km275 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · easyJet456 km283 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · easyJet484 km301 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair485 km301 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Eurowings513 km319 mi BHDGeorge Best Belfast City AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet542 km337 mi BFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet562 km349 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet574 km357 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair580 km360 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet, British Airways595 km370 mi SNNShannon AirportIreland · Ryanair623 km387 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Condor Flugdienst629 km391 mi SXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · easyJet631 km392 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · easyJet683 km424 mi ABZAberdeen International AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet686 km426 mi BODBordeaux–Mérignac AirportFrance · easyJet, British Airways704 km437 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · easyJet715 km444 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · easyJet717 km446 mi STRStuttgart AirportGermany · Eurowings726 km451 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · easyJet743 km462 mi INVInverness AirportUnited Kingdom · easyJet753 km468 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · easyJet754 km469 mi BLLBillund AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle801 km498 mi NUENuremberg AirportGermany · easyJet820 km510 mi TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · easyJet844 km524 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · easyJet, British Airways879 km546 mi BIOBilbao AirportSpain · Vueling896 km557 mi MPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · easyJet898 km558 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · easyJet899 km559 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · easyJet913 km567 mi AALAalborg AirportDenmark · Norwegian Air Shuttle928 km577 mi SVGStavanger Airport, SolaNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle935 km581 mi INNInnsbruck AirportAustria · easyJet941 km585 mi LINMilano Linate AirportItaly · easyJet943 km586 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · easyJet949 km590 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · easyJet950 km590 mi OVDAsturias AirportSpain · Vueling951 km591 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · easyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle984 km611 mi BZOBolzano AirportItaly · Sky Alps990 km615 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · easyJet, British Airways1,001 km622 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · British Airways1,022 km635 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · easyJet, Wizz Air1,024 km636 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · easyJet, British Airways1,038 km645 mi BGOBergen Airport, FleslandNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,071 km665 mi SCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Vueling1,108 km688 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · easyJet, Vueling1,109 km689 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · easyJet1,117 km694 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · easyJet1,148 km713 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · Vueling1,180 km733 mi LJULjubljana Jože Pučnik AirportSlovenia · easyJet1,203 km748 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Iberia Express, easyJet, Air Europa1,213 km754 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,226 km762 mi GRZGraz AirportAustria · British Airways1,226 km762 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal, British Airways1,279 km795 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · easyJet, Wizz Air, Vueling1,297 km806 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · easyJet1,300 km808 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · easyJet, British Airways1,309 km813 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · easyJet1,406 km874 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · easyJet, Wizz Air1,410 km876 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair, easyJet +21,431 km889 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · easyJet, Wizz Air1,465 km910 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,475 km917 mi RMURegion of Murcia International AirportSpain · easyJet1,486 km923 mi TRDTrondheim Airport, VærnesNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,518 km943 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · easyJet, TAP Air Portugal1,542 km958 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · easyJet, Vueling, British Airways1,592 km989 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · easyJet1,592 km989 mi LEIAlmería AirportSpain · easyJet1,600 km994 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Jet2.com, easyJet, Wizz Air +21,645 km1,022 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Jet2.com, easyJet, Wizz Air +11,688 km1,049 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · British Airways1,690 km1,050 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · AirBaltic1,692 km1,051 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · easyJet1,708 km1,061 mi GIBGibraltar AirportGibraltar · easyJet1,717 km1,067 mi TNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Air Arabia1,774 km1,102 mi TTUSania Ramel AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc1,778 km1,105 mi TUNTunis Carthage International AirportTunisia · Nouvelair, Tunisair1,791 km1,113 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · AirBaltic1,816 km1,128 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,858 km1,155 mi NBEEnfidha - Hammamet International AirportTunisia · TUI Airways, easyJet1,877 km1,166 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Icelandair1,935 km1,202 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · easyJet1,938 km1,204 mi RBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · British Airways1,974 km1,227 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Jet2.com, KM Malta Airlines, easyJet +12,065 km1,283 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc2,066 km1,284 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Animawings2,080 km1,292 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · easyJet2,134 km1,326 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · Wizz Air2,159 km1,342 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · TUI Airways, easyJet, British Airways2,267 km1,409 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Sky Express (Greece), easyJet2,393 km1,487 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · TUI Airways, easyJet, British Airways2,438 km1,515 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · easyJet, British Airways2,456 km1,526 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Wizz Air, Turkish Airlines2,460 km1,529 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · Pegasus Airlines2,523 km1,568 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress2,567 km1,595 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,710 km1,684 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,771 km1,722 mi DLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · easyJet2,792 km1,735 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,879 km1,789 mi SPCLa Palma AirportSpain · TUI Airways2,902 km1,803 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, Jet2.com, easyJet2,908 km1,807 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,913 km1,810 mi PFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Jet2.com, easyJet3,186 km1,980 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · easyJet, Wizz Air, British Airways3,247 km2,018 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Wizz Air3,557 km2,210 mi EBLErbil International AirportIraq · FlyErbil3,843 km2,388 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet3,866 km2,402 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet3,900 km2,423 mi GYDHeydar Aliyev International AirportAzerbaijan · Azerbaijan Airlines3,985 km2,476 mi SIDAmílcar Cabral International AirportCape Verde · TUI Airways, easyJet4,325 km2,687 mi BVCAristides Pereira International AirportCape Verde · TUI Airways4,385 km2,725 mi BJLBanjul International AirportGambia · Air Sierra Leone4,458 km2,770 mi JEDKing Abdulaziz International AirportSaudi Arabia · Saudia4,714 km2,929 mi ASBAshgabat International AirportTurkmenistan · Turkmenistan Airlines4,726 km2,937 mi ABVNnamdi Azikiwe International AirportNigeria · Air Peace4,735 km2,942 mi FNALungi International AirportSierra Leone · Air Sierra Leone4,878 km3,031 mi LOSMurtala Muhammed International AirportNigeria · Air Peace4,967 km3,086 mi ACCKotoka International AirportGhana · British Airways5,064 km3,147 mi BAHBahrain International AirportBahrain · Gulf Air5,067 km3,148 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,215 km3,240 mi TASTashkent International AirportUzbekistan · Qanot Sharq, Uzbekistan Airways5,253 km3,264 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,474 km3,401 mi SHJSharjah International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Air Arabia5,477 km3,403 mi JFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Norse Atlantic Airways5,569 km3,460 mi YYZToronto Pearson International AirportCanada · Air Transat5,739 km3,566 mi ADDAddis Ababa Bole International AirportEthiopia · Ethiopian Airlines5,883 km3,656 mi ISBIslamabad International AirportPakistan · British Airways6,041 km3,754 mi ATQSri Guru Ram Das Ji International AirportIndia · Air India6,316 km3,925 mi EBBEntebbe International AirportUganda · Uganda Airlines6,457 km4,012 mi ANUV. C. Bird International AirportAntigua & Barbuda · British Airways6,564 km4,079 mi SKBRobert L. Bradshaw International AirportSt. Kitts & Nevis · British Airways6,613 km4,109 mi UVFHewanorra International AirportSt. Lucia · British Airways6,800 km4,225 mi NBOJomo Kenyatta International AirportKenya · Kenya Airways6,802 km4,227 mi AMDSardar Vallabh Patel International AirportIndia · Air India6,849 km4,256 mi PUJPunta Cana International AirportDominican Republic · TUI Airways, British Airways6,897 km4,286 mi MCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Norse Atlantic Airways, British Airways6,992 km4,345 mi GNDMaurice Bishop International AirportGrenada · British Airways7,007 km4,354 mi TABA.N.R. Robinson International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · British Airways7,017 km4,360 mi JROKilimanjaro International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania7,021 km4,363 mi POSPiarco International AirportTrinidad & Tobago · British Airways7,100 km4,412 mi TPATampa International AirportUnited States · British Airways7,111 km4,419 mi GEOCheddi Jagan International AirportGuyana · British Airways7,262 km4,512 mi ZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania7,404 km4,601 mi DARJulius Nyerere International AirportTanzania · Air Tanzania7,468 km4,640 mi KINNorman Manley International AirportJamaica · British Airways7,537 km4,683 mi MBJSangster International AirportJamaica · TUI Airways7,568 km4,703 mi CUNCancún International AirportMexico · TUI Airways, British Airways7,976 km4,956 mi PEKBeijing Capital International AirportChina · Air China8,166 km5,074 mi HRERobert Gabriel Mugabe International AirportZimbabwe · Air Zimbabwe8,264 km5,135 mi CGOZhengzhou Xinzheng International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines8,523 km5,296 mi TAOQingdao Jiaodong International AirportChina · Beijing Capital Airlines8,679 km5,393 mi PVGShanghai Pudong International AirportChina · China Eastern Airlines, Air China9,252 km5,749 mi CANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines9,499 km5,902 mi BKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · British Airways9,570 km5,947 mi MRUSir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International AirportMauritius · Air Mauritius, British Airways9,748 km6,057 mi SINSingapore Changi AirportSingapore · Singapore Airlines10,872 km6,756 mi

Seasonal112

NQYCornwall Airport NewquayUnited Kingdom · easyJet347 km216 mi BESBrest Bretagne airportFrance · easyJet427 km265 mi DUSDüsseldorf AirportGermany · TUI Airways484 km301 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Jet2.com513 km319 mi LRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportFrance · easyJet558 km347 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways715 km444 mi LYSLyon Saint-Exupéry AirportFrance · Wizz Air, British Airways717 km446 mi CMFChambéry Aix les Bains airportFrance · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways758 km471 mi GNBGrenoble Alpes Isère AirportFrance · Jet2.com, easyJet, Wizz Air +1761 km473 mi FDHBodensee Airport FriedrichshafenGermany · easyJet800 km497 mi TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · TUI Airways844 km524 mi BIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportFrance · easyJet860 km534 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Jet2.com, TUI Airways879 km546 mi MPLMontpellier-Méditerranée AirportFrance · British Airways898 km558 mi INNInnsbruck AirportAustria · TUI Airways, British Airways941 km585 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet1,022 km635 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,038 km645 mi GROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet1,052 km654 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,081 km672 mi REUReus AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet1,117 km694 mi BIABastia-Poretta International airportFrance · easyJet1,204 km748 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · TUI Airways1,226 km762 mi AJAAjaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airportFrance · easyJet1,233 km766 mi RMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · easyJet1,242 km772 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet1,250 km777 mi PUYPula AirportCroatia · Jet2.com, easyJet1,256 km780 mi FSCFigari Sud-Corse AirportFrance · easyJet1,286 km799 mi FAEVágar AirportFaroe Islands · Atlantic Airways1,287 km800 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways1,300 km808 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Jet2.com1,301 km808 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,309 km813 mi AESÅlesund AirportNorway · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,324 km823 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · TUI Airways, easyJet1,361 km846 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +11,370 km851 mi SCRScandinavian Mountains AirportSweden · TUI Airways, easyJet1,370 km851 mi ZADZadar AirportCroatia · easyJet1,400 km870 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · TUI Airways1,431 km889 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · TUI Airways1,465 km910 mi SPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · TUI Airways, easyJet, Croatia Airlines1,497 km930 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · British Airways1,505 km935 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,592 km989 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · TUI Airways1,645 km1,022 mi XRYJerez AirportSpain · TUI Airways1,668 km1,036 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · TUI Airways, easyJet1,690 km1,050 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Norwegian Air Shuttle1,692 km1,051 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · British Airways1,708 km1,061 mi TIVTivat AirportMontenegro · easyJet1,729 km1,074 mi TGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Wizz Air1,766 km1,097 mi TNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc1,774 km1,102 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · easyJet1,778 km1,105 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · Jet2.com1,816 km1,128 mi BDSBrindisi AirportItaly · easyJet1,816 km1,128 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Wizz Air1,864 km1,158 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · TUI Airways1,868 km1,161 mi AEYAkureyri International AirportIceland · easyJet1,905 km1,184 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · TUI Airways, easyJet1,935 km1,202 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · British Airways1,938 km1,204 mi OHDOhrid St. Paul the Apostle AirportNorth Macedonia · TUI Airways1,945 km1,209 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · TUI Airways, easyJet2,012 km1,250 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,016 km1,253 mi PVKAktion National AirportGreece · Jet2.com, easyJet2,122 km1,319 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways2,134 km1,326 mi EFLKefallinia AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,172 km1,350 mi ZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,225 km1,383 mi RVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · TUI Airways, easyJet, Norwegian Air Shuttle +12,241 km1,392 mi JSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,269 km1,410 mi KTTKittilä International AirportFinland · TUI Airways, easyJet2,288 km1,422 mi TOSTromsø AirportNorway · easyJet2,289 km1,422 mi BOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet2,294 km1,425 mi KAOKuusamo AirportFinland · TUI Airways, AirBaltic2,333 km1,450 mi KLXKalamata AirportGreece · Jet2.com, easyJet, British Airways2,349 km1,460 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Aegean Airlines2,393 km1,487 mi IVLIvalo AirportFinland · TUI Airways, British Airways2,434 km1,512 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Jet2.com2,438 km1,515 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Jet2.com2,456 km1,526 mi MJTMytilene International AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,474 km1,537 mi JMKMykonos Island National AirportGreece · easyJet2,519 km1,565 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · easyJet2,567 km1,595 mi SMISamos AirportGreece · TUI Airways2,597 km1,614 mi CHQChania International AirportGreece · TUI Airways, easyJet, British Airways2,603 km1,617 mi JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · easyJet, Wizz Air2,610 km1,622 mi KGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,678 km1,664 mi BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, easyJet2,679 km1,665 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +22,680 km1,665 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · British Airways2,771 km1,722 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, easyJet +12,772 km1,722 mi DLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, TUI Airways, Wizz Air +12,792 km1,735 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · TUI Airways, Wizz Air, Corendon Airlines +12,908 km1,807 mi PFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · TUI Airways, British Airways3,186 km1,980 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · TUI Airways3,247 km2,018 mi YYTSt. John's International AirportCanada · WestJet3,743 km2,326 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Wizz Air, British Airways3,866 km2,402 mi LXRLuxor International AirportEgypt · TUI Airways, easyJet3,969 km2,466 mi RMFMarsa Alam International AirportEgypt · TUI Airways4,091 km2,542 mi DSSBlaise Diagne International AirportSenegal · TUI Airways4,329 km2,690 mi BJLBanjul International AirportGambia · TUI Airways4,458 km2,770 mi YHZHalifax / Stanfield International AirportCanada · WestJet4,613 km2,866 mi YULMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International AirportCanada · Air Transat5,246 km3,260 mi BOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · JetBlue Airways5,269 km3,274 mi YOWOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International AirportCanada · Air Transat5,378 km3,342 mi BGIGrantley Adams International AirportBarbados · TUI Airways, British Airways6,759 km4,200 mi LRMCasa De Campo International AirportDominican Republic · TUI Airways6,945 km4,315 mi MLBMelbourne Orlando International AirportUnited States · TUI Airways6,972 km4,332 mi JROKilimanjaro International AirportTanzania · British Airways7,021 km4,363 mi ZNZAbeid Amani Karume International AirportTanzania · TUI Airways, British Airways7,404 km4,601 mi GOXManohar International AirportIndia · TUI Airways7,543 km4,687 mi YVRVancouver International AirportCanada · British Airways7,619 km4,734 mi TFUChengdu Tianfu International AirportChina · Air China8,356 km5,192 mi CMBBandaranaike International Colombo AirportSri Lanka · British Airways8,694 km5,402 mi BKKSuvarnabhumi AirportThailand · Norse Atlantic Airways9,570 km5,947 mi CPTCape Town International AirportSouth Africa · Norse Atlantic Airways9,642 km5,991 mi HKTPhuket International AirportThailand · TUI Airways9,892 km6,147 mi

Most destinationseasyJet 121TUI Airways 72British Airways 70Jet2.com 43Wizz Air 18Norwegian Air Shuttle 13

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LGW. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Gatwick Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers40.9M (2023)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#51of 3,974 · #11 Europe · #2 GB Longest runway3,317 m10,883 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#700of 29,823 · #93 Europe · #2 GB Elevation62 m202 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=33,795of 43,341 · =4,305 Europe · =339 GB AgeOpened 19582026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=4,324of 15,079 · =897 Europe · #183 GB Runways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =134 Europe · =41 GB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

6 channels

APPAPP126.825

ATISATIS136.525

CLDCLNC DEL121.955

GNDGND121.805

TWRTWR124.230

DirDirector118.950