IVAO United Kingdom - Gatwick (EGKK)

Aerodrome Information

Gatwick

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
Adria Airways	North
Aer Lingus	South
Afriqiyah	South
Air Algerie	South
Air Baltic	South
Air Comet	North
Air Malta	South
Air Namibia	North
Air Southwest	North
Air Transat	South
Air Zimbabwe	South
Astraeus	North
Atlas Blue	North
Aurigny	South
Azerbaijan Airlines	South
Belavia Belarusian Airlines	South
BH Air	South
BMI	South
British Airways	North
British Jet	South
Brussels Airlines	North
Bulgaria Air	South
Clickair	North
Croatia Airlines	South
Cubana	South
Daallo Airlines	North
Delta Airlines	North
Easyjet	North/South
Emirates	North
Estonian Air	South
Eurocypria	South
Flybe	South
Flyglobespan	South
FlyLAL Lithuanian Airlines	North
Ghana International Airlines	South
Karthago	South
KD Avia	South
Kibris Turkish Airlines	North
Malev	North
Meridiana Airlines	South
Monarch Airlines	South
Montenegro Airlines	South
Northwest Airlines	North
Norwegian.no	South
Olympic Airways	South
Oman Air	South
Onur Air	South
Pakistan International Airlines	South
Qatar Airways	North
Rossiya	South
Ryanair	South
SAS	South
SATA International	South
TAP Air Portugal	South
Tarom	North
Thomas Cook	South
Thomson Airways	North
Ukraine International Airlines	South
US Airways	South
Virgin Atlantic Airways	South
Virgin Nigeria	North
Wizz Air	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)

Preferential Selection of Runway

Gatwick operates a preferential runway scheme, whereby the Westerly runway (26L) will be used for take-off and landing in preference to the Easterly runway (08R), unless wind, or other factors dictate. Generally, it is to be said that:

"Runway 26L will normally be used in preference to 08R when the tailwind component is no greater than 5kts and the surface is dry"

The choice of runway configuration will be the decision of ADC.

Due to their close proximity, under no circumstances is 08L/26R to be used as a runway at the same time as 08R/26L. When the main runway is in use, the northern runway is available as a taxiway. The northern runway is still to be referred to as 08L/26R even when it is being used as a taxiway.

The northern runway will only be used when the main runway is non-operational or when planned maintenance is being carried out

Night Noise Restrictions

Jet aircraft operating into and out of Gatwick at night are subject to limits and operating restrictions:
- Between 2300 and 0600 local inbound aircraft are to be vectored onto a closing heading which will intercept the aircraft on the extended centreline no closer than 10nm from touchdown.
- Descent clearance below 3000ft is not to be given until the aircraft is 10nm from touchdown