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NEWS
General information about the airport
 
The local community group    
for much more detail about Gatwick.
 
 
Monthly figures for Gatwick
 
Gatwick CO2 emissions -  study of the climate change caused by flights from Gatwick airport, by GACC
 

 

New Gatwick owner rules out second runway

Sir David Rowlands, Chairman of the Board of Gatwick Airport, says a 2nd runway will not be considered any time in the foreseeable future, and "We at Gatwick have not a shred of interest in a 2nd runway. It’s not government policy and it’s not in our policy. Even if the Government started to look more favourably at the prospect, we would have to think very hard about spending £100 to £200 million on a planning application with an uncertain decision."  8.2.2010  More ..... 
 

Gatwick airport submits application for North Terminal extension

Gatwick has put in a planning application for an extension to the North Terminal and other works to enable the airport to expand from its previous peak of 35 million passengers a year to 40 m, with 20,000 extra flights a year. The increase sought is larger than the total size of many regional airports, and will mean more noise, and more pollution. The impact of the application would be more than double the total climate change impact of Crawley Borough.  6.8.2009   More .....
 

London Gatwick Airport launches public consultation on its draft noise action plan

20th June 2009     Gatwick Airport has launched a 16 week public consultation on its draft noise action plan. The noise action plan, which is to be published to comply with the Environmental Noise (England) Regulations 2006, is a 5 year plan that the airport has to produce, to manage noise arising from aircraft departing from and arriving at the airport. The plan will be in line with guidance issued by the DEFRA in March. (BAA)  
 Click here to view full story...   Consultation ended 7th October
The plan is available online at    Noise Action Plan - Gatwick 
 
 
 
 
Some general information about the airport:
 

Airport Owner
GIP -  Global Infrastructure Partners,
(chairman Sir David Rowlands) and 12% the South Korean National Pension Service 
 
Was Grupa Ferrovial till November 2009. 

Airport Operator

GIP

Airlines using the airport
BA, easyJet and many, many others
Some 90 airlines fly from Gatwick.

Key destinations
Some 230 destinations worldwide  - uncertain which have most flights/passengers.
Gatwick may be the busiest single-runway airport, and the seventh largest airport, in the world.

Master Plan

Interim October 2006

Number of passengers (thousands) (CAA figures)
CAA - Terminal Passengers 1999 - 2009  (annual figures, table 10.3)
 
2009   32,361,199  (down - 5.3% on 2008)
2008    34,162 thousand (down -3% on 2007)
2007    35,165  (up +3% on 2006)
2006    34,080
2005    32,693
2000   31,947
1996   24,985
Air Traffic Movements (thousands) (CAA figures)
2009   245,394  (down - 4.3% on 2008)
2008   256 thousand (almost no change on 2007)
2007   259 (up + 2% on 2006))
2006   254
2005   252
2000   251
1996   209
Freight tonnage
CAA Air Freight statistics 1999 - 2009    (annual figures, table 13.2)
 
2009    74,680  (down - 31% on 2008)
2008   107,702  (down 37% on 2007)
2007   171,078 (down 19% on 2006)
2006   211,857
2005   222,778
2000   318,905
2006   266,975

Future plans
40 million passengers per year by 2015.
 
Second runway, after 2019, if Heathrow cannot meet environmental limits

Consultative Committee
Serviced by West Sussex County Council.
Chairman John Godfrey, Vice Hilary Sewill.
Good support for environmental issues.

Local Residents' or airport opposition group
Founded 1965. Membership includes over 100 councils and environmental groups.
 
also
 
Gatwick Can Be Quieter (GatCan)  NEW !

Recent News
 
Some stories about Gatwick can be found on the UK Airport News website.
How to complain about aircraft noise

Complaining about Aircraft Noise is easy! You can complain by phone, email or post:

Telephone: 0800 393070 (freephone)
Email: LGWNoise_Line@BAA.com
Post: Flight Evaluation Unit,
BAA Gatwick,
London Gatwick Airport,
West Sussex,
RH6 0NP

And tell them the date, time and where you were when the incident occured.

 
 
Gatwick Airport Website  - facts and figures about Gatwick
 
 
Proportion of domestic passengers, out of total passengers
CAA statistics, annual figures  - comparing Tables 9 and 10.2

2006    11.9%
2007    11.4%
2008    10.9%

Business Aviation:  Number of business flights (= private jets) 
CAA statistics, annual figures - Table 3.1

2007          475  (+ 1,499 air taxis)
2008        5,412 (+ 1,482 a ir taxis)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Figures for passengers, air traffic movements and air freight tonnages at Gatwick. 
    BAA press releases  up until November 2009
   Gatwick Airport press releases  after December 2009
           (monthly figures come out around 15th of the next month)
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for July 2010
 
Source:  Gatwick press release  ( July 2010 figures compared to July 2009)
 
Terminal Passengers:           down - 3.1% in July 2010  to 3,431,100 passengers approx 
Air Transport Movements:     down  - 5.1% to 23,319 ATMs
Air Cargo :                             up + 95%  to 9,559 metric tonnes
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for June 2010
 
Source:  Gatwick press release  ( June 2010 figures compared to June 2009)
 
Terminal Passengers:           down - 0.8% in June 2010  to 3,046,100 passengers approx 
Air Transport Movements:     down  - 2.1% to 21,868 ATMs
Air Cargo :                             up + 75.8%  to 9,089 metric tonnes
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for May 2010

Source:   Gatwick press release  (May 2010 compared to May 2009)

Terminal Passengers:         down - 4.1%  2,730,900 passengers approx
Air Transport Movements:   down - 4.2%  20,859 ATMs
Air Cargo :                          up 74.7% to 9,674 metric tonnes
 
(Long haul flights to destinations other then North America grew by +10.4%.  North American fell by - 14.4%).
 
Figures for Gatwick for April 2010

Source: Gatwick press release for more details  ( for 6 days in April UK airspace was closed due to the volcanic ash)

Terminal Passengers:         down - 20.2% in Apr 2010 compared to Apr 2010
Air Transport Movements:    down - 18.9% in Apr 2010 compared to Apr 2010
Air Cargo :                          up + 50.3% in Apr 2010 compared to Apr 2010
 
 
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for March 2010

Source: Gatwick press release for more details

Terminal Passengers:          up + 3.0% in Mar 2010 compared to Mar 2010
Air Transport Movements:    down - 0.9% in Mar 2010 compared to Mar 2010
Air Cargo :                           up + 65.8% in Mar 2010 compared to Mar 2010
 
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for February 2010

Source: Gatwick press release for more details

Terminal Passengers:          up + 3.2% in Feb 2010 compared to Feb 2010
Air Transport Movements:    up + 3.5% in Feb 2010 compared to Feb 2010
Air Cargo :                           up + 38.9% in Feb 2010 compared to Feb 2010
 
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for January 2010

Source:  Gatwick press release for more details

Terminal Passengers:           down - 5.4% in Jan 2010 compared to Jan 2010
Air Transport Movements:     down - 7.0 % in Jan 2010 compared to Jan 2010
Air Cargo :                             up + 6.1% in Jan 2010 compared to Jan 2010
 
 
 
 
Figures for Gatwick  for all of 2009 compared to 2008
Source:   Gatwick press release  for more details 
 
Passengers:                         down - 5.3%  in 2009 (32.370,000)
Air Transport Movements:    down - 4.3% in 2008  (256.364)
Air Freight:                           down - 30.6 % in 2008  (107,719.6 tonnes)
 
 
 
Figures for Gatwick for December 2009

Source:  Gatwick press release  for more details

Terminal Passengers:            up + 1.5% in Dec 2009 compared to Dec 2008.
Air Transport Movements:      down - 0.4% in Dec 2009 compared to Dec 2008.
Air Freight:                             up + 19.2% in Dec 2009 compared to Dec 2008
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BAA figures for Gatwick for November 2009

Source: BAA press release for more details

Passengers:                        Up +4.5% in Nov 2009 compared to Nov 2008.
Air Transport Movements:     Up +4.8% in Nov 2009 compared to Nov 2008.
Air Freight:                          Up +5.2% in Nov 2009 compared to Nov 2008
 
 
BAA figures for Gatwick for October 2009 
Source: BAA press release for more details
 
Passengers:                       Up 1.8%  in Oct 2009 compared to Oct 2008. 
Air Transport Movements:    down - 0.2% in Oct 2009 compared to Oct 2008.
Air Freight:                         Down -8% in Oct 2009 compared to Oct 2008
 
 
 
BAA figures for Gatwick for September 2009
Source: BAA press release for more details
 
Passengers:                    down - 0.5% in Sept 2009 compared to Sept 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:      down - 0.4% in Sept 2009 compared to Sept 2008.
Air Freight:                       down - 21.7% in Sept 2009 compared to Sept 2008
 
 
BAA figures for Gatwick for August 2009
Source: BAA press release for more details
 
Passengers:                      down - 4.6% in Aug 2009 compared to Aug 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:       down - 3.5% in Aug 2009 compared to Aug 2008.
Air Freight:                        down - 19.1% in Aug 2009 compared to Aug 2008
 
 
BAA figures for Gatwick for July 2009
Source: BAA press release for more details
 
Passengers:                      down 4.8% in July 2009 compared to July 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:     down - 3.7% in July 2009 compared to July 2008.
Air Freight:                        down - 34.1% in July 2009 compared to July 2008
 
BAA figures for Gatwick for June 2009
Source: BAA press release for more details
 
Passengers:                      down  7.6% in June 2009 compared to June 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:     down - 6.6% in June 2009 compared to June 2008.
Air Freight:                        down - 32.7% in June 2009 compared to June 2008.

BAA figures for Gatwick for May 2009

Source: BAA press release for more details

Passengers:                      down -  6.5% in May 2009 compared to May 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:     down -  5.6% in May 2009 compared to May 2008.
Air Freight:                        down -  21.5% in May 2009 compared to May 2008.

 

BAA figures for Gatwick for April 2009

(Easter was in April in 2009 but in March 2008)   
Source: BAA press release for more details
 
Passengers:                       down - 3.0% in April 2009 compared to April 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:      down - 5.1% in April 2009 compared to April 2008.
Air Freight:                         down - 37.1% in April 2009 compared to April 2008.

 

BAA figures for Gatwick for March 2009

Source: BAA press release for more details

Passengers:                    down - 17.7% in March 2009 compared to March 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:    down - 8.8 % in March 2009 compared to March 2008.
Air Freight:                       down - 55.2% in March 2009 compared to March 2008.

 

BAA figures for Gatwick for February 2009

Source:  BAA press release for more details

Passengers:                     down - 14.4% in Feb 2009 compared to Feb 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:     down - 11.9% in Feb 2009 compared to Feb 2008.
Air Freight:                        down  - 56.9% in Feb 2009 compared to Feb 2008.

 

BAA figures for Gatwick for January 2009

Source:   BAA press release  for more details 

Passengers:                     down - 10.8% in Jan 2009 compared to Jan 2008.
Air Traffic Movements:     down - 9.6% in Jan 2009 compared to  Jan 2008.
Air Freight:                        down -  49.4% in Jan 2009 compared to Jan 2008.

 

 

BAA figures for Gatwick for December 2008

Source:   BAA press release  for more details 

Passengers:                    down - 13.8% in Dec 2008 compared to  Dec 2007.
Air Traffic Movements:   down - 9.4% in Dec 2008 compared to  Dec 2007.
Air Freight:                       down - 52.5% in Dec 2008 compared to Dec 2007

 

BAA figures for Gatwick for all of 2008 - compared to 2007

Source:   BAA press release  for more details 

Passengers:                    down -2.8%  in 2008 compared to 2007.
Air Traffic Movements:   down - 0.9% in 2008 compared to 2007.
Air Freight:                       down - 37.1% in 2008 compared to 2007
 

From BAA's website.   15.12.2008

Gatwick Airport signs up to new legal commitments

"Sustainable development

Gatwick Airport Limited has signed a new legal agreement with West Sussex County Council and Crawley Borough Council (following consultation with seven other local authorities). The agreement outlines how the airport's operation, growth and environmental impacts will be managed responsibly. It underpins the important relationship between the airport owner and its local authorities with responsibility for planning, environmental management and highways. 

This document contains all our objectives, obligations and commitments and serves as a single point of reference. See our Obligations and Commitments document (275KB).

Read our full legal agreement (16.5MB).
See the agreement map (1.45MB) "

Press release dated 5.1.2009     BAA press release

 
 
 
Background information on Gatwick Airport:
 
For a lot of background on Gatwick, from GACC (the Gatwick Area Conservation Campaign) see:    background on Gatwick
 
 
 
Gatwick and climate change:
 
"Gatwick - wrecking climate change targets"  (published May 2007) - a new study of the climate change caused by flights from Gatwick airport, by GACC.   www.gacc.org.uk 
 
 
Recent News about Gatwick airport:
 
See Gatwick news
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

  
  
  

 

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