Flight paths to and from London Gatwick may vary due to factors such as wind and weather, time of day and the amount of traffic arriving or departing the airport. This is especially true for arrivals, which do not follow any standardised routes on their way to the final approach. However, departures will vector onto a more direct heading once they reach the required altitude of the Noise Preferential Route (NPR).
The following tool provides an overview of all flights that arrived at and departed from London Gatwick during a full month below 7,000 ft. The charts are shown for both an easterly and westerly operational direction with recent months shown along with comparative charts each year back to 2013. You can select the chart using the drop down menu in the top right hand corner of the display.
The data is shown as a density plot which counts the number of movements (arrivals and/or departures) that flew over a grid with colour showing which grid cells, receive:
- Blue: on average between 1 and 5 movements per hour
- Green: on average between 5 and 10 movements per hour
- Yellow: on average between 10 and 20 movements per hour
- Orange: on average between 20 and 30 movements per hour
- Red: on average between 30 and 40 movements per hour
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