Gatwick airport code: LGW
London Gatwick's airport code is LGW, its IATA code. Its four-letter ICAO code is EGKK.
OurAirports publishes its airport list as open data in the public domain, and that list is behind the airport code lookup. In it, London Gatwick Airport has the IATA code LGW and the ICAO code EGKK, and sits at 51.1487° N, 0.1857° W, 202 ft (62 m) above sea level. The file gives its place name as London, with Crawley and Charlwood among its keywords.
Two runways, one at a time
Gatwick's key facts page says the airport has two runways that can't be used at the same time because they're so close together, so the Northern Runway is only used when the Main Runway isn't available. It gives the Main Runway as 3,316 m long and 45 m wide, and calls Gatwick the busiest single-runway airport in Europe, which is the airport's own description.
OurAirports lists two runways, both lit and 148 ft (45 m) wide.
| Runway | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 08R / 26L | 10,883 ft (3,317 m) | Asphalt |
| 08L / 26R | 8,402 ft (2,561 m) | Asphalt |
The longer strip in the file works out at 3,317 m against the airport's 3,316 m for the Main Runway, so the two sources agree on which one that is. What the numbers mean is in what a runway is.
North Terminal or South Terminal
The same page says Gatwick has two terminals, North and South, with 31 stands each and another 57 remote stands served by coaches. Which one you need depends on the airline. Gatwick's Which terminal page lists airlines alphabetically with the terminal each one uses, and it can be filtered to North or South, so check it before you set off.
LGW and LHR side by side
Gatwick and Heathrow are 41 km apart in a straight line, worked out from the coordinates in the data. Heathrow's page has the rest of its detail.
| Gatwick | Heathrow | |
|---|---|---|
| IATA code | LGW | LHR |
| ICAO code | EGKK | EGLL |
| Elevation | 202 ft (62 m) | 83 ft (25 m) |
| Runways in OurAirports | 2 | 2 |
| Longest runway | 10,883 ft (3,317 m) | 12,799 ft (3,901 m) |
The four airports nearest to Gatwick
The lookup holds 112 airports. These are the four closest to Gatwick in it, by straight-line distance from the coordinates.
| Airport | IATA | ICAO | Straight-line distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Biggin Hill Airport | BQH | EGKB | 25.3 km |
| Brighton City Airport | ESH | EGKA | 35.7 km |
| London Heathrow Airport | LHR | EGLL | 40.6 km |
| London City Airport | LCY | EGLC | 43.0 km |
LGW on a print
The airport code print takes any code from the lookup. Open it with LGW filled in and it starts with three lines: LGW, then LONDON GATWICK · UNITED KINGDOM, then 51.1487° N, 0.1857° W. Any line can be changed before you order.
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