Live flights over London Gatwick Airport (LGW)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 2,412 departures and 2,393 arrivals at London Gatwick Airport, 686 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Dublin (DUB), Barcelona (BCN) and Málaga (AGP). The airline seen most often is easyJet.
Airport data
- IATA code
- LGW
- ICAO code
- EGKK
- City
- London
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elevation
- 62 m (202 ft)
- Coordinates
- 51.14874, -0.18574
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of London Gatwick Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near London.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 424 | 426 | 850 |
| Mon 2 | 383 | 387 | 770 |
| Tue 3 | 298 | 288 | 586 |
| Wed 4 | 307 | 296 | 603 |
| Thu 5 | 324 | 318 | 642 |
| Fri 6 | 372 | 374 | 746 |
| Sat 7 | 304 | 304 | 608 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Dublin DUB Ireland 129 flights
- Barcelona BCN Spain 116 flights
- Málaga AGP Spain 99 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 89 flights
- Saint Peter Port GCI Guernsey 88 flights
- Paris CDG France 83 flights
- St. Peter JER Jersey 77 flights
- Glasgow GLA 74 flights
- Milano MXP Italy 68 flights
- Alicante ALC Spain 67 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 64 flights
- Valletta MLA Malta 64 flights
- Ingliston, Edinburgh EDI 63 flights
- Copenhagen CPH Denmark 61 flights
- San Bartolomé ACE Spain 61 flights
- Lisbon LIS Portugal 60 flights
27 more connections
- Belfast BFS 57
- Porto OPO 50
- Oslo OSL 44
- Belfast BHD 43
- Zurich ZRH 43
- Frankfurt am Main FRA 41
- Spata-Artemida ATH 40
- Geneva GVA 40
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE 39
- Roma FCO 38
- Dubai DXB 37
- Prague PRG 36
- Stockholm ARN 34
- Colombier-Saugnieu, Rhône LYS 34
- Castletown, Rushen IOM 33
- Palma de Mallorca PMI 33
- Berlin BER 32
- Bordeaux BOD 32
- Bilbao BIO 30
- Aberdeen ABZ 28
- El Matorral FUE 28
- Faro FAO 22
- Paphos PFO 20
- Istanbul IST 19
- Funchal FNC 16
- Inverness, Highland INV 12
- Balice KRK 12
Airlines
- easyJetEZY 1,821
- BA EuroflyerEFW 441
- easyJet EuropeEJU 194
- RyanairRYR 192
- TUI AirwaysTOM 192
- Vueling AirlinesVLG 186
- British AirwaysBAW 145
- Jet2.comEXS 122
- Wizz Air UKWUK 114
- Norwegian Air SwedenNSZ 112
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 1,394
- Airbus A321neo A21N 731
- Airbus A319 A319 717
- Boeing 737-800 B738 351
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 287
- Airbus A320neo A20N 282
- Airbus A321 A321 213
- Boeing 777-200 B772 139
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 134
- ATR 72-600 AT76 87
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of London Gatwick Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/51.14874/lon/-0.18574/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near London right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over London Gatwick Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on London: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of LGW, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from London Gatwick Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were easyJet, BA Euroflyer, easyJet Europe, Ryanair and TUI Airways.
What are the main connections from London Gatwick Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Dublin (DUB, 129), Barcelona (BCN, 116), Málaga (AGP, 99), Madrid (MAD, 89) and Saint Peter Port (GCI, 88). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around London? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for London Gatwick Airport? +
London Gatwick Airport has IATA code LGW and ICAO code EGKK. It lies in England, United Kingdom, at coordinates 51.14874, -0.18574.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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