Live flights over London Gatwick Airport (LGW)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 913 departures and 930 arrivals at London Gatwick Airport, 922 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Barcelona (BCN), Málaga (AGP) and Alicante (ALC). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 458 | 463 | 921 |
| Sat 24 | 455 | 467 | 922 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Barcelona BCN Spain 46 flights
- Málaga AGP Spain 45 flights
- Alicante ALC Spain 38 flights
- Dublin DUB Ireland 34 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 24 flights
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE France 24 flights
- Glasgow GLA 23 flights
- Palma de Mallorca PMI Spain 23 flights
- Milano MXP Italy 21 flights
- Valletta MLA Malta 21 flights
- Faro FAO Portugal 20 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 19 flights
- Paris CDG France 18 flights
- Lisbon LIS Portugal 18 flights
- Ingliston, Edinburgh EDI 16 flights
- Ibiza IBZ Spain 16 flights
32 more connections
- Belfast BFS 15
- San Bartolomé ACE 15
- Zurich ZRH 15
- Bilbao BIO 14
- Oslo OSL 13
- Geneva GVA 13
- Frankfurt am Main FRA 12
- Belfast BHD 12
- Copenhagen CPH 12
- Mahón MAH 12
- Bordeaux BOD 12
- Catania CTA 12
- Roma FCO 12
- Funchal FNC 12
- Berlin BER 10
- Balice KRK 10
- Paphos PFO 9
- Istanbul IST 8
- Valencia VLC 7
- Spata-Artemida ATH 7
- Napoli NAP 7
- Orlando MCO 6
- Larnaca LCA 6
- Dubai DXB 6
- St. Peter JER 5
- Inverness, Highland INV 5
- Seville SVQ 5
- Verona VRN 5
- Venezia VCE 5
- Firenze FLR 5
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN 4
- Saint Peter Port GCI 4
Airlines
- easyJetEZY 727
- BA EuroflyerEFW 239
- Vueling AirlinesVLG 112
- TUI AirwaysTOM 84
- easyJet EuropeEJU 72
- RyanairRYR 60
- Jet2.comEXS 51
- British AirwaysBAW 40
- Wizz Air UKWUK 37
- Norwegian Air ShuttleNOZ 28
Aircraft
- Airbus A320 A320 580
- Airbus A319 A319 337
- Airbus A321neo A21N 255
- Boeing 737-800 B738 143
- Airbus A321 A321 115
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 94
- Airbus A320neo A20N 89
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 48
- Boeing 777-200 B772 44
- Airbus A350-900 A359 22
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were easyJet, BA Euroflyer, Vueling Airlines, TUI Airways and easyJet Europe.
What are the main connections from London Gatwick Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Barcelona (BCN, 46), Málaga (AGP, 45), Alicante (ALC, 38), Dublin (DUB, 34) and Madrid (MAD, 24). 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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