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London Gatwick LGW Airport Overview

London Gatwick Airport LGW is the second largest and busiest airport in the United Kingdom. Shifting dynamics are transforming the Airport from a secondary intercontinental airline hub into a predominantly European and domestic enterprise, particularly attractive to the London market. 'Global Infrastucture Partners', its new owner, makes modernizing the Airport its priority and many impovements are already in place. Attention to customer service excellence has already paid off - as evidence by an overwhelming passenger approval.

The Airport is located 5 km north of Crawley, West Sussex, and 46 km south of central London, England, accessible by a motorway spur road at junction 9A of M23, which links to the main M23, 1.5 km east at junction 9, and connects with London's orbital motorway. M25, 14 km north, allows access to Greater London and the Southeast. Locally, Gatwick is accessible via A23 serving Horley & Redhill to the north and Crawley & Brighton to the South. A217 offers access northwards to Reige. In addition, the Gatwick Airport railway station is adjacent to the South Terminal, which is being refurbished and scheduled for completion in 2013.

With two long runways and an  estimated 31.3 million passengers a year, London Gatwick Airport is served by a multitude of domestic & international, regular & low-cost, and charter airlines, offering direct and connecting flights to all parts of the world. Gatwick also is able to accommodate the Airbus A380. 
Lufthansa now offers daily flights to Frankfurt, welcome news to business travelers, particularly those located in South London.
Air Asia X, previously serving Stansted Airport, switched its services to  Gatwick Airport - with direct flights on Airbus A340-300 to Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur Airport, with connections to Thailand & Indonesia.
Hong Kong Airlines offers nonstop deaily flights to Hong Kong with an all-club class A330 service, starting March 2012.

On-Airport Hotels: 
1. Hilton London (with business center) with covered walkway to South Terminal and only minutes from North Terminal.
2. Sofitel is directly connected to the North Terminal by covered walkway.
3. Courtyard by Marriott, a 5-minute walk from South Terminal (with conference facilities).
4. YOTEL with 46 cabins is inside the South Terminal, for hourly or overnight stay (tel. +44 (0)20 7100 1100.
5. Hampton by Hilto, a three-star hotel is scheduled to open in 2012.

The passenger complex at London Gatwick Airport consists of a North Terminal and a South Terminal. (For detailed terminal information, click on 'Terminal Map'.) 

Parking options at London Gatwick:
(For detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

Rental Cars - Car Hire: With the opening of the new covered rental car facility -accessible directly from the North Terminal -all rental car facilities moved from the temporary Short-stay into this facility.

To get from the Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi, a bus or a train: 
A. Trains: North Terminal has a train station (passengers need to take the temporary shuttle bus to it). 
1. (a) The Gatwick Express trains to London Victoria run every 15 mins and take half an hour.  (b) First Capital Connect runs every 15 minutes to Brighton (via Mid-Sussex) and to Bedford via East Croydon, London Bridge, St. Pancras International and Luton.  (c) Southern runs northbound trains to London Victoria via East Croydon & Clapham Junction, and to London Bridge via East Croydon. Its southbound service runs to Brighton, Eastbourne, Portsmouth & Southampton.
2. The Heathrow Express departs from Paddington every 15 mins and takes 15 minutes to Heathrow Central & 21 mins to Terminal 5, while Terminal 4 passengers should change at Heathrow Central.
3. To get to the Croydon station, take the X26 Express bus.
4. Travel between Victoria & Paddington stations can be done via bus, taxi or the Underground (District & Circle Lines).
B. Buses: 1. National Express Coaches serve Heathrow Airport and nationwide. 2. Oxford Bus runs to Oxford. 3. EasyBus minibuses from both terminals serve Earls Court / West Brompton. 4. Metrobus & Fastway, a guided bus rapid transit system, runs from both terminals to Crawley, Horley, Rdhill, Horsham, and on. 
C. Airport to Airport Transfer:  To transfer to either London Heathrow (75 mins), Stansted (3 hrs), or Luton (2.5 hrs), take the National Express, which offers a non-stop service between Gatwick & Heathrow, and some direct services to Stansted & Luton airports. Both North & South terminals have a ticket desk for National Express, or you can call +44(0)871 781 8181.




London Gatwick LGW Airport Update History

  • Updated LGW Airports page - Dec 29, 2011
  • Updated LGW Persons With Disabilities page - Dec 29, 2011
  • Updated LGW Parking On site page - Dec 7, 2011
  • Updated LGW Airport Intro page - Dec 6, 2011
  • Updated LGW Main Terminals page - Dec 6, 2011
  • Updated LGW Lost Found page - Nov 14, 2011
  • Updated LGW Official Website Links page - Nov 14, 2011
  • Updated LGW Food & Stores page - Nov 8, 2011

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London Gatwick LGW Comments

  • travelling with a disabled adult

     

    we found the assistance at Gatwick second to none, the help was invaluable and the transfer was smooth and hassle free.We would like thank the staff and to say keep up the good work! as it is greatly appreciated.

     

  • Inefficient and ineffective system

     

    This Year and last year the system failed my wife and myself at gatwick Airline involved had registered us for assistance and cabin crews did what was necessary. We were held back to get off at the end and expected a wheeel chair of buggy transport. On both ocaasions other passengers used the system and were left waiting but no further assitance dccmae. The reuslt was we had too wlak as we had a car wiaitng. other arrivals formed great cues at Passpotrt control and when we reached \baggage reclaim Our cases cound not initally be found other arrivals corowding the carousel We ar both elderly and we have medical problems,cannot walk far and stress does not make things easier Surely any system should record passenger names for assistance so a check ccan be made ater leaving the aircraft so noene wanting assistance is left to cope by themselves even having registered. Please reply with an address to write to to lodge a complaint in full..G A R mcHugh r.mchugh@ntlworlf.com

     

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