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London Gatwick Airport

London Gatwick Airport (LGW) is one of Europe's busiest single-runway airports, channeling traffic between the UK and destinations across six continents. Real ADS-B data captures that reach exactly. Every flight path is colorized by altitude, rendered across whichever palette you choose.

This print visualizes all 822 flights recorded on June 9, 2025 — the 67th anniversary of Gatwick's official opening as London's second major airport. Printed direct-to-metal on an aluminum panel, it is a piece of aviation wall art that fixes a milestone day in the life of one of the world's most-worked runways.

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LGW flight path print — Aurora theme
LGW flight path print — Ember theme
LGW flight path print — Nebula theme
LGW flight path print — Solstice theme
LGW flight path print — Sky theme
LGW flight path print — Coast theme
LGW flight path print — Rose theme
LGW flight path print — Iris theme

Dye-sublimated on aluminum · Float mount hardware included

$119

Made to order in 2–3 daysMade in the USA
Behind the Print

Statistics from the ADS-B flight data visualized in this print.

822

Total Flights

269

Unique Aircraft

58

Peak Hour Flights

ADS-B radar data captured 822 flights at London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) on 9 June 2025, the 67th anniversary of the airport's official opening as London's second major airport. Traffic comprised 408 arrivals, 403 departures, and 11 touch-and-go movements across 269 unique aircraft. The day ran from midnight to 23:59 BST with no gap in recorded traffic. Activity built sharply through the early morning hours, reaching a peak of 58 flights in the 07:00 BST hour, with a secondary cluster of 56 flights at 18:00. The quietest window fell between 03:00 and 05:00, where hourly totals dropped to single figures. Average throughput across the full day was 34.2 flights per hour. Barcelona (BCN) and Malaga (AGP) were the busiest routes, recording 25 and 24 combined movements respectively. Rome Fiumicino (FCO), Milan Malpensa (MXP), and Corfu (CFU) followed. The top ten destinations were all European, with Guernsey (GCI) the sole domestic entry. Approach and departure directions were dominated by ESE and SE headings, each accounting for over 70 movements. Aircraft registered in the United Kingdom made up 145 of the 269 unique aircraft, with Austria (20) and Sweden (9) the next largest groups. Altitude data drawn from 615,382 ADS-B position points shows a strong concentration between 37,000 and 39,000 feet, the single most populated band across the day. Average recorded altitude was 21,767 feet, with a maximum of 45,100 feet reached by G-TUID on an arrival from Maspalomas. The shortest recorded flight was a 4.6-minute arrival from London Biggin Hill (BQH) covering 11.4 nautical miles. The longest was a departure of 2,611 nautical miles lasting 312.7 minutes, connecting to King Faisal Naval Base (OEJF). Total distance across all tracked flights was 650,686 nautical miles, with an average leg of 791.6 nautical miles and a mean duration of 120.9 minutes.

Every print includes a QR code linking to the full flight report.

Full Flight Report
Aluminum print showing flight path visualization
Premium Material

Why Aluminum

Our prints are produced on museum-grade aluminum with a high-gloss finish — the choice of professional galleries worldwide.

Dye-Sublimated

Colors infused directly into the aluminum surface for unmatched vibrancy.

Deep Blacks & Vibrant Color

High-gloss finish delivers exceptional contrast and altitude gradients.

Archival Durability

Scratch-resistant, waterproof, and fade-resistant for decades of display.

Modern Float Mount

Included mounting hardware creates a sleek 3/4" float off the wall.

Gallery-Quality Finish

The same premium process used by museums and professional galleries.

About the Airport

London Gatwick Airport officially opened on June 9, 1958, replacing an earlier civil aerodrome that had operated on the same West Sussex site since the 1930s. Its debut marked the formal establishment of a second major gateway for London, relieving pressure on Heathrow as commercial aviation expanded rapidly in the postwar era. The airport sits approximately 28 miles south of central London, connected to the city by the Gatwick Express rail service, which links it to London Victoria in roughly 30 minutes.

What makes LGW genuinely remarkable is its operational model. A single runway handles all traffic. Despite that constraint, the airport consistently ranks among the world's busiest single-runway facilities, processing tens of millions of passengers annually. A second runway has been debated for decades, making every flight movement a function of extraordinarily tight scheduling. The airport operates 2 terminals — the North and South terminals — connected by an automated transit system.

Gatwick serves as a primary base for easyJet and a key long-haul hub for British Airways, alongside a broad mix of leisure and charter carriers serving destinations across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and beyond. Its route network skews heavily toward leisure travel, which gives the airport a distinct seasonal rhythm that sets it apart from the more business-oriented Heathrow. Surrounded by the Surrey and Sussex countryside, LGW occupies a tightly constrained footprint, hemmed in by the River Mole to the north and a legal agreement — the Gatwick Airport Agreement — that historically restricted runway expansion. That agreement expired in 2019, reopening the long-running expansion debate and placing the airport at the center of UK aviation policy once again.

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