Flight Report

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.