London Gatwick recorded 5,337 flights across seven days in May 2026, averaging 762 movements per day and 31.8 per hour across 734 unique aircraft. Arrivals and departures split almost evenly: 2,684 inbound and 2,653 outbound, with an additional 315 ground operations captured. The busiest single day was 22 May with 811 total movements, while the quietest was 20 May at 679. Within the daily cycle, the 08:00 BST hour carried the heaviest load at 354 movements, with departures (220) outnumbering arrivals (134) by a wide margin. Between 00:00 and 05:00, nearly all movements were arrivals, with departures effectively absent until 06:00. The route picture was dominated by Mediterranean and Iberian destinations. Barcelona led all pairings with 182 combined movements, followed by Málaga (155), Palma de Mallorca (116), Dublin (115), and Faro (111). Approach and departure tracks aligned closely, with ESE as the most frequent direction for both arrivals (617) and departures (589), followed by SSW and SE. Altitude data captured across nearly 4.7 million ADS-B position points shows a strong concentration in the 36,000 to 39,000 foot band, where cruising traffic peaks. The average groundspeed across all flights was 292 knots, with a maximum of 683.8 knots recorded. Average flight distance was 799.8 nautical miles over 133.5 minutes. The shortest logged arrival covered just 6.8 nautical miles from Redhill Aerodrome, while the longest tracked 6,613 nautical miles and reached 38,350 feet, operated by a Chinese-registered aircraft (B-226Q). The highest altitude recorded was 44,575 feet, reached by G-TUIH on a flight from Ibiza.