Gatwick Airport Terminal Map
London · United Kingdom· Gatwick AirportGatwick Airport (IATA: LGW, ICAO EGKK) is a large airport serving London, United Kingdom, with 2 terminals and 159 gates, about 46 km from central London.
Gatwick Airport (LGW) serves London, United Kingdom. It has 2 terminals with 159 gates in total and handles about 45 million passengers a year. The airport is about 46 km from the city centre. Ground transport into the city: rail, bus and taxi.
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Gatwick Airport lies about 45 km from central London and handles around 42.8 million passengers a year (2025), making it London's second airport. It has only two terminals: the North Terminal and the South Terminal, joined by a free automatic people-mover (about 2 minutes) — the only "change of building" in the whole airport.
The two terminals
| Code | Name | Main carriers |
|---|---|---|
| N | North Terminal | easyJet, TUI and other holiday and low-cost airlines |
| S | South Terminal | British Airways, Virgin and other long-haul airlines mainly |
How to work out where you are:
- Long-haul and full-service airlines are mostly in the South Terminal; charter and holiday routes are mostly in the North Terminal.
- The free shuttle (Inter-terminal Transit) between the two takes about 2 minutes and runs frequently; you can also walk, but it is not a short distance.
- The railway station is on the South Terminal side — passengers starting from the North Terminal must take the shuttle to the South before entering the station.
Our diagram draws the two terminals as a symmetrical pair joined by a shuttle precisely to mark that inter-terminal link.
Transfers and connections
- First check whether both flights use the same terminal; a same-terminal connection saves the most time.
- An inter-terminal transfer goes landside and through security again, and with the shuttle time on top you should allow more than 2.5 hours.
- Gatwick is dominated by leisure and holiday traffic and has a lower share of connecting passengers than Heathrow, so when tickets are booked separately leave even more margin.
Routes and flights
- Routes — around 60 airlines flying to more than 160 short-haul and 50-plus long-haul destinations; long-haul points include New York, Orlando, Barbados, Dubai and Shanghai.
- Flights — 42.8 million passengers in 2025 (down 1.1%), with about 259,000 aircraft movements; short-haul 35.9 million and long-haul 6.9 million.
- Aircraft — main base is easyJet (North Terminal; 18.9 million passengers in 2025), followed by British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and TUI; short-haul fleets are the A319/A320/A321 family, with A330 and 787 on long-haul.
Getting into London
- Gatwick Express — about 30 minutes direct to Victoria station, running frequently, and the fastest way into the city.
- Ordinary commuter trains and Thameslink — cover London Bridge, St Pancras and other stations at a lower fare.
- Airport buses — direct to Victoria and towards Heathrow, so they can bridge a transfer between the two airports.
- Taxi / rideshare — about 45 km; expensive and much affected by traffic.
Practical tips
- London's three airports are far apart: if you are transferring to Heathrow, the drive between the two can take more than 1.5 hours, so do not treat the two as a single itinerary.
- The railway station is concentrated at the South Terminal, so from the North Terminal allow for the shuttle and the walk.
- At holiday peaks (summer and Christmas) the North Terminal is extremely busy; low-cost and charter passengers should arrive earlier still.
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Gate ranges, main airlines and facilities for each terminal at Gatwick Airport.