What airport is LGW?
LGW is
Gatwick Airport
London, United Kingdom
Why the code is LGW
LondonGatWick, consonants again.
The airport authority or a contemporaneous record states this directly.
The airport
- IATA code
- LGW
- ICAO code
- EGKK
- Airport
- Gatwick Airport
- City
- London, United Kingdom
- Code origin
- Documented
Gatwick has the busiest single runway of any airport in the world, moving around 55 aircraft an hour off one strip. It has a second runway that is too close to the first to be used simultaneously and serves as a taxiway.
The other code, EGKK
Every airport has two codes. The three-letter IATA code, LGW, is the one on your boarding pass and your luggage tag, and it is assigned for commercial use. The four-letter ICAO code, EGKK, is the one pilots and controllers use, and it is assigned geographically: the first letter or two identify the region, so every airport in the same part of the world shares a prefix. That is why EGKK looks nothing like LGW.
Common questions
- What airport is LGW?
- Gatwick Airport, in London, United Kingdom.
- Why is London's airport called LGW?
- LondonGatWick, consonants again.
- What is the difference between LGW and EGKK?
- LGW is the IATA code, used commercially — tickets, timetables, luggage tags. EGKK is the ICAO code, used operationally by pilots and air traffic control, and assigned geographically by region.
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Sources
- OurAirports — OurAirports (Public domain)