Gatwick Airport is the UK’s second largest airport handling around 46 million passengers a year.  GATCOM has a key role by acting as GAL’s critical friend. We comment on the company’s thinking and, where necessary, challenge what it and other agencies, in both the public and private sectors, are proposing. An airport the size of Gatwick brings huge benefits both nationally and locally – but like all airports, it causes a number of problems and concerns to local communities, particularly on issues such as aircraft noise both in the air and on the ground, pollution, development demands, traffic and parking. Our key purpose is to advise GAL about issues of concern and to stimulate interest both within the airport community and among local people.

We work positively and constructively with the airport management and have developed the right working relationship, with our views being taken seriously within the company, but also by other partners, including the Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority. GATCOM meets quarterly and discusses a wide range of topics. You are welcome to attend our meetings to observe proceedings. You can find details of GATCOM’s work, its meeting papers and minutes and its membership on this website. If you’d like to get in touch, email us at secretary@gatcom.org.uk

Best wishes

Tom Crowley 
Chairman, GATCOM

The next meeting of GATCOM is scheduled for Thursday 30 January at 2pm.  The Agenda will be published here a week before the meeting.  The meeting will take place in person at Gatwick Airport.  Any member of the public wishing to attend and observe the meeting should contact secretary@gatcom.org.uk

View all meetings here

The minutes of the last meeting of GATCOM, held on 21 November can be found here

GATCOMs response to the CAA consultation on a UK Airspace Design Service can be found here

GATCOMs response to CAA consultation on the Future Direction of the UK Aviation Environmental Review (AER) can be found here

GATCOMs letter of support to the CAA in relation to Consumer Environmental Information can be found here

GATCOMs response to the CAA further consultation on Gatwick Airport Limited’s proposal to extend the current commitments can be found here

GATCOMs response to the MHCLG Consultation : Proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system can be found here

GATCOMs response to the DfTs consultation on Night Flight Restrictions can be found here

GATCOMs response to the DfT consultation on Airport Slot Allocation can be found here

GATCOMS response to The Airspace Change Organising Group (ACOG) public engagement exercise relating to airspace around London Gatwick Airport can be found here

To keep up to date with the Planning process for the Northern Runway Project please visit the National Infrastructure Planning website