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.  We also have a handy FactSheet that explains more about Airport Consultative Committee. 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 24 April at 2pm.  The Agenda will be available here a week before the meeting.  The meeting will take place virtually via MS Teams.  Any member of the public wishing to attend and observe the meeting should contact secretary@gatcom.org.uk

View all meetings here

The unconfirmed minutes from GATCOM on 30 January are available here

A new Fact Sheet about GATCOM that includes Frequently Asked Question can be found here

GATCOMs weekly News Bulletin can be found here

All of GATCOMs responses to recent consultations 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