This week, we’re headed to the British Isles to highlight the amazing freeware London Gatwick Airport developed by mkvy!

London Gatwick Airport is located just south of downtown London, in the county of West Sussex in England. It is one of six major airports located within the London metropolitan area, and is the second busiest airport in the UK by passenger volume, just behind London Heathrow Airport. Gatwick was opened as an aerodrome in the late 1920’s, and it was approved for commercial flights in 1933. During the Second World War, Gatwick was taken over by the Royal Air Force, and was known as RAF Gatwick. After the war, the airport returned to being operated in a fully civilian capacity. 

Today, the airport has two terminals, named the North Terminal and South Terminal respectively. It has two parallel runways running east to west, only one of which can be used at a time. Gatwick serves over 150 destinations to 64 different countries, and is a hub for low-cost carrier Easy Jet, TUI Airways, and British Airways.

The MSFS version has been a continuing passion project for mkvy, and over the course of three years, it grew from just putting in accurate stand locations and a few custom buildings to being a fully fledged, complete replacement for the default airport. 

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Features include:

• Custom Skybridge
• Custom Jetways
• Accurate taxi and stand markings
• Custom taxiway signs
• Custom Ground Textures
• Custom North and South Terminal buildings
• Custom Tower
• VDGS System
• Animated Gatwick Shuttle
• Custom Landside Buildings, including Gatwick Aviation Museum and Airport Hotels
• The notorious “Welcome To Luton” Sign
• And much, much more!

You can get this amazing freeware on flightsim.to, and experience Europe’s eighth largest airport in high detail, all for free!

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Catch us next Monday to see where the freeware spotlight heads to next!