All Departure routes Conventional SIDs
Gatwick has not yet submitted the modifications to these routes required by the CAA.
Routes 2 and 5
Gatwick has submitted revised designs to the CAA.
The designs have been returned to Gatwick for further procedure design work and re-submission to the CAA.
There is no estimate yet when the revised routes will first be flown. However, at time of writing (10 May 2016) this not anticipated to be sooner than 13 October 2016.
Gatwick will carry out a similar community engagement programme in respect of these modifications once the designs have been validated by the CAA.
Route 4
Gatwick has submitted to the CAA a revised design to meet our requirements dated 28 September 2015. The CAA has validated that the design meets international design requirements.
They published the revised design on its blog on 24 March 2016 which has since been updated. See Gatwick airport's airspace blog for details.
Gatwick delivered leaflets to 30,000 households, placed advertisements in local papers and held two drop-in sessions for members of the public also in March 2016.
The revised designs will begin to be flown from 26 May 2016 and monitored for 6 months.
Gatwick will be required to collate feedback received on those routes during that time and submit it to the CAA as part of that monitoring exercise.
Comments about the use of Route 4 should be sent to Gatwick during this period at route4@gatwickairport.com.
Route 4 possible alternate design (option for strong wind conditions)
In addition to the re-design work outlined above, in order to meet our modification requirements dated 28 September 2015, Gatwick is also considering whether it is possible to develop a re-design that is only used in strong wind conditions.
This possibility is being considered by Gatwick in conjunction with the airline operators and Air Traffic Control at Gatwick Airport and NATS Terminal Control at Swanwick.
If an appropriate RNAV SID design and air traffic control operational procedures can be developed, Gatwick will submit a design to the CAA as part of this PIR process.