Car Hire Gatwick Airport - Mini guide to Gatwick Airport

Britain’s second busiest airport is situated south of London and is a lot less busy than Heathrow. Many trans-Atlantic flights, as well as African destinations, depart from Gatwick and the airport consists of North and South Terminals, connected by a monorail.

Both terminals have exchange bureaux, ATMs, airport information desks, shops, duty-free outlets, restaurants and bars. There is a post office in the South Terminal and an adjacent medical centre in Ashdown House offering immunisations. The airport provides a Fast Track priority service for business class travellers, and a full range of business services at the London Gatwick Hilton Hotel (tel: 01293 518 080) and the Le Meridien London Gatwick Hotel (tel: 01293 567 070) nearby. Each terminal has a short-term carpark with direct terminal access, long-term parking is also available in car parks further from the terminals.

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Estimated arrival times can be found on BBC CEEFAX pages 445 and 446 or ITV Teletext pages 185 and 186. By touch-tone phone, dial 0870 0002468 and listen to the instructions. Once you are at the airport banks of monitors give arrival and departure times.

Gatwick North Terminal has separate arrival areas for domestic and international flights.

International arrivals take up to 50 minutes to clear baggage and customs/immigration.