Fun fact. When that Tower had been built, I was the fist civilian to ever have a visit it and an airfield tour. I was about 15'ish and wanted to be an ATC so I wrote to a guy called Brian Grinsted (I think) who was the Chief ATC officer? Or Airport Ops? He invited me and my family up. I'm now in my fifties :) Nice to see this. I never made made it as an ATC but my passion for aviation has always been strong.
@BeanzAviation39674 ай бұрын
Awesome stuff!!
@RetroAnts4 ай бұрын
Cool!
@jon45 ай бұрын
It's fascinating to see how much coordination is involved in airfield operations beyond just air traffic control. It makes you appreciate the unsung heroes on the ground who keep everything running smoothly.
@jamessmitka80665 ай бұрын
How incredibly accommodating these important employees of the airport were for all of us viewers of Flightradar24! One can sit at an airport with an aviation band radio and enjoy watching plane after plane but there is NO way to get as close as Gabriel did to video arriving and departing aircraft. Hats off to all of the people that don’t get enough credit for all they do for the traveling public that keep things smooth and SAFE! Thanks - Jim
@briancattle6695 ай бұрын
I’ve been a Gatwick based pilot for many years and this film was a great insight into what’s happening around me every day. Great to see all the different perspectives. Thanks. I also know what she means about the marshalling on the 140s-the first time I went on the 140s, both of us were wondering what the plan was! 😂
@danecowan6785 ай бұрын
2:13 that Tui bounce 😂
@pilot7u5h365 ай бұрын
I was gonna say that. 🤣
@AustraliaDoesntExist5 ай бұрын
lol
@jo_magpie5 ай бұрын
Should have done a go around, maybe?
@danecowan6785 ай бұрын
@@jo_magpie hmm probably not. If it was in the touchdown zone and everything else was stabilised then just have to suck up the harder landing. Plus they might have been about to deploy the reversers. And under no circumstances can you go around after reversers have been deployed
@some1super4515 ай бұрын
litterally the worst clip to include lol
@nickgiles75685 ай бұрын
Brilliant. More of this please.
@fletcho9095 ай бұрын
Last year I moved from Australia to spend a year in the UK. I worked casually as a Baggage Handler at LGW for a number of months before moving back home. It was so nice to see the roads I used to drive on to drop bags out to all the aircraft. The equipment I used to drive. Very nostalgic despite it only being 4 months since I left England.
@terryjuggins13625 ай бұрын
Was so nice. brings back a lot of memories for me I worked there as a security patrol officer for 32 years. brilliant
@mwintersteinsmith5 ай бұрын
Very, very interesting. Thank you. What an excellent video. It’s very well put together video, and gives us an informative glimpse behind the scenes. I use London Gatwick very regularly and want to thank everyone who keeps us and the airport safe. Thank you for sharing 👍😎
@LondonGatwickAirport5 ай бұрын
🙏
@rupertgale5375 ай бұрын
This film is so professional. National Geographic/Discovery should be calling...
@BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne5 ай бұрын
Fascinating documentary. Just what KZbin was made for...10/10.
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@simonyapp5 ай бұрын
Fantastic film with seriously cool dedicated staff, thank you 🎉
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@nonamernobrainer8465 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these fascinating insights! Straight to the point and no TV show drama, like those British shows about airports' behind the scenes. Very informative and excellently put together 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@maxvandenberg9555 ай бұрын
Every airport thankfully has such a department. It’s interesting to see the difference from airport to airport. At AMS, the group regarding Airside Ops is split in to three groups, Kieviet (Bird, wildlife and runway inspection), Charlie’s (Marshalling), Maintenance (Guides in addition to ensuring that the equipment is placed in case of a disturbance or maintenance) and Patrol (it’s in the name) All sub groups are allowed to guide and are also part of the emergency teams. Separate are the emergency services. During an emergency if need be collaboration does happen. The roles do not exchange and require different qualifications. Excluding the patrol, there are 5 groups with about 15 people per group excluding team managers and supervisors (1 resp 2 per group).
@jasonday73785 ай бұрын
What a fascinating video. Don’t always fly from Gatwick and Stansted is my local but have flown from there a good few times lovely airport in my opinion
@garypocklington33965 ай бұрын
Excellent video giving an insight into how Gatwick operates. Wonderful departing shot of the A380 at the end!
@ozzie-sk9dh19 күн бұрын
I like the bird scarer. Cool job.
@jackharrison67715 ай бұрын
Excellent video and thanks all round. My late Brother was a fire fighter with the RAF Fire Section. Different firm bit same job? I got to sit in one of their trucks on a visit once.
@aarong93785 ай бұрын
Just brought up LGW on FlightRadar24 and I see 5 service vehicles. Nice seeing the airport from their perspective. Please make more of these videos!
@owsamadi4 ай бұрын
Amazing video. I believe the majority of these people's hard work goes unnoticed by regular travelers. Kudos to all of them for the great work they do and their eagerness to explain in this video about it. Thanks!
@Highervibesofficial5 ай бұрын
this is mint !!! gatwick being my choice of airport this was fantastic
@MarkUKInsects5 ай бұрын
Nine too, Heathrow is nearer for me, but LGW is easier to get to, and its scale is more human.
@realitywinner75825 ай бұрын
Very enjoyable ,Great group of people ..thanks -from Ireland 🙂
@markonline1.5 ай бұрын
Bought back some memories. I worked in airfield ops at Heathrow for 8 years and did some of my initial training at LGW when we were still all BAA. Now an Ops Manager in California where the airlines do their own marshalling. Shame as I miss it, I’m sometimes tempted to ask if I can dust off my bats and bring one in.
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
That’s interesting to hear! Yeah they should let you do some marshaling for sure! 😎
@ad4mpoole5 ай бұрын
Hi mark, do you know Kevin? My dad who worked at Heathrow airside ops for a number of years
@markonline1.5 ай бұрын
@@ad4mpoole If your dad was Kevin Poole, then yes I do. I was on the same watch as him 👍🏻
@paulharvey72235 ай бұрын
Excellent vid on behind the scenes at Gatwick ! 👌🏻👍🏻 I was lucky to have a similar tour/visit on a Safa check while working in aviation safety😊
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Nice one!
@ricardosam80505 ай бұрын
This awesome I do love aviation , if I can visit departures n landing viewing I be there every week watching , but where I live now three hours drive 😮😊. Thanks 4 sharing
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@davidsmith50094 ай бұрын
24:53 I always used to see that plane when on the runway and wondered what it was. Now I know 👍
@martynbragg22865 ай бұрын
Very informative and a great bunch of guys and girls giving us the information.
@MrJb19632 ай бұрын
Miles from London, that always makes me chuckle
@claycarter35355 ай бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this video and seeing the operations of an airport. I'd love to see more ground operations from around the world, especially in the more unusual settings with challenging factors. Thanks for another great video log.
@That_transportation_guy5 ай бұрын
So cool to see the BAW 777-200 in the great festival of creativity livery, as I have seen it at YVR
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
It's really nice!
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
Its Probably doing the Gatwick to Vancouver route.
@ohheyitskevinc5 ай бұрын
Ah, Crawley International! Nice video!
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
He he.
@peterwoods36235 ай бұрын
Many thanks from Sydney, Australia. It's very comforting to know that all these folk are there and looking after us.
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Absolutely!
@Michael-ru3rt5 ай бұрын
Highly interesting, thanks a lot. I knew that things like stand allocation and movement area inspections are part of their duty. This video presented detailed insights to lesser known facts like the variety of equipment and procedures for fighting spills or chasing birds off. I guess these people have one of the more interesting jobs at the airport where no two days will be the same. Keep up the good work (applies to both the operations staff at airfields and Gabe Leigh as the producer of these videos!)
@jetcrazy77735 ай бұрын
Super interesting documentery.Thanks a lot.
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@NintendoFanboy215 ай бұрын
thank you so much for this vid! I aspire to work at Gatwick soon! 👀👀
@rmd42094 ай бұрын
Amazing insight into the airside operations of London Gatwick. Keep it up!! 😍😍😍
@AbelinVegas5 ай бұрын
More of this please. Thank you.
@gatwickspotteregkk45855 ай бұрын
Haha Ben! He showed me around Gatwick honestly he’s the best !
@kiwiwhispers5 ай бұрын
Super interesting. Love this kind of content. Thanks so much!
@liebnhaider5 ай бұрын
Gabe delivers as always! Great Video!
@WilsonEduardoHerreraAngarita4 ай бұрын
What a nice video. Greetings from Bogota, Colombia 🇨🇴
@aidenisgoat15 ай бұрын
My local, always wanted to see behind the scenes here. Thanks
@paulfreeman57565 ай бұрын
Wow appreciate you sharing your moment with us I liked n shared with 3 people I know
@randyburton5 ай бұрын
Tha for the video I work at a airport and is always cool to go in the runway
@hectorpilot15 ай бұрын
Wonderful video folks...more like this please!
@TonyTheYouTuba5 ай бұрын
Thank you, as an avgeek I found this super interesting. They might want to change their met office PIN if that’s important though 😂
@ricka0065 ай бұрын
Had an interview for the same role down in Southampton Airport but when I could of got the job I had already accepted another role. Gutted was an understatement.
@timmotel58045 ай бұрын
Good Day. When I was in the U.S. Air Force my job was power lineman and airfield power and lighting specialist. All those lights at night were mine. I loved my job. Thank You for an Excellent, informing video.
@duncanrogers57623 ай бұрын
very good duncan
@Icecoldgaming-vlogs5 ай бұрын
Great video well done at 20 mins you can see the whiteboard with the Met office pin number by the way which anybody can use because he’s not blurred it if they want to login
@wrcfan20245 ай бұрын
HELLO FROM LATVIA COME TO RIGA AIR BALTIC IS GROWING
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
We’ve been there before but maybe a revisit is in order!
@MegaThelegoshow2 ай бұрын
Amazing work what date was you there as I was flying to EDI on the 02/05/24
@Suursaadik5 ай бұрын
2:10 - Behold, a mighty landing! 😮
@robmurphy15585 ай бұрын
Great video, more of this please 😊
@user-un4ov2rk4cАй бұрын
This is actually so cool 👊🏾
@RoDuSu5 ай бұрын
Great video. Thanks Gabe.
@MarcLiberts5 ай бұрын
Very cool - great video - thanks!
@TheTeessideTravellerUK4 ай бұрын
Wow so cool - how did you pull this off?? !!
@gh0st_twitch4514 ай бұрын
@4:23 Was wondering if they were close to the north or south terminal. Definately can see the Bloc Hotel in that shot
@trevor70164 ай бұрын
South Terminal. At that time they’ve just come off 08R at Mike 1.
@unit34005 ай бұрын
Brilliant…
@jj__king__5 ай бұрын
This is so good! This is content, amazing video, thank you Fr24
@cpallot15 ай бұрын
Very cool video, thank you!! :)
@jamiesworld16905 ай бұрын
If u are doing airport operation next do Edinburgh or Glasgow
@PortuguesePirate995 ай бұрын
Yep would love to see Edinburgh, ideally morning to afternoon when you see the American carriers and Qatar Airways arrive otherwise its just non-stop RyanAir and EasyJet which gets very boring haha
@trevor70165 ай бұрын
The trouble is, is that there is so much going on in a day like this you really struggle to get it all in to a 30 min feature. The fact that there’s another video with just clips of aircraft from the day (showing all the different aircraft.) shows it’s a difficult task. Admittedly the first wave at Gatwick has the long hauls but the filming didn’t start till 9am We loved showing what we do and hoped it gave an idea of what goes in to keeping all safe on the airfield.
@sam.v45 ай бұрын
this is cool
@jumpingjeffflash99465 ай бұрын
I'd like a career in aviation when I retire from the fire department, I'd love to work for an airport fire department but it's a near impossible task. I tend to use Gatwick when I fly to London, i'm just used to the trains to get into where I stay and it's not a bad airport it seems. Danyell is quite fetching too!
@MarkUKInsects5 ай бұрын
I took part in a wildlife survey at Gatwick a few years ago, really nice people, and an interesting site. I was doing insects, they don't upset the aircraft, but they may attract bird that do.
@deesalkelly30695 ай бұрын
hands on stirring wheel....btw great video
@k3dono5 ай бұрын
Respect, Sir 🙌🏾🤍
@NigelFortune5 ай бұрын
FYI Gatwick is nearly 28 miles south of London.
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
Charing cross maybe, but only around 14 miles max from the London borough of Croydon,
@tomarmstrong12815 ай бұрын
A glorious day for glider flying.
@lloydbrock27115 ай бұрын
Great video........but Gatwick isn't "in London", it's flippin' miles away in West Sussex!
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
Only half an hour from central london by train though.
@lloydbrock2711Ай бұрын
@@jimbo6059exactly…….lots and lots of miles away!
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
@@lloydbrock2711 only 10 minutes b6 train to east Croydon.
@lloydbrock2711Ай бұрын
@@jimbo6059still not “in London”.
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
@@lloydbrock2711 So what. It is called London because of its convenience to London.
@emercycrite5 ай бұрын
Yay it’s Gabe the babe! ❤
@SkyPilotXSX5 ай бұрын
The folks behind the wheels of those ground cruisers really ought to invest in autopilot because, let's face it, they're pulling off some serious multitasking without even touching the wheel!
@hanostrydom38595 ай бұрын
By the way. My dad from South African airways gave me the two Remove Before flight keychains you gave him. He’s the captain who asked you, when he was doing the walking around, to not film him. Just so that you remember who it was. So I just wanted to say thanks for the key chains!!😊
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Hey nice, glad you got the keychains and are enjoying them!
@AviationADC5 ай бұрын
2:12 that's crazy bounce
@Cupilot4 ай бұрын
LGW is my happy place 😂
@bbt3055 ай бұрын
Im a Heathrow guy but Im always flying in from the USA so yeah. (Miami-London British Airways A380 baby)
@LondonGatwickAirport5 ай бұрын
♥
@Osaruge5 ай бұрын
Gud afternoon the graet Britain my greetings to you guys one luv
@markpunt96385 ай бұрын
Absolutely fascinating - thank you. Just to clarify your geography, despite the name the airport is not in London. It is in Sussex. West Sussex.
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
Only just in Sussex and only a Sussex airport since 1974 boundary change.
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
And only 30 minutes from London bridge,
@212MPH26 күн бұрын
Gatwick has 2 runways. Only 1 used.
@CEKUPALA5 ай бұрын
Documentary about malaysia airport airfield operations
@nathannathan79765 ай бұрын
Brillliant video. Love LGW
@25k_jlv615 ай бұрын
2:11 ok that landing looked painful 😭
@JacquesShotts-p8xАй бұрын
Shemar Common
@JenniferinIllinois5 ай бұрын
I swear every time Gabe gets in a big truck, he becomes an 8 year old. Hehehe...
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Yes!
@RetroAnts4 ай бұрын
@@Flightradar24DotCom haha nice
@OmegaCorsair5 ай бұрын
Flightradar can you fix this bug where you can't see any Old Aircraft Photos for example Like N787RR Having an Image and then That being Removed for No reason, Hope this helps Thanks.
@Flightradar24DotCom5 ай бұрын
Not sure what you mean, several images available for the aircraft in question.
@DavidAviation-k2w2 ай бұрын
how can you go there i want to
@Unstoppable566785 ай бұрын
finally realised who was the weird guy filming outside when I looked out of the window of the plane
@teddy_123.5 ай бұрын
NICE
@Global_News_UK4 ай бұрын
hall alot of air traffic...
@thomasreeves55805 ай бұрын
obviously
@GodAtum5 ай бұрын
do all staff need to be searched before going airside, or is that just aircrew?
@trevor70165 ай бұрын
All staff working airside are searched. This is every time you enter (you may leave the airfield on a task and when you re-enter you’d be searched again). If a vehicle enters the airfield it is searched as well. Staff have to follow the same rules in regards to liquids as passengers.
@GodAtum5 ай бұрын
@@trevor7016 so how to the staff drink? Do they need to buy water?
@trevor70165 ай бұрын
There’s drinks to buy from the terminals and vending machines but all crew rooms or buildings that people work in have mains supplied water.
@mrgothicman4 ай бұрын
@@trevor7016can say staff do not have the same liquid rules as passagers, we can take up to 2 ltrs of liquid through staff security at Gatwick Airport, Everything else you said is correct.
@antonkristiansen6735 ай бұрын
Why do several Airlines fly both to Heathrow and Gatwick?
@nathannathan79765 ай бұрын
Demand!
@cR84au5 ай бұрын
Any idea what the orange button was behind the vehicle steering wheels?
@trevor70165 ай бұрын
It’s a microphone. You can press and hold it to talk on the radio rather than pick up the microphone that is down by the gearstick. . We don’t really use it tbh.
@ryanessex79785 ай бұрын
Blondie 🔥
@lancebudd20065 ай бұрын
For an airport that’s not actually in London this is decent
@pedrohonez94485 ай бұрын
Gatwick Airport in Horley, Sussex.
@nathannathan79765 ай бұрын
Incorrect. Horley is in Surrey. Gatwick airport is Crawley, West Sussex
@firestarter18885 ай бұрын
@@nathannathan7976Its in Horley. Crawley is the nearest major town.
@nathannathan79765 ай бұрын
That’s incorrect . The official address for Gatwick is : Crawley, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom. Or if you like : Gatwick is to the south of Surrey, in the borough of Crawley, in West Sussex.
@firestarter18885 ай бұрын
@@nathannathan7976 Horley, Gatwick, RH6 0NP. Thats the official address. Google it.
@jimbo6059Ай бұрын
Incorrect, moved from Horley Surrey as part of the 1974 county boundary changes, Horley and charlwood were moved into west Sussex along with Gatwick. Act of parliament was done to put Horley and charlwood back into sorry but Gatwick was ceeded to west Sussex and the town of Crawley. I should know as I live very close by.