Does anyone know the location of the aircraft stacks for London Gatwick airport ?
Modern air traffic control avoids stacking or holding aircraft as much as possible, in order to improve fuel consumption and traffic flow. When holds are necessary, their locations are specific to the arrival procedures being followed by the aircraft, although sometimes ATC may designate holds outside of published procedures. Usually ATC adjust end-to-end traffic spacing to avoid holds whenever possible. Gatwick has about two dozen arrival procedures, with a number of different published hold points, such as ASTRA, GWC, BILNY, KATHY, TIMBA, LARCK, WILLO, etc. You can check the locations of these waypoints and navaids on aeronautical charts if you really want to know where they are.
