The area to the north west of Gatwick Airport is home to a specialist training area for Police, First Responders and Airport Security Staff from across the country. It ensures that those who work to protect the travelling public are training to the highest possible standards and ensure that those high standards are maintained at all times.  

Courses are typically run on a quarterly basis and due to the nature of the training, loud bangs may be heard in nearby areas. These loud bangs are a critical part of the training and whilst it is not possible to remove them entirely, Gatwick Airport and Security Training Teams take all practical measures to ensure that disturbance to the local community is kept to a minimum.  

We also publish the dates that we expect these training courses to take place on this website, however due to the Covid-19 Pandemic all future courses have currently been suspended.