Gatwick Airport is expected to experience its busiest festive season since the pandemic, according to the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
The West Sussex airport is anticipating Sunday will be its busiest day, with 769 flights.
On Christmas Day it will be open and operating with an expected 228 flights.
Nick Williams, head of passenger operations, said Christmas was a "busy time" and staff were "working hard to deliver the best possible experience for passengers".
The most popular Christmas long-haul destinations this year from Gatwick are Dubai, Shanghai and Cancun, with Geneva, Barcelona and Milan the most popular short-haul.
Last December almost 11 million passengers jetted off from UK airports for the festive season, according to the UK CAA.
Gatwick was one of the busiest of those airports.
A total of 1,635,732 passengers travelled through it in December 2023.
A Gatwick spokesperson said its top tips for travelling over the festive period included:
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The airport reopened on Monday, a day after its runway closed when a plane was damaged in a "hard landing".
The number of people travelling to the island for the event remains below the levels seen in 2019.
Pictures appear to the show a plane with its nose touching the runway after a wheel collapse.
Some 14 million drivers are expected to hit the road in the last weekend before Christmas, according to the RAC.
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