According to Sky News and imageas on Twitter, staff at the airport have had to write information about flight departures on whiteboards.
Gatwick posted on Twitter: “We are sorry, but due to an IT issue our flight information is not displaying correctly.
“Please use the temporary flight boards in the departure lounges or listen for airline flight announcements.
“We are expecting to resolve the issue soon and apologise for the inconvenience.”
Photos posted on social media showed people crowding around the boards to find out the latest on their flights.
https://twitter.com/TamaraSalem/status/1031458815852589056
Staff could also be seen rubbing out information as it changed to update it.
Sky News reported some passengers walking to wrong gates or having their flights delayed.
