Flights from London Heathrow

Airport London Heathrow LHR

London Heathrow Airport, which is often also called Heathrow airport, is an important international passenger airport west of Great Britain’s capital city, London. It is the busiest airport in the UK and an important hub for a number of airlines.

Heathrow airport is 15 miles from the centre of London in the London Borough of Hillingdon, inside the M25 motorway ring. Along with London Luton, Stansted, Gatwick and London City, Heathrow airport is one of the five airports in London. It is the seat of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways. On an area of 1600 ha and with a total of 67 million passengers, Heathrow airport has the greatest number of passengers in Europe ahead of Paris Airport Charles de Gaulle. It comes after Atlanta and Chicago as the third largest airport in the world. Heathrow airport also has the largest international passenger number of all airports. In 1987, the British government privatised the airport operator British Airports Authority (now called BAA plc). Along with Heathrow, six other UK airports (Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh) now also belong to BAA. Heathrow airport consists of 5 Terminals. Flights from London-Heathrow serve a number of domestic airports such as Manchester and Newcastle, as well as popular long-haul destinations, for instance Bangkok and New York. One of the top destinations from London-Heathrow is Paris with flights from Heathrow to Paris operated by Air France and British Airways.

• URL: Official website
• Parking: yes; paid long stay and short stay parking
• Nearby cities: Slough (9 km), Woking (19 km), Watford (21 km), London (24 km), Reading (38 km), Crawley (45 km), Luton (45 km), Oxford (63 km), Basildon (65 km), Chelmsford (71 km)
• Directions by car: M4 and M25
• Stations: Heathrow Express, Heathrow Connect, London Underground

Location

By car: Terminals 1,2 and 3 are accessible from the north via a six lane tunnel from the M4. Terminal 4 in the south of the airport may be accesses via the M25. Terminal 5, which was opened in 2008, is accessible from the M25, exit 14 and 15.

Sat Nav Postcodes: Terminal 1: TW6 1AP; Terminal 3: TW6 1QG; Terminal 4 : TW6 3XA; Terminal 5: TW6 2GA

Train: London Underground’s Piccadilly Line serves two airport stations: Heathrow Terminals 1-3 and Heathrow Terminals 4 and 5. This is a convenient way of travelling from central London to Heathrow.

The national rail network has 2 lines running from the airport to London Paddington Station: Heathrow Express and Heathrow Connect. Heathrow Express is a non-stop train service, connecting Heathrow Airport with Central London (recommended for passengers going to Terminal 4), whilst Heathrow Connect runs between London Paddington and Heathrow Airport, also stopping at the stations Ealing Broadway (change for the Central and District Lines), West Ealing, Hanwell, Southall and Hayes & Harlington. The end of the line is the stop Terminals 1-3; from here the Heathrow Express may be used for the ongoing journey to Terminal 4.

A connection to the national rail network exists via direct trains from 3 stations: Reading, Watford Junction and Woking,

Coaches and Buses: National express coaches go from London Heathrow central bus station to central London (Victoria coach station) and other cities in the UK. Easybus operate an airport transfer from Heathrow to Watford Junction. Bus 285 also operates from Feltham. More local bus services serve Heathrow airport from the central bus station, several of which also stop at Terminal 4. National Express coaches run between the airports Gatwick, Stansted and Luton and various English cities as well as London Victoria Railway Station. Public transport buses also serve the surrounding suburbs.

Taxis: black cabs stop at all terminals.

Hotels: For those wishing to stay near the airport, there are a number of airport hotels in and around Heathrow airport including the Hilton London Heathrow Airport Hotel and the Holiday Inn.

Car hire: rental cars are available from the usual car hire companies: Hertz, Avis and Europcar etc.