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London Heathrow airport (United Kingdom)
London Heathrow airport is located near London, with Heathrow at 1mi↑, Stanwell at 1mi↑, West Drayton at 2mi↑, Hillingdon at 2mi↑, Iver at 3mi↑, Colnbrook at 3mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in United Kingdom and Southernmost airports in United Kingdom
→ See also airports in United Kingdom
aerial view of London Heathrow airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : EGLL
- IATA code : LHR
- Local code : -
Elevation : 25 m = 82ft
→ See also Highest airports in UK and Lowest airports in United Kingdom
Runways
- runway 09L/27R : 3901m = 12799ft
- runway 09R/27L : 3658m = 12001ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in United Kingdom
Coming to London Heathrow airport
Hotels : book on Hotels.com Booking Expedia Abritel
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
By plane :
- London Heathrow airport at 0mi : book on Vueling Singapore Airlines air_france
- RAF Northolt airport at 6mi : book on Trip.com
- Wycombe Air Park airport at 18mi : book on Trip.com
Aviation weather for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
METAR for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
EGLL 061820Z AUTO 36005KT 320V020 5000 -DZ SCT007 BKN015 OVC029 08/07 Q1024 RERA TEMPO 3500 DZRA BKN007
Decoded METAR for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
METAR issued by EGLL on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 18:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 2 hours and 28 minutes ago.
visibility is 5km = 3mi.
The temperature is 8°C = 46°F, dew point is 7°C = 45°F. The air is almost saturated with water : relative air humidity is 93 %.
QNH is 1024hPa = 30.24inHg
Wind 9km/h = 5kt, direction is 360°.
Clouds : scattered clouds at 700ft = 210m. broken at 1500ft = 460m. overcast at 2900ft = 880m.
light intensity drizzle
recently rain temporarily 3500 drizzle rain broken at 007
TAF for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
EGLL 061326Z 0613/0718 33004KT 9999 BKN012 TEMPO 0613/0623 6000 -RA BKN009 PROB30 TEMPO 0613/0622 4000 RADZ BECMG 0615/0618 03010KT TEMPO 0623/0711 5000 -DZ BKN006 PROB30 TEMPO 0704/0710 3000 DZ BR SCT003 BKN004 BECMG 0711/0714 09010KT BKN020 PROB40 TEMPO 0714/0718 BKN012
Decoded TAF for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
TAF issued by EGLL on Friday, March 6, 2026 at 13:26 UTC, issued 7 hours and 22 minutes. weather forecast for 29 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Friday, March 6, 2026 à 13:00 heure TU to Friday, March 6, 2026 à 15:00 heure UTC
0613/0718 33004KT 9999 BKN012
wind 4kt = 7km/h, direction is 330°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 1200ft = 370m
temporarily from Friday, March 6, 2026 à 13:00 heure TU to Friday, March 6, 2026 à 23:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0613/0623 6000 -RA BKN009
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
light rain
broken at 900ft = 270m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, March 6, 2026 à 13:00 heure TU to Friday, March 6, 2026 à 22:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 0613/0622 4000 RADZ
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
rain drizzle
becoming from Friday, March 6, 2026 à 18:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 11:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0615/0618 03010KT
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 30°
temporarily from Friday, March 6, 2026 à 23:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 11:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 0623/0711 5000 -DZ BKN006
Visibility is 5km = 3mi.
light intensity drizzle
broken at 600ft = 180m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Friday, March 6, 2026 à 04:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 10:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 0704/0710 3000 DZ BR SCT003 BKN004
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
drizzle
mist
scattered clouds at 300ft = 90m broken at 400ft = 120m
becoming from Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 14:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 0711/0714 09010KT BKN020
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 90°
broken at 2000ft = 610m
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 14:00 heure TU to Saturday, March 7, 2026 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 0714/0718 BKN012
broken at 1200ft = 370m
NOTAM for London Heathrow airport
Around London Heathrow airport (United Kingdom)
near
- Hotels in Heathrow
- Le Matissia (Paris) at 218mi↑
- Paris at 219mi↑
- Hotel Monge (Paris) at 220mi↑
- Station de montagne Gerardmer at 403mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Champ du Feu at 403mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Lac Blanc at 408mi↑
- Station de montagne La Bresse Hohneck at 408mi↑
- Station de montagne Ventron at 408mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Pistes de Ventron at 408mi↑
- Station de montagne Les Trois Fours at 409mi↑
- Station de montagne Le Tanet at 409mi↑
- Station de montagne Rouge Gazon at 410mi↑
- for London Heathrow airport at 0mi↑
- for Heston airport at 3mi↑
- for RAF Northolt airport at 6mi↑
nearest airports to London Heathrow airport (United Kingdom)
- Heston airport ( GB-0888) at 3mi↑defunct airport
- RAF Northolt airport (EGWU NHT ) at 6mi↑METAR TAF NOTAM
- Denham airport (EGLD ) at 8mi↑NOTAM
- RAF Brooklands airport ( GB-0140) at 8mi↑defunct airport
- Ascot Racecourse heliport (EGLT ) at 9mi↑NOTAM
- Fairoaks airport (EGTF ) at 9mi↑NOTAM
- Rushett Farm airport ( GB-0758) at 11mi↑
- Wisley airport ( GB-0570) at 11mi↑defunct airport
- London heliport (EGLW ) at 12mi↑NOTAM
- Cricklewood airport ( GB-0156) at 13mi↑defunct airport
- Hendon airport ( GB-0674) at 13mi↑defunct airport
- Elstree airport (EGTR ) at 14mi↑NOTAM
- New Model Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0661) at 14mi↑
- Goldstone Farm Airstrip airport ( GB-0979) at 15mi↑
- Leavesden airport (EGTI ) at 15mi↑defunct airport
- Chipstead Private Airstrip airport ( GB-1004) at 18mi↑
→ See also Former airports in United Kingdom
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap
