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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
Taxi : book on Taxi Booking
activities : Getyourguide
Rent a car : book on Rentalcars
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 150720Z AUTO 18011KT 120V200 9999 OVC011 04/02 Q1007 TEMPO BKN009
Decoded METAR for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
METAR issued by EGLL on Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 07:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, issued 52 minutes ago.
visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
The temperature is 4°C = 39°F, dew point is 2°C = 36°F. The air is extremely humid : relative air humidity is 87 %.
QNH is 1007hPa = 29.74inHg
Wind 20km/h = 11kt, direction is 180°.
Clouds : overcast at 1100ft = 340m.
Temporarily broken at 009
TAF for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
EGLL 150456Z 1506/1612 18010KT 9999 BKN040 TEMPO 1506/1514 7000 -RA BKN014 PROB30 TEMPO 1509/1514 4000 +RA RADZ BKN008 BECMG 1512/1515 26013KT TEMPO 1514/1520 27015G25KT 6000 SHRA PROB30 TEMPO 1514/1519 3000 +SHRA BKN012 PROB30 TEMPO 1520/1611 27015G25KT PROB40 TEMPO 1611/1612 27015G26KT 6000 SHRA
Decoded TAF for London Heathrow airport EGLL LHR
TAF issued by EGLL on Saturday, February 14, 2026 at 04:56 UTC, issued 3 hours and 16 minutes. weather forecast for 30 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 12:00 heure UTC
1506/1612 18010KT 9999 BKN040
wind 10kt = 19km/h, direction is 180°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
broken at 4000ft = 1220m
temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 06:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 14:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1506/1514 7000 -RA BKN014
Visibility is 7km = 4mi.
light rain
broken at 1400ft = 430m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 09:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 14:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1509/1514 4000 +RA RADZ BKN008
Visibility is 4km = 2mi.
heavy rain
rain drizzle
broken at 800ft = 240m
becoming from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 15:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 12:00 heure UTC
BECMG 1512/1515 26013KT
wind 13kt = 24km/h, direction is 260°
temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 14:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 20:00 heure UTC
TEMPO 1514/1520 27015G25KT 6000 SHRA
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
shower rain
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 14:00 heure TU to Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 19:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1514/1519 3000 +SHRA BKN012
Visibility is 3km = 2mi.
heavy shower rain
broken at 1200ft = 370m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Sunday, February 15, 2026 à 20:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 11:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 1520/1611 27015G25KT
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 25kt = 46km/h, direction is 270°
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Monday, February 16, 2026 à 11:00 heure TU to Monday, February 16, 2026 à 12:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 1611/1612 27015G26KT 6000 SHRA
wind 15kt = 28km/h with gusts at 26kt = 48km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
shower rain
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
