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Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Airport is the main airport for , the largest airport in the , and the second busiest in the world in terms of international passenger traffic.
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: main airport serving London, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “EGLL”, “Heathrow”, “Heathrow International Airport”, “LHR”, “London Heathrow”, “London Heathrow Airport”, and “London’s Heathrow Airport”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Heathrow Terminal 4 railway station and Heathrow Central railway station.

Railway station
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Heathrow Terminal 4 is a railway station at served by the Elizabeth line. It is in London fare zone 6. The separate on the Piccadilly line is adjacent to this station.

Railway station
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Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station serves and at London Heathrow Airport. It is served by Heathrow Express trains direct to central London and Elizabeth line trains that stop at local stations.

Railway station
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Heathrow Terminal 5 is a shared railway and London Underground station at Heathrow Airport serving . It serves as a terminus for Heathrow Express services from , and for Elizabeth line and Piccadilly line services from central London.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include West London and Stanwell.

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The outer western suburbs of Greater form a diverse area that ranges from the densely-populated but tree-lined streets of Chiswick, Acton and Ealing, through to the semi-rural western districts that lie between Heathrow Airport and Uxbridge.

Village
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is a village in the district, in , England. It is 16 miles west of central London. A small corner of its land is used as industrial land for nearby Heathrow Airport.

Town
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is a town in the in , England. The town lies 15 mi west of central London. Its name derives from a crossing point of the River Ash, a distributary of the River Colne.

Heathrow Airport

Latitude
51.4678° or 51° 28′ 4″ north
Longitude
-0.4548° or 0° 27′ 17″ west
Elevation
89 feet (27 metres)
IATA airport code
LHR
ICAO airport code
EGLL
United Nations Location Code
GB LHR
Open location code
9C3XFG9W+43
Open­Street­Map ID
way 185882029
Geo­Names ID
2647216
Wiki­data ID
Q8691
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Heathrow Airport” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Lughawe Londen-Heathrow”
  • Arabic: “مطار لندن هيترو”
  • Arabic: “مطار لندن هيثرو الدولي”
  • Arabic: “مطار لندن هيثرو”
  • Arabic: “مطار هيثرو”
  • Arabic: “مطار هيثرواذ”
  • Armenian: “Հիթրոու օդակայան”
  • Armenian: “Հիթրոու օդանավակայան”
  • Asturian: “Aeropuertu de Londres-Heathrow”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hitrou Beynəlxalq Hava Limanı”
  • Azerbaijani: “Hitrou hava limanı”
  • Basque: “Londres-Heathrow aireportua”
  • Belarusian: “Аэрапорт Хітроў”
  • Belarusian: “Гітраў”
  • Bengali: “লন্ডন হিথ্রো বিমানবন্দর”
  • Bengali: “হিথ্রো বিমানবন্দর”
  • Bosnian: “Aerodrom Heathrow”
  • Bosnian: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Bulgarian: “Летище „Лондон Хийтроу“”
  • Bulgarian: “Летище Хийтроу”
  • Burmese: “လန်ဒန် ဟိသ်ရိုး လေဆိပ်”
  • Catalan: “Aeroport de Londres-Heathrow”
  • Cebuano: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Chinese: “倫敦希斯路機場”
  • Chinese: “希思罗机场”
  • Chinese: “希思羅機場”
  • Chinese: “希斯洛機場”
  • Chinese: “希斯路機場”
  • Croatian: “Zračna luka London Heathrow”
  • Czech: “Heathrow”
  • Czech: “Letiště Heathrow”
  • Czech: “Letiště London Heathrow”
  • Czech: “London Heathrow”
  • Dagbani: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Danish: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Meydanê Teyarey Heathrowi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Meydanê Teyareye Heathrow”
  • Dutch: “Londen Heathrow”
  • Dutch: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Heathrow”
  • Dutch: “Luchthaven Londen Heathrow”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مطار هيثرو”
  • Esperanto: “Flughaveno London Heathrow”
  • Estonian: “Londoni Heathrow lennujaam”
  • Estonian: “Londoni Heathrow‘ lennujaam”
  • Estonian: “Londoni Heathrow’ lennujaam”
  • Finnish: “Heathrow’n lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Heathrown lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Lontoo-Heathrow’n lentoasema”
  • Finnish: “Lontoo-Heathrown lentoasema”
  • French: “aéroport de Londres Heathrow”
  • French: “Aéroport de Londres Heathrow”
  • French: “Aéroport de Londres-Heathrow”
  • French: “EGLL”
  • French: “Heathrow”
  • French: “LHR”
  • French: “Londres Heathrow”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Heathrow”
  • Galician: “Aeroporto de Londres-Heathrow”
  • Georgian: “ლონდონის ჰითროუს აეროპორტი”
  • German: “EGLL”
  • German: “Flughafen Heathrow”
  • German: “Flughafen London Heathrow”
  • German: “Heathrow”
  • German: “LHR”
  • German: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Greek: “Διεθνές Αεροδρόμιο Χίθροου”
  • Gujarati: “હીથરો”
  • Gujarati: “હીથ્રો હવાઈમથક”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Lùn-tûn Hî-sṳ̂-lu Kî-chhòng”
  • Hausa: “Filin jirgin saman Landan-Heathrow”
  • Hebrew: “הית’רו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה הית’רו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה לונדון הית’רו”
  • Hebrew: “נמל התעופה לונדון היתרו”
  • Hindi: “लंदन हीथ्रो विमानक्षेत्र”
  • Hindi: “लंदन-हीथ्रो”
  • Hindi: “हीथ्रो हवाई अड्डा”
  • Hungarian: “London-Heathrow-i repülőtér”
  • Icelandic: “Heathrow-flugvöllur”
  • Icelandic: “London Heathrow-flugvöllur”
  • Indonesian: “Bandar Udara Internasional London Heathrow”
  • Irish: “Aerfort Londain-Heathrow”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Heathrow”
  • Italian: “Aeroporto di Londra-Heathrow”
  • Italian: “EGLL”
  • Italian: “Heathrow”
  • Italian: “LHR”
  • Japanese: “ヒースロー空港”
  • Japanese: “ロンドン・ヒースロー空港”
  • Kazakh: “Хитроу”
  • Komi: “Хитроу”
  • Korean: “런던 히드로 공항”
  • Korean: “런던 히스로 공항”
  • Korean: “히스로 공항”
  • Kurdish: “Balafirgeha Heathrow”
  • Latvian: “Hītrovas lidosta”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Airoporto de Heathrow”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono Hitrou oro uostas”
  • Lithuanian: “Londono Hitrou tarptautinis oro uostas”
  • Malagasy: “Seranam-piaramanidin’i London Heathrow”
  • Malagasy: “Seranam-piaramanidini London Heathrow”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Heathrow London”
  • Malay: “Lapangan Terbang Heathrow, London”
  • Malayalam: “ഹീത്രൂ അന്താരാഷ്ട്ര വിമാനത്താവളം”
  • Marathi: “लंडन हीथ्रो विमानतळ”
  • Marathi: “हीथ्रो विमानतळ”
  • Mingrelian: “ლონდონიშ ჰითროუშ აეროპორტი”
  • Mingrelian: “ჰითროუ”
  • Newari: “हीथ्रो विमानस्थल”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “London Heathrow lufthavn”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London lufthamn, Heathrow”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “London lufthamn”
  • Norwegian: “London Heathrow lufthavn”
  • Papiamento: “Aeropuerto London Heathrow”
  • Persian: “فرودگاه هیترو لندن”
  • Piemontese: “London Heathrow Airport”
  • Polish: “Port lotniczy Londyn-Heathrow”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Londres Heathrow”
  • Portuguese: “Aeroporto de Londres-Heathrow”
  • Pushto: “هیترو هوایي ډګر”
  • Pushto: “هیترو هوایي ډگر”
  • Romanian: “Aeroportul Londra Heathrow”
  • Russian: “Хитроу”
  • Scots: “Lunnon Heathrow Airport”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Лондон-Хитроу”
  • Serbian: “Аеродром Хитроу”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Heathrow”
  • Silesian: “Lotńiczo hawyna Lůndůn-Heathrow”
  • Slovak: “Letisko Londýn Heathrow”
  • Slovak: “Letisko Londýn-Heathrow”
  • Slovenian: “Letališče London Heathrow”
  • Spanish: “Aeropuerto de Londres-Heathrow”
  • Spanish: “Heathrow”
  • Spanish: “Londres Aeropuerto Heathrow”
  • Swedish: “London-Heathrow flygplats”
  • Swedish: “London-Heathrows flygplats”
  • Tagalog: “Paliparang Heathrow”
  • Tamil: “இலண்டன் ஹீத்ரோ வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Tamil: “கீத்ரோ வானூர்தி நிலையம்”
  • Tatar: “Лондон-Һитроу халыкара аэропорты”
  • Tatar: “Лондон-Һитроу халыкара һава аланы”
  • Tatar: “Һитроу Халыкара һава аланы”
  • Tatar: “Һитроу”
  • Telugu: “హీత్రూ విమానాశ్రయం”
  • Thai: “ท่าอากาศยานลอนดอนฮีทโธรว์”
  • Turkish: “Heathrow Havalimanı”
  • Ukrainian: “Лондон-Гітроу”
  • Ukrainian: “Хітроу”
  • Urdu: “ہیتھرو ایئرپورٹ”
  • Uzbek: “Hitrou aeroporti”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay Heathrow”
  • Vietnamese: “Sân bay London Heathrow”
  • Welsh: “Maes Awyr Heathrow”
  • Western Frisian: “Lofthaven Londen Heathrow”
  • Western Panjabi: “لندن ہیتھرو ہوائی اڈہ”
  • Wu Chinese: “伦敦 海斯楼 飞机场”
  • Wu Chinese: “希思罗机场”
  • Yakut: “Һитроу”
  • Yiddish: “לאנדאן היטרוי ערפארט”
  • Yiddish: “לאנדאן היטרוי פליפעלד”
  • Yue Chinese: “倫敦希斯路機場”

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