London Heathrow Airport
London Heathrow Airport (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL) is a large airport in London, England, United Kingdom. It opened on 31 May 1946. It has 2 runways; the longest is 3,901 m (12,799 ft). It is operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2024 it handled 83.9 million passengers.
Timeline
10 events · 1946–2025Runways & airfield
Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMapPassengers per year
2013–2024Routes
234 destinations · 90 countriesStraight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from LHR. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “Heathrow Airport” (revision of 21 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Airlines
87 airlines · destinations from LHRFormer hub of British Asia Airways, British Eagle, British European Airways, British Mediterranean Airways, British Midland Airways Limited, British Overseas Airways Corporation and Pan Am.
Airlines and destinations as the Routes list above has them; the figure is how many destinations each flies from LHR. Hubs from Wikidata. All airlines