EGLL IATA LHR Large Airport

Airport record

London Heathrow Airport

London, England, United Kingdom

Scheduled service reported12,000+ ft runway
WGS 84 position 51.47075°, -0.45991° Open map
FIELD ELEVATION 83 ft MSL

25 metres

REPORTED OPEN RUNWAYS 2

2 reported lighted

LONGEST REPORTED 12,799 ft

3,901 metres · 09L/27R

PUBLISHED COMMS 15

Source records

Runway geometry

Reported runway surfaces

TRUE headings
Runway Dimensions Surface Heading (true) Lighting Status
09L/27R 12,799 × 164 ft3,901 × 50 m Asphalt 90.0° / 270.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open
09R/27L 12,001 × 164 ft3,658 × 50 m Asphalt 90.0° / 270.0° east–west Reported lighted Reported open

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Runway ends

Published end data

Each runway end is listed separately. Headings are true; elevations are MSL. A dash means the source did not publish a value—not zero.

Runway-end identifiers, parent runways, true headings, elevations, displaced thresholds, and published coordinates
End Runway True heading End elevation Displaced threshold Coordinates
09L LE · low-numbered end 09L/27R Reported open 90.0°T 79 ft MSL24 m 1,007 ft307 m 51.47749°, -0.48944° Open end map ↗
27R HE · high-numbered end 09L/27R Reported open 270.0°T 78 ft MSL24 m Not published 51.47768°, -0.43323° Open end map ↗
09R LE · low-numbered end 09R/27L Reported open 90.0°T 75 ft MSL23 m 1,013 ft309 m 51.46478°, -0.48681° Open end map ↗
27L HE · high-numbered end 09R/27L Reported open 270.0°T 77 ft MSL23 m Not published 51.46496°, -0.43405° Open end map ↗

Communications

Published frequencies

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TypeFrequencyDescription
ATIS 113.750 MHz Heathrow ATIS
ATIS 115.100 MHz Heathrow ATIS (Arrival)
ATIS 121.935 MHz Heathrow ATIS (Departure)
ATIS 128.075 MHz Heathrow ATIS
CLD 121.975 MHz Heathrow Delivery
DIR 119.725 MHz Heathrow Director
DIR 120.400 MHz Heathrow Director
DIR 127.525 MHz Heathrow Director
DIR 134.975 MHz Heathrow Director
GND 121.700 MHz Heathrow Ground
GND 121.850 MHz Heathrow Ground
GND 121.900 MHz Heathrow Ground
TWR 118.500 MHz Heathrow Tower
TWR 118.700 MHz Heathrow Tower
TWR 124.475 MHz Heathrow Tower

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METAR, TAF & simulator ATIS

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Nearby airports

All in United Kingdom
CodeAirportDistance & bearingLongest runway
EGKK London Gatwick AirportLondon 22 NM41 km · SE · 152° true 10,883 ft
EGCC Manchester AirportManchester, Greater Manchester 131 NM243 km · NW · 330° true 10,007 ft
LFQQ Lille AirportLesquin 145 NM269 km · E · 111° true 9,268 ft
LFOB Beauvais-Tillé airportBeauvais 156 NM289 km · SE · 140° true 7,972 ft
LFPB Paris-Le Bourget International AirportParis 187 NM347 km · SE · 142° true 9,843 ft
LFPG Charles de Gaulle International AirportParis (Roissy-en-France, Val-d'Oise) 188 NM348 km · SE · 141° true 13,829 ft

Source & provenance

Data source

Airport, runway, and frequency records come from the OurAirports Public Domain dataset snapshot dated . Missing values remain missing; Runway Almanac does not invent them.