London Heathrow Airport (EGLL / LHR), known to most simply as Heathrow, is the busiest airport in the United Kingdom and one of the busiest in the world by international passenger traffic. Operating from two long parallel east-west runways with a complex of five terminals, Heathrow is the primary hub for British Airways and a major gateway between Europe and the rest of the world. Watch live spotter streams of the heavy traffic above.
London Heathrow's ICAO code is EGLL and its IATA code is LHR.
Heathrow currently operates two parallel runways: 09L/27R and 09R/27L. A third runway has been long-debated and is not in operation today.
Heathrow is in the London Borough of Hillingdon, about 14 miles west of central London.
Heathrow handles a constant stream of widebody long-haul aircraft from carriers around the world, making it one of the most popular airports in the world for plane spotting.