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London Heathrow Airport

main airport serving London, England, United Kingdom
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Summary

London Heathrow Airport is an international airport[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of international airport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,855 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: International Association of Baggage System Companies[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: London Borough of Hillingdon[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Instance of: commercial traffic aerodrome[6]
  • Owned by: Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited[7]
  • Operator: Heathrow Airport Holdings Limited[8]
  • Named after: London[9], Heathrow[10]
  • IATA airport code: LHR[11]
  • ICAO airport code: EGLL[12]
  • Commons category: London Heathrow Airport[13]
  • Scheduled service destination: Vancouver International Airport[14], Toronto Pearson International Airport[15], Tokyo International Airport[16], Istanbul Airport[17]
  • Has part(s): Heathrow Terminal 2[18], Heathrow Terminal 3[19], Heathrow Terminal 4[20], Heathrow Terminal 5[21], Heathrow pod[22]
  • Runway: 09L/27R[23], 09R/27L[24]
  • Significant event: British Airways Flight 38[25], BOAC Flight 712[26], BKS Air Transport Flight C.6845[27], 1950 Heathrow BEA Viking accident[28], Hayes substation fire[29]
  • Interchange station: Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station[30]
  • Official website: https://heathrow.com[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Heathrow Airport[32]
  • Place served by transport hub: London[33]
  • Commons gallery: London Heathrow Airport[34]
  • Phone number: +44-844-335-1801[35]
  • Replaces: Great West Aerodrome[36]
  • Motto text: Making every journey better.[37]
  • Date of official opening: May 31, 1946[38]
  • Native label: London Heathrow Airport[39]
  • Short name: Londres-Heathrow[40], Londres Heathrow[41], London Heathrow[42], Londra-Heathrow[43], London-Heathrow[44], Luân Đôn Heathrow[45]

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Works and Contributions

Things named for London Heathrow Airport include Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station[46], a railway station[47], in United Kingdom[48].

Why It Matters

London Heathrow Airport has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for it include Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station[46], a railway station[47], in United Kingdom[48].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . iabsc.org. iabsc.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . ead.eurocontrol.int. ead.eurocontrol.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . store.aci.aero. store.aci.aero. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · Mahir256 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 98
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ceb', 'ckb', 'cs
    Postimees topic id → 134509
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Postimees topic id: 134509, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/177195548|heathrow lennujaam (#177195548)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6728|Postimees topi"
  2. 4w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-09-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/55346|batch #55346]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  3. 8w ago · Mrwdat3 · 2026-08-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wolfram language entity code → Entity["Airport", "EGLL"], Entity["WeatherStation", "EGLL"]
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Wolfram language entity code: Entity["WeatherStation", "EGLL"], Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/54526065|EGLL (#54526065)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog"
  4. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → GBvZL
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  5. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14536 → 351193
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  6. 17w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → heathrow-airport-london-england
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: heathrow-airport-london-england, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289935743|heathrow airport london england (#289935743)]] in [[:toollabs:mi"
  7. 17w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Continent → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/37008|batch #37008]]: Remove redundant P30 from buildings"
  8. 22w ago · Yirba · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Heathrow Airport
    Interchange station → Heathrow Terminals 2 & 3 railway station
    State of use → in use, temporarily closed
    Place served by transport hub → London
    + 38 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14452: 920GLHR0"
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