London Heathrow airport is located 14 miles to the west of London with two parallel runways. It is the third busiest airport in the world with regards to international passenger numbers
ATC Positions
| Callsign | Frequency |
| Heathrow Delivery | 121.975 |
| Heathrow Ground (1) | 121.900 |
| Heathrow Ground (2) | 121.700 |
| Heathrow Ground (3) | 121.850 |
| Heathrow North Tower | 118.700 |
| Heathrow South Tower | 118.500 |
| Heathrow Director (N) | 119.725 |
| Heathrow Director (S) | 134.975 |
| Heathrow Director (F) | 120.400 |
When contacting Heathrow Director, you will normally expect to initially contact the north intermediate director on 119.725 and is always staffed. The final director frequency and south intermediate director frequency is only open during busy times and as such you may not be handed over to the frequency of 134.975 or 120.400 and instead may be handed directly over to tower.
Terminal Allocation
Terminal 2
Aer Lingus (EIN): 221L, 221R, 223, 224, 225
Asiana Airlines (AAR): 233
Air Canada (ACA): 236, 238, 239, 241-244
Aegean Airlines (AEE): 217, 220
Air India (AIC): 236, 238, 239, 241, 243, 244
All Nipon Airways (ANA): 246, 247
Air New Zealand (ANZ): 232, 236, 238, 243
Austrian Airlines (AUA): 216, 217, 218L, 220
Avianca (AVA): 239
Flybee (BEE): EGJB and EGNS: 224, 225,
Other: 253L, 253R, 254L, 254R
Brussels Airlines (BEL): 218L, 218R, 219, 220, 223-226
Air China (CCA): 248, 249
Shenzhen Airlines (CSZ): 236, 241, 243, 248, 249
Croatia Airlines (CTN): 216, 217, 218L, 218R, 220, 233L, 236R
Lufthansa (DLH): 216, 217, 218L, 218R, 219, 220, 223-226, 236R
Ethiopian Airlines (ETH): 238, 239, 244
EVA Air (EVA): 243, 246
Eurowings (EWG): 216, 217, 218L, 218R, 219, 220, 223-226, 236L
Icelandair (ICE): 218, 231, 232
LOT Airlines (LOT): 217, 218R, 219, 225
Egyptair (MSR): 236R, 238, 241, 244, 246
South African Airways (SAA): 236, 238, 239
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS): 223-226
Singapore Airlines (SIA): 238, 242, 243, 247
Swiss International Airlines (SWR): 216, 217, 218L, 218R, 219, 220
TAP Air Portugal (TAP): 216-218, 218L, 219
Thai Airways: (THA): 246, 247
Turkish Airlines (THY): A321: 216, 217, 218L, 218R
A333/B77W: 232, 236, 238, 239, 243
United Airlines (UAL): 231-233, 247-249
Terminal 3
American Airlines (AAL): 326-332, 334-336, 340, 342
SriLankan Airlines (ALK): 326, 329, 331
Bejing Capital Airlines (CBJ): 327, 330, 332, 336
Hainian Airlines (CHH): 326, 328, 329, 334
Cathay Pacific (CPA): 327, 331, 335, 336, 340, 342
Delta Airlines (DAL): 303, 316-322, 328, 330, 336, 340
Finnair (FIN): 326-330
Tianjin Airlines (GCR): 327-329, 332, 334-336, 340
Iran Air (IRA): 326, 328-330, 334
Japan Airlines (JAL): 301, 303, 319, 320, 322, 327, 331
Middle East Airlines (MEA): 326-329, 331, 332, 336
Phillipines Airlines (PAL): 335, 342
Pakistan Airlines (PIA): 316, 322, 326-328, 331
Qantas (QFA): 301, 307
Royal Jordanian Airlines (RJA): 320, 329, 330
TAM Airlines (TAM): 332, 334, 335
Emirates (UAE): 301, 305, 307
Virgin (VIR): 316-322, 326
Vueling (VLG): 309, 335
British Airways (BAW): Flights from CYVR, DGAA, EDDV, EFHK, EKBI, FACT, HKJK, KDEN, KLAS, KMIA, KSAN, LDZA, LEBL, LFML, LHBP, LIRP, LKPR, LOWW, LPPT, LXGB
A319/A320: 301, 303L, 303R, 305L, 305R, 307, 309, 311
A380: 301, 303, 305, 340, 342
Other long haul: 301, 327, 331, 332, 334-336, 340, 342
Terminal 4
Aeroflot (AFL): 414, 419, 420
AIr France (AFR): 415, 420, 421
Azerbaijan Airlines (AHY): 412, 414
AMC Airlines (AMC): 414, 415, 420
Aeromexico (AMX): 422
ASL Airlines (ASL): 419, 421
Alitalia (AZA): 414, 415, 419, 420
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BBC): 402, 403, 405-407
China Eastern Airlines (CES): 407, 409
China Southern Airlines (CSN): 411, 412
Air Algerie (DAH): 401-403
El Al (ELY): 403
Etihad (ETD): 409, 410
Gulf Air (GFA): 407, 408
Garuda Indonesia (GIA): 402, 405
Vietnam Airlines (HVN): 412
Kuwait Airways (KAC): 402, 407
Korean Air (KAL): 411
KLM (KLM): 414, 415, 417, 419, 420, 421
Kenya Airways (KQA): 407, 408, 410, 412
Air Astana (KZR): 401, 414, 421
Bulgaria Air (LZB): 419
Malaysia Airlines (MAS): 405-407
Air Mauritius (MAU): 403, 409
Oman Air (OMA): 408, 414
Qatar Airways: 402, 405, 406, 409, 411
Royal Air Maroc (RAM): 401, 403
Royal Brune Airlines (RBA): 403, 409, 414
TAROM (ROT): 401
Saudi Arabian Airlines (SVA): 405-407, 409-411
Tunisair (TAR): 419, 420
Uzbekistan Airways (UZB): 401
Terminal 5
Shuttle (SHT): 501-503, 505-508
Iberia (IBE): A319/A320/A321: 508-513, 515, 517-523, 532-539, 542-548, 552-557, 561-566, 524-527, 531, 541, 551, 558
A333/A346/A359: 552-557, 561-566
British Airways (BAW): All international flights not using terminal 3:
A319/A320/A321: 508-513, 515, 517-523, 532-539, 542-548, 552-557, 561-566, 524-527, 531, 541, 551, 558
A35K/B744/B772/B77W/B788/B789: 532-539, 542-548, 552-557, 561-566, 531, 541, 558, 567, 568, 573, 575, 576
A380: 555-557, 562-565
Terminal 6
Cargo: 601-609, 611-616
Preferential Runway
Runway 27L and 27R are the preferential runways when there is a tailwind component of 5 knots or less and the runway is dry. Heathrow operates a runway alternation program, which is designed to provide relief to local residents, and the runway alternation program for 2021 is available here. Heathrow uses a minimum runway occupancy ideology, this means that ATC expects you to vacate the runway as quickly as possible.
SIDs
The initial climb for all SIDs departing Heathrow is 6000 feet
Helicopter routings
To make flying in the London CTR safer, a number of helicopter routings have been designed and published by NATS. You can view these helicopter routings here
STARs
| STAR | Arrival Via | Route | Expected descent |
| ALESO1H | T420 | ALESO – ROTNO – ETVAX – TIGER – LLE01 – BIG | FL180 level at ETVAX FL70 level at BIG |
| BARMI1H | P7 | BARMI – SONOG – LOGAN – SABER – BRASO – WESUL – LAM | FL300 level at BARMI FL250 level at LOGAN FL160 level at SABER FL70 level at LAM |
| BEDEK1H | P2 | BEDEK – NIGIT – LLW03 – OCK | FL140 level at BEDEK FL70 level at OCK |
| FITBO1H | Y125 | FITBO – SOPIT – WCO – BNN | FL180 level at FITBO FL150 level at SOPIT FL70 level at BNN |
| HAZEL1H | L620 | HAZEL – LLS01 – OCK | FL130 level at HAZEL FL70 level at OCK |
| HON1H | L15, L10, L612 | HON – TOBID – SOPIT – WCO – BNN | FL150 level at SOPIT FL70 level at BNN |
| LOGAN2H | L608, L980 | LOGAN – TRIPO – SABER – BRASO – WESUL – LAM | FL250 level at LOGAN FL160 level at SABER FL70 level at LAM |
| NUGRA1H | Y53, Q36, Q38 | NUGRA – TOBID – SOPIT – WCO – BNN | FL150 level at SOPIT FL70 level at BNN |
| OTMET1H | N17 | OTMET – SOKDU – NEDUL – BIGTO – HAZEL – LLS01 – OCK | FL270 level at OTMET FL210 level at NEDUL FL130 level at HAZEL FL70 level at OCK |
| ROXOG1H | P87, L962 | ROXOG – AMTOD – BEGTO – HAZEL – LLS01 – OCK | FL130 level at HAZEL FL70 level at OCK |
Stack Swaps
| STAR | Routing | Stack Switch |
| LAM1X | LAM – HILLY – BIG | LAM to BIG |
| OCK1Z | OCK – DORKI – KILLY – BIG | OCK to BIG |
| TANET1Z | TANET – DET – LLE02 – BIG | LOGAN/LAM to BIG |
| BEDEK1Z | BEDEK – CPT – BNN | BEDEK/OCK to BNN |
| LAM1Z | LAM – DONNA – BNN | LAM to BNN |
| BIG1Z | BIG – DORKI – OCK | BIG to OCK |
| LAM1Y | LAM – DORKI – OCK | LAM to OCK |
| TOBID1X | TOBID – WOD – LLW02 – OCK | BNN to OCK |
Holds
| Holding Area | Direction of turn | Holding speed (IAS) |
| BNN | Right | 220 Kts |
| LAM | Left | 220 Kts |
| OCK | Right | 220 Kts |
| BIG | Right | 220 Kts |
Who to Contact
Below is the order in which you should contact a controller
Vatsim
EGLL_DEL, EGLL_GND, EGLL_S_TWR, EGLL_N_APP, LTC_SE_CTR, LTC_S_CTR, LTC_CTR, LON_S_CTR, LON_SC_CTR, LON_CTR
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