Who Flies from Which Terminal at Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport is the busiest airport in Europe and the second busiest in the World for international passenger traffic. The latest figures show that it handled 78 million passengers in 2017!

Heathrow operates from 2 runways with passengers departing from its 4 terminals, numbered 2 to 5. Due to the scale of this airport, it is important to arrive at the correct terminal building to ensure a carefree transition to your departure gate. 81 airlines fly from Heathrow to a total of 204 destinations in 85 countries!

Airlines that Fly from Heathrow Terminal 2

AirlineDestination(s)
Aegean AirlinesAthens, Larnaca
Aer LingusBelfast City, Cork, Dublin, Shannon
Air CanadaCalgary, Halifax, Montreal, Ottawa, St Johns, Toronto, Vancouver
Air ChinaBeijing, Chengdu
Air IndiaAhmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, New York (Newark)
Air New ZealandAuckland, Los Angeles
ANATokyo (Haneda)
Asiana AirlinesSeoul
AviancaBogota
AustrianVienna
Brussels AirlinesBrussels
Croatia AirlinesRijeka, Split, Zagreb
EgyptairCairo, Luxor
Ethiopian AirlinesAddis Ababa
EurowingsBerlin (Tegel), Cologne (Bonn), Hamburg, Salzburg, Stuttgart
EVA AirBangkok, Taipei
FlybeAberdeen, Edinburgh, Guernsey, Newquay
GermanwingsBerlin (Tegel), Cologne (Bonn), Hamburg, Stuttgart
IcelandairReykjavik
LOT Polish AirlinesWarsaw
LufthansaFrankfurt, Munich
SAS – Scandinavian AirlinesCopenhagen, Oslo (Gardermoen), Stavanger, Stockholm (Arlanda)
Shenzhen AirlinesShenzhen
Singapore AirlinesSingapore
South African AirwaysJohannesburg
Swiss International AirlinesGeneva, Zurich
TAP PortugalLisbon
Thai AirwaysBangkok
Turkish AirlinesIstanbul Ataturk
United AirlinesChicago (O’Hare), Houston, Los Angeles, New York (Newark), San Francisco, Washington (Dulles)

Airlines that Fly from Heathrow Terminal 3

AirlineDestination(s)
American AirlinesCharlotte, Chicago (O’Hare), Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York (JFK), Philadelphia, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham
Beijing Capital AirlinesQingdao
British AirwaysAccra, Barcelona, Bilbao, Budapest, Cape Town, Crete, Denver, Gibraltar, Helsinki, Las Vegas, Lisbon, Luxembourg, Lyon, Marseille, Miami, Nairobi, Phoenix, Prague, Pula, Vancouver, Vienna
Cathay Pacific AirwaysHong Kong
Delta Air LinesAtlanta, Boston, Dallas/Fort Worth, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York (JFK), Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Seattle – Tacoma
EmiratesDubai
FinnairHelsinki
Hainan AirlinesChangsha
Iberia ExpressAsturias
Iran AirTehran
Japan AirlinesTokyo (Haneda)
LATAM AirlinesSao Paulo
MEABeirut
Pakistan International AirlinesIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore
Philippine AirlinesManila
QantasDubai, Melbourne, Perth, Singapore, Sydney
Royal JordanianAmman
Sri Lankan AirlinesColombo
Tianjin AirlinesChongqing, Xian
Virgin AtlanticAtlanta, Boston, Bridgetown, Cape Town, Chicago (O’Hare), Delhi, Detroit, Dubai, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, Lagos, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Mumbai, New York (JFK), New York (Newark), San Francisco, Shanghai (Pudong), Tel Aviv, Washington (Dulles)
VuelingBarcelona, La Coruna

Airlines that Fly from Heathrow Terminal 4

AirlineDestination(s)
AeroflotMoscow (Sheremetyevo)
AeromexicoMexico City
Air AlgerieAlgiers
Air AstanaAstana
Air FranceParis (CDG)
Air MaltaValletta
Air MauritiusMauritius
Air SerbiaBelgrade
AlitaliaMilan (Linate), Rome (Fiumicino)
Arik AirLagos
Azerbaijan AirlinesBaku
Biman Bangladesh AirlinesDhaka, Sylhet
Bulgaria AirSofia
China EasternShanghai (Pudong)
China SouthernGuangzhou, Sanya, Wuhan
El AlTel Aviv
Etihad AirwaysAbu Dhabi
Garuda IndonesiaBali, Jakarta
Gulf AirBahrain
Jet AirwaysDelhi, Mumbai
Kenya AirwaysNairobi
KLM – Royal Dutch AirlinesAmsterdam
Korean AirSeoul
Kuwait AirwaysKuwait
Malaysia AirlinesKuala Lumpur
Oman AirMuscat
Qatar AirwaysDoha
Royal Air MarocCasablanca
Royal Brunei AirlinesBandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Dubai
SaudiaJeddah, Riyadh
TaromBucharest (Otopeni)
TunisairTunis
Turkmenistan AirlinesAshgabat
Uzbekistan AirwaysTashkent
Vietnam AirlinesHanoi, Ho Chi Minh City

Airlines that Fly from Heathrow Terminal 5

AirlineDestination(s)
British AirwaysAberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Agadir, Almeria, Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Atlanta, Austin, Bahrain, Baltimore, Bangkok, Basel, Bastia, Beijing, Beirut, Belfast City, Bengaluru, Bergen, Berlin (Tegel), Biarritz, Billund, Bologna, Boston, Brindisi, Brussels, Bucharest (Otopeni), Buenos Aires, Cagliari, Cairo, Calgary, Charleston, Chennai, Chicago (O’Hare), Copenhagen, Corfu, Dallas/Fort Worth, Delhi, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Durban, Dusseldorf, Edinburgh, Faro, Figari, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow, Grenoble, Gothenburg, Gran Canaria, Grand Cayman, Hamburg, Hanover, Hong Kong, Houston, Hyderabad, Ibiza, Innsbruck, Inverness, Islamabad, Istanbul Ataturk, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kalamata, Kefalonia, Kiev (Borispol), Krakow, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, Lagos, Larnaca, Leeds Bradford, Ljubljana, Los Angeles, Luanda, Madrid, Malaga, Manchester, Marrakech, Menorca, Mexico City, Milan (Linate), Milan (Malpensa), Montpellier, Montreal, Moscow (Domodedovo), Mumbai, Munich, Murcia, Muscat, Mykonos, Nantes, Nashville, Nassau, New Orleans, New York (JFK), New York (Newark), Newcastle, Nice, Olbia, Osaka (Kansai), Oslo (Gardermoen), Palermo, Palma, Paris (CDG), Paris (Orly), Philadelphia, Pisa, Pittsburgh, Preveza, Reykjavik, Rio De Janeiro (Galeao), Riyadh, Rome (Fiumicino), Salzburg, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santiago, Santorini, Sao Paulo, Seattle – Tacoma, Seoul, Seychelles, Shanghai (Pudong), Singapore, Sofia, St Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm (Arlanda), Stuttgart, Sydney, Tallinn, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tenerife South, Tokyo (Haneda), Tokyo (Narita), Toronto, Toulouse, Turin, Valencia, Venice, Warsaw, Washington (Dulles), Zagreb, Zakynthos, Zurich
IberiaGran Canaria, Madrid, Palma, Tenerife North
Iberia ExpressGran Canaria, Palma, Tenerife North

This information is subject to change. If you are not sure which terminal you need, check with your airline or Heathrow Flight Departures.

Security checks being very intensive in this day and age, we should give ourselves plenty of time at the airport. Avoid the stress of standing in a queue hopping from one foot to the other because the clock is ticking at our departure gate! For long-haul we are advised to arrive at least 3 hours before departure, which is probably advisable in an airport as large as Heathrow.

Travel options for Arrival at Heathrow Airport

  • National Express coach services operate out of the Heathrow Airport Central Bus Station, to and from central London (Victoria), and destinations all over the UK.
  • Railair service operating to and from London Heathrow Airport providing links to stations in Feltham, Reading, Woking and Watford Junction.
  • Heathrow Express is the fastest way from Heathrow to central London in just 15 minutes.
  • Travelling to London Heathrow by car can be a great option. Check out our airport parking at BookFHR and for extra peace of mind book an airport hotel the night before and have a hassle-free start to your holiday!
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