London Heathrow
London, GB.
- Code
- LHR
- Position
- 51.470, -0.454
- Runway
- 3,050 m paved from 1945, 3,353 m paved from 1961
- Capacity
- About 3,300 movements a week, 40 stands, terminal generation 2
- Weather
- Worst month loses about 1.9% of flights
- Confidence
- estimated (to be verified). Coordinates agree with published sources to within about 2.5 km. Other figures are estimates unless the evidence below says otherwise.
Source: Coordinates and selected runway and terminal facts checked against published sources, see evidence. Capacity, passenger and weather figures are estimates.
Evidence
Facts checked against published sources. Where a source gives a present day figure for a field that has changed, the game value is kept and the difference is noted in the repository file docs/research/airport-verification.json.
| Field | Year | Checked value | Agreement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| runwayLengthM | 1961 | 3353 | close | en.wikipedia.org |
| other | 1961 | 13 November 1961: Oceanic Building (later Terminal 3) opened | differs | en.wikipedia.org |
| paxPerYear | 1961 | 6300000 | close | airporthistory.org, heathrow.com |