Live flights over London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 4,501 departures and 4,484 arrivals at London Heathrow Airport, 1,284 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Dublin (DUB), Amsterdam (AMS) and New York (JFK). The airline seen most often is British Airways.
Airport data
- IATA code
- LHR
- ICAO code
- EGLL
- City
- London
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Elevation
- 25 m (83 ft)
- Coordinates
- 51.47075, -0.45991
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of London Heathrow Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near London.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 636 | 637 | 1,273 |
| Mon 2 | 680 | 676 | 1,356 |
| Tue 3 | 648 | 648 | 1,296 |
| Wed 4 | 669 | 658 | 1,327 |
| Thu 5 | 659 | 653 | 1,312 |
| Fri 6 | 654 | 661 | 1,315 |
| Sat 7 | 555 | 551 | 1,106 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Dublin DUB Ireland 224 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 219 flights
- New York JFK United States 211 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 194 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 184 flights
- Zurich ZRH Switzerland 182 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 176 flights
- Paris CDG France 174 flights
- Geneva GVA Switzerland 159 flights
- Glasgow GLA 143 flights
- Ingliston, Edinburgh EDI 143 flights
- Lisbon LIS Portugal 143 flights
- Copenhagen CPH Denmark 128 flights
- Roma FCO Italy 119 flights
- Berlin BER Germany 118 flights
- Barcelona BCN Spain 117 flights
27 more connections
- Vienna VIE 114
- Stockholm ARN 105
- Milano LIN 104
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN 99
- Oslo OSL 99
- Zaventem BRU 91
- Hamburg HAM 90
- Spata-Artemida ATH 90
- Belfast BHD 89
- Newark EWR 88
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE 88
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NCL 85
- Aberdeen ABZ 82
- Warsaw WAW 79
- Boston BOS 78
- Los Angeles LAX 73
- Chicago ORD 68
- Prague PRG 66
- Venezia VCE 62
- Doha DOH 62
- Düsseldorf DUS 61
- Helsinki HEL 53
- Istanbul IST 51
- Dubai DXB 35
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 26
- San Francisco SFO 26
- Tokyo HND 26
Airlines
- British AirwaysBAW 3,700
- British Airways ShuttleSHT 723
- Virgin AtlanticVIR 406
- American AirlinesAAL 268
- Aer LingusEIN 238
- United AirlinesUAL 237
- SASSAS 178
- SwissSWR 162
- EurowingsEWG 160
- LufthansaDLH 136
Aircraft
- Airbus A320neo A20N 2,148
- Airbus A320 A320 1,197
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 808
- Airbus A321neo A21N 782
- Airbus A319 A319 674
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 569
- Boeing 777-200 B772 432
- A35K 369
- Airbus A380-800 A388 273
- Airbus A350-900 A359 206
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of London Heathrow Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/51.47075/lon/-0.45991/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near London right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over London Heathrow Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on London: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of LHR, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from London Heathrow Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were British Airways, British Airways Shuttle, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines and Aer Lingus.
What are the main connections from London Heathrow Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Dublin (DUB, 224), Amsterdam (AMS, 219), New York (JFK, 211), Madrid (MAD, 194) and Munich (MUC, 184). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around London? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for London Heathrow Airport? +
London Heathrow Airport has IATA code LHR and ICAO code EGLL. It lies in England, United Kingdom, at coordinates 51.47075, -0.45991.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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