Live flights over London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,280 departures and 1,285 arrivals at London Heathrow Airport, 1,283 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Dublin (DUB), New York (JFK) and Madrid (MAD). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 648 | 650 | 1,298 |
| Sat 24 | 632 | 635 | 1,267 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Dublin DUB Ireland 66 flights
- New York JFK United States 60 flights
- Madrid MAD Spain 50 flights
- Munich MUC Germany 48 flights
- Amsterdam AMS Netherlands 48 flights
- Frankfurt am Main FRA Germany 45 flights
- Roma FCO Italy 43 flights
- Zurich ZRH Switzerland 41 flights
- Geneva GVA Switzerland 40 flights
- Paris CDG France 39 flights
- Lisbon LIS Portugal 39 flights
- Barcelona BCN Spain 38 flights
- Copenhagen CPH Denmark 33 flights
- Ingliston, Edinburgh EDI 30 flights
- Vienna VIE Austria 30 flights
- Chicago ORD United States 29 flights
27 more connections
- Spata-Artemida ATH 28
- Glasgow GLA 27
- Stockholm ARN 27
- Düsseldorf DUS 26
- Milano LIN 26
- Nice, Alpes-Maritimes NCE 23
- Berlin BER 22
- Oslo OSL 22
- Warsaw WAW 21
- Boston BOS 21
- Newark EWR 21
- Belfast BHD 20
- Los Angeles LAX 20
- Zaventem BRU 19
- Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône MRS 19
- Venezia VCE 19
- Toronto YYZ 18
- Hamburg HAM 18
- Manchester, Greater Manchester MAN 18
- Budapest BUD 18
- Prague PRG 18
- Istanbul IST 16
- San Francisco SFO 9
- Dubai DXB 9
- Helsinki HEL 8
- Atlanta ATL 8
- Seattle SEA 8
Airlines
- British AirwaysBAW 1,146
- British Airways ShuttleSHT 139
- Virgin AtlanticVIR 119
- American AirlinesAAL 80
- United AirlinesUAL 76
- Aer LingusEIN 70
- LufthansaDLH 51
- SwissSWR 46
- SASSAS 44
- Delta Air LinesDAL 39
Aircraft
- Airbus A320neo A20N 572
- Airbus A320 A320 386
- Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner B789 236
- Airbus A321neo A21N 204
- Airbus A319 A319 185
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 179
- Boeing 777-200 B772 138
- A35K 97
- Airbus A380-800 A388 92
- Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner B788 58
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were British Airways, British Airways Shuttle, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines and United Airlines.
What are the main connections from London Heathrow Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Dublin (DUB, 66), New York (JFK, 60), Madrid (MAD, 50), Munich (MUC, 48) and Amsterdam (AMS, 48). 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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