London Heathrow airport consists of 5 terminals. Terminals 1,2 & 3 are located in the centre of Heathrow airport between the two main runways. Access is by a tunnel from the M4 motorway Terminal 4 is located on the south side of London Heathrow. London Heathrow airport is the closest airport to central London.

A brand new Terminal 5 opened on 27 March 2008 and will be used exclusively by British Airways. Terminal 5 will have direct access from the M25. Once Terminal 5 is fully functional then there will be major changes in all the other terminals as airlines move terminals to align with codeshare partners. In late 2008 Terminal 2 will be demolished and a new terminal (Heathrow East) will be constructed and is due for completion by 2013.

This page will be updated througout 2008 to reflect these changes as they occur.

IMPORTANT

As of June 2008 terminal changes have been delayed and you are advised to check which terminal you require before travelling. Information below is no longer accurate and cannot be updated until the various airline moves are announced. However, all BA domestic flights and most BA European flights now operate out of Terminal 5. Long Haul flights now operate form both T4 and T5.

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London Heathrow Airport Terminal 1

Terminal 1 is for all domestic flights, most UK airline departures to Europe plus Aer Lingus, Alliance, Cyprus Airways, EL AL, Finnair, Icelandair, Virgin Express and South African Airways flights. Some BA long-haul services now use Terminal 1. These include Los Angeles, San Francisco, Vancouver and Hong Kong.

Terminals 1's bag storage area is located on a mid floor between Arrivals and Departures. Access by stairs, lift/elevator or up-escalator.

Open 06:00 - 23:00. £6.50 per item per 24 hours.

London Heathrow Airport Terminal 2

Terminal 2 is for most European carriers' flights to Europe and some longer haul destinations.

There is no Left Luggage facility on the Arrival/Departure level of Terminal 2. For bag storage go downstairs to the street level check-in area where it is located on the left end of the floor.

Open 06:00 - 22:30. £6.50 per item per 24 hours.

London Heathrow Airport Terminal 3

Terminal 3 is the long haul terminal for US, South American, Asian and Asia Pacific airlines plus most African carriers. SAS flights to Scandinavia and British Airways to flights to Miami also use Terminal 3.

The storage area at Terminal 3 is in the Arrivals building, there is no corresponding facility in the Departure building. It is located on the extreme right hand side of the Arrivals hall between Exits 1 & 2.

Open 05:30-22:30. £6.50 per item per 24 hours.

London Heathrow Airport Terminal 4

Terminal 4 is for most British Airways long haul flights and some European services. Air Lanka, Air Malta, Kenya Airways, KLM and Qantas also use Terminal 4.

Terminal 4's Left Luggage area is on the extreme left hand side of the street level Arrivals area.

Open 05:30 - 23:00. £6.50 per item per 24 hours.

London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 (Opening 27th March 2008)

British Airways new home at Terminal 5 is set to transform your travel experience. Here are a few facts and figures to whet your appetite...

Construction started on the £4.3 billion pound project in September 2002 and is running on time and on budget.

2006 Stirling Prize winner the Richard Rogers Partnership designed Terminal 5.

Terminal 5 is the biggest freestanding building in the UK – the building is 40 metres high, 396 metres long and 176 metres wide.

Terminal 5 will be five times the size of Terminal 4, BA's current main longhaul base.

The building will be comprised of five levels, each the size of 10 football pitches – designed around the different stages of the passenger journey.

30,000 square metres of reinforced glass and 5,500 glass panels have been used to glaze the terminal building and roof giving the whole terminal a light and airy feel.

The baggage system is the biggest, single-terminal baggage handling system in Europe, containing 18km of belts and capable of transporting 12,000 bags per hour around the terminal.

The Terminal 5 site is located between Heathrow’s two runways on land previously occupied by a sludge works. The project has successfully moved 9 million cubic metres of earth and two rivers have been diverted to create space for the new building.

More than 250,000 evergreen ground cover shrubs, 2,000 metres of native hedgerow trees, 1,500 semi mature trees and 2,500 semi mature shrubs are being used to landscape the area around Terminal 5 in the next two years.

Water from Terminal 5’s rainwater harvesting and groundwater boreholes is being used for non-potable uses, reducing the demand on the mains water by 70%. The harvesting scheme re-uses up to 85% of the rainfall that falls on Terminal 5’s campus.

Waste heat from the existing combined heat and power station at Heathrow is being piped to Terminal 5 through an underground pipeline and will provide Terminal 5 with 85% of its heat on demand.

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