Where to plane spot at heathrow?

Yes – the viewing stand is about 1/3rd of the way along runway 27R.

I have never been there, so I maybe wrong, but while you will get a good view of anything landing or taking off on 27R you won’t be able to get any photos due to the large number of fences (and a road) between you and the runway. If they are coming in on 27R you would be better off going to the end of the runway.

If they are using 09L for landing (it isn’t used for take offs), most aircraft will have turned off the runway before they get to the viewing stand.

thanks for that, i am going on the 25th august so hopefully they will be using that runway.

I heard there is actually a viewing stand opposite the road on one of the runways, is this true? amd is it any good?

Vulcan,

If they are landing on 27L you can’t beat Myrtle Avenue. I posted some photos earlier that were taken from there on Tuesday.

I posted the following on another forum that will hopefully help you further:-

You certainly can’t beat a trip to the Myrtle Avenue area – watching widebodied aircraft fly by just a couple of hundred feet from landing is quite something!!

Here are a few photos taken from here:-

If you have access to a car (it maybe do-able by bus), in the winter I prefer to go to a spot a little further away. Head away from the airport towards the Hounslow Urban Farm / Feltham Cemetery (Google for directions) . When you get to the farm, drive in but continue along the road past the farm towards the cemetery and you will see an area where you can park and watch the aircraft from the comfort (and warmth) of your car. It isn’t as complicated as this sounds when you are there, and this photo was taken from this location:-

Both these locations are dependent on landing aircraft using Runway 27 Left. If they are landing on the northerly runway (27 Right) then you can walk round to the threshold of the runway in 20-30 minutes from Hatton Cross and get similar views, albeit lamp posts tend to get in the way if you are not careful.

However, all isn’t lost, as excellent views of departing traffic can be found from a grass bank alongside the Southern Perimeter Road near an Esso petrol station which is where this photo was taken from:-

To get there, try a bus to the cargo terminal and then a few minutes walk or if driving park in Oakes Road, Stanwell, from where a path takes you to the side of the road.

If they are landing on Runway 09 Left, a field under the approach offers similar views to Myrtle. It is adjacent to Stanwell Moor Road, and it is possible to park on the side of the road (although make sure you don’t blck the pavement for pedestrians) or alternatively a 10-15 minute walk from Terminal 5 should get you there.

As you can see, Heathrow is very dependent upon the runway that is being used. When aircraft are landing from the west (from over the M25) they only land on 09 Left.

However, if they are coming in from the east (which they do about 75% of the time when the wind is from the west) they land on one of the 27 runways until 3pm when they swap to the other for the remainder of the day. The following link takes you to a page on the Heathrow website which will allow you to see what runway will be in use when.

http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/page/Heathrow+noise%5EGeneral%5EWhat+we+do+about+it%5EMeasures+already+in+place%5ERunway+use%5ERunway+alternation/bb67ff6b59b53210VgnVCM10000036821c0a____/448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/

Hope this helps.

Neil

You must be very young Alan! :rolleyes: When I went there you could see Convair 240, 340 & 440’s. DC-3’s, DC-4’s, DC-6’s and DC-7’s. Viscounts and F.27’s were around too and Avia 14’s! In a lull between arrivals, I amused myself, feeding Treats, chocolate covered peanuts to the pigeons. These snacks were generally just on the maximum size a pigeon could swallow and could cause some pigeon distress.:diablo: It did pass the time though

In my day, The Queens Building was best… :rolleyes:

Only went there once, and that must have been about 45 yrs ago. Only
aircraft I remember seeing was one of the Presidential 707s

Gone to the buildings in the sky see URL

Gone to the buildings in the sky see URL

http://www.heathrowairport.com/portal/page/Heathrow%5EGeneral%5EOur+business+and+community%5EMedia+centre%5EPress+releases%5EResults/17f39e3b58504210VgnVCM10000036821c0a____/a22889d8759a0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____/

Was a historic and great place to spot from. Long before any terrorists got going.

Try this thread on Civil Aviation – some historic maps and pics of Heathrow to be found – http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=109247

what happend to it?

this is the website i found out about what way the planes land. http://www.plane-mad.com/airport-spotting-guides/united-kingdom/london-heathrow-lhr-egll.html

turns out i am going after the 22nd so i should be ok to view at myrtle ave. Am i right?

In my day, The Queens Building was best… :rolleyes:

At any age plane spotting is great fun

At any age plane spotting is great fun:)
Enjoy

found this, turns out they are landing the wrong way 🙁 when i am going nect week.

so where is the best place to watch them land on runway 27R??

cheers guys.

i got confused with thta, im 15 and didnt get it lol.

i got that myrtle avenue is not that good after all.

where is the best place to watch then and i am assuming they normally only use 1 runway unless its bust which im guessing is as its the holdiday.

HELP!! lol getting confused.

See post #2 of this thread http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=108645&hig

See post #2 of this thread http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=108645&hig

It’s under civil aviation and it gives a web site in post #2