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London Heathrow Airport safety profile

46 recorded occurrences at or near London Heathrow Airport (1980–2025): 0 at the airport, 46 nearby; 0 fatal, 0 fatalities.

By year

  • 20251 (0 fatal)
  • 20221 (0 fatal)
  • 20211 (0 fatal)
  • 20131 (0 fatal)
  • 20121 (0 fatal)
  • 20101 (0 fatal)
  • 20081 (0 fatal)
  • 20072 (0 fatal)
  • 20062 (0 fatal)
  • 20052 (0 fatal)
  • 20041 (0 fatal)
  • 20003 (0 fatal)
  • 19994 (0 fatal)
  • 19985 (0 fatal)
  • 19974 (0 fatal)
  • 19961 (0 fatal)
  • 19952 (0 fatal)
  • 19941 (0 fatal)
  • 19931 (0 fatal)
  • 19921 (0 fatal)
  • 19912 (0 fatal)
  • 19901 (0 fatal)
  • 19882 (0 fatal)
  • 19861 (0 fatal)
  • 19852 (0 fatal)
  • 19841 (0 fatal)
  • 19801 (0 fatal)

By flight phase

  • Other / unknown46

Runways

  • 09L/27R: 12,799 ft, ASP, lighted
  • 09R/27L: 12,001 ft, ASP, lighted

Weather patterns

  • Fog: 21.897 days/year
  • Thunderstorms: 11.198 days/year
  • Snow: 5.999 days/year
  • Crosswind >15kt: 1.032% of observations
  • Crosswind >25kt: 0.007% of observations

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Counts reflect occurrences geo-attached within 25 km of the airport from our investigation-record corpus; they are not a complete history and are not a safety ranking. A recorded occurrence decades ago says little about operations today.