London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5

This has been my first choice connection airport in the whole world. If you do not like to walk a lot during your connections, then surly you will not like it. This airport is huge. I have almost landed in every terminal at the Heathrow, personally feel Terminal 5 is the best. Looks more modern. You have loads of choices as far food is concern. You might feel intimidated by the sear number of people passing through this terminal every day. But never had any bad experience in this airport, security checks are pretty quick and officials are very prompt to help you in any situation of emergency. Looking forward to many more connections at the Heathrow.

British Airways, Terminal 5, at LHR London Heathrow Airport.
I regularly fly from this terminal back to New York. The BA check-​in desks are well marked and the security lines tend to move quickly.
This is a huge terminal and offers a large selection of restaurants and stores for tax free shopping.
The departure and arrival gates are not in the main terminal building and are accessed by train shuttle. Depending on your assigned gate, you may have a long walk so be prepared to allow plenty of time to get to your gate.
All in all an excellent modern terminal.
Only real drawback is the time it takes to get to and from the gates.

As far as airport terminals go this isn’t really any different. It always seems busy yet you can normally find a nice quiet spot (in one of the many expensive handbag shops) to get away from the madness of it all!
Anyway, food and drink options are plentiful.

This is one of the worst terminals to be stuck in if you are at London Heathrow. I think the main International terminals are Terminals 3 & 4 perhaps.
In Terminal 5, there’s effectively nothing. I think there’s a duty free shop, a general convenience store and a Starbucks. That’s actually it. If you’re stuck here for a while … well … sucks for you.
I’ve had much better experiences at other London Heathrow Terminals … especially because this one has almost NO plugs! I am not sure how or where you are to plug in if you’re stuck here for a long period of time. There are a few near the Starbucks, but that’s a few for the entire terminal. Yikes.

Part of this terminal is impressive; mostly the streamlined security, and the employees seem to actually care about getting the line through quickly.
What’s not really impressive to me is the giant shopping mall that you have to walk through to get in-​between terminals. I may be a compulsive shopper, but when I’m traveling through an airport, it’s the last thing on my mind. Especially when the terminal is so giant, it takes 20 minutes to get from one end to the other — I’m going to be focused on getting to my destination, not shopping.
I get it, this terminal is new and fancy and clean and high-​tech, but did you really need to put in dozens of high-​end stores that you’re forced to walk by?

Ugh… my connector from the US required me to go thru security which was a bus ride to a separate terminal then an extremely long line at security. Thankfully the British staff realized this and was asking for people with earlier departures to move to the front. It still took a very long time and I was only saved by the fact that the flight was delayed.
I will try and avoid Heathrow on my next overseas trip.

Very clean and good organized Terminal 5. The only problem is if you have any time between flights as there is almost no chance to leave the airport and depending on the gate there is not much to do/​see.
Power stations to upload your devices are available and free WiFi which works good.

Hier muss man sich gut überlegen, ob man bereits zum Terminal geht oder nicht. Das Terminal wechseln, nachdem man die Sicherheitskontrollen passiert hat ist nicht mehr möglich.
Es gibt zahlreiche Restaurants in allen Preisklassen.
Tip: Bei Flugausfällen und längerem Aufenthalt die Aspire Lounge wählen. Essen, Sitzplatz mit Strom und WiFi für derzeit 34 GBP. Kostenloses unbegrenztes WiFi im ganzen Terminal ist angenehm, die Übertragungsleistung lässt jedoch zu wünschen übrig.
Tip2: Terminal 5 — Gate A15: Direkt davor sind Möglichkeiten zu arbeiten (inkl. Strom). Die einzige kostenlose Gelegenheit in diesem Terminal.

Even CDG is better; this is really really the worse case in terms of waiting and transportation: even for a connection flights you have to be entirely re-​checked within the central terminal with all other guests — pending on daytime (and overload situation is standard), you have to wait long, or extralong!
Heathrow has multiple satelites, you need to transfer via train and-​/​or a very cramped bus. All waiting areas are packed with waiting passengers, food-​/​drinks are expensive.
Heathrow is a nightmare!

Si, este es sin dudas el mejor aeropuerto del mundo de los que conocí hasta ahora (y fueron muchos eh ;))
¿Porqué es tan genial? Razones tengo varias! Llega el Paddington express, lo cual lo hace accesible ya que esta ubicado bastante lejos de la ciudad, y si compras el boleto con más de 90 días de anticipación te sale lo mismo que el subte normal.
El aeropuerto es enorme! Hay miles de lugares para sentarse, miles de opciones para comer, lugares para cargar el celu, y mucho vidrio para ver los aviones ir y venir.
El free shop es uno de los más lindos que vi, gigante, con todas las marcas habidas y por haber. Los empleados te persiguen un toque pero creo que más por un tema de seguridad que del hecho de que quieran venderte algo.
Hay pantallas para ver los vuelos que salen por todos lados, y la seguridad para entrar a las puertas de embarque es super rápida, son un poco densos, pero considerando que estas en Londres, esta más que permitido.
Siempre que puedas elegí volar desde o hacía este aeropuerto, no te vas a arrepentir.

In my haunted list because it IS haunted. Look it up.
Immigration requires long long walks to departure gates. T5 will bar you from boarding if you are not through security within 35 minutes of depart.
Well, I missed my flight back to JFK due to customs holding me up. After waiting a long time in queue, customs asked for declarations which I showed them my bag with all the souvenirs. Then all the questions came then they pulled me from the line and took me to a room while they tore my bags apart. Also, my passenger buddy too.
Went on for two hours long enough to have to get on standby. Something strange about why they targeted me out of all the passengers. I guess they thought I was smuggling or not declaring and this was on my way OUT not into the country.
Security seems to hate passengers especially from the States. Rude service at this airport and I don’t like being treated like a criminal for no reason. Also, too many shops to walk by to get to gate.

I’m giving this airport 5 stars because it’s absolute fabulosity… well with regard to BA terminal 5. They had everything you can. Think of from Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Burberry & Prada, to Tiffany & Co and Hermes. I spent a fortune in Kurt Geiger. I mean, was it not bad enough that I already purchased two pairs of shoes from Harrrods? The worst part — figuring out how to get these bad boys on the plane and back home to Cali… darn shoe fetish!

I hate airports. They’re soulless and vapid places. However this being my 2^nd visit to Heathrow in the space of 16 hours, I feel compelled to write something about the experience.
It’s very white. And grey. A bit like that film with Scarlett Johansson & Ewan McGregor in it. Albeit with fewer pretty people in white jumpsuits…
My main issue with airports to be honest, is they’re all the same. And I hate that level of totalitarian conformity. You can transplant virtually any airport anywhere in the world to any other location in the world and not notice the difference. Yawn.
Heathrow gets two stars, purely for the fact it has a funky little pumpkin where I’m sat, that I’ve been playing with for half an hour. And a bar that isn’t a Wetherspoons…

If I have a choice on my layover to Monaco, I usually pick Heathrow Airport over the other options. This airport is clean and very well organized. They do have an intensive security process though. But it does go pretty fast. For the security check, everything needs to be in a tray, which is different than what I’m used to. Make sure you have plenty of time if connecting through here. It can take awhile to go through security and go between terminals. They don’t stamp your passport here if you’re just passing through, unlike Paris or Germany where they stamp the passport when get in and out.
Overall, I like this one over Paris and Germany.

Nice airport, but have to go through an extra line of security (even if transferring internally from another terminal). Business class line through security was actually slower than the regular line; the one time I don’t fly as a scrub and still get dinged for it.
Run from your connecting flight or you may miss your flight (or barely make it as gates were closing like I did!)

For the pride of British Airways and the UK, this terminal has some logistics that it needs to work out.
Departures: Who has heard of this concept? Do not leave the A concourse until you are sure that your flight will depart from concourse B or C but yet BA expects customers to arrive 2 – 3 hours before their flight. Grant it, Concourse A has everything from Duty Free, Harrods, and any last souvenir you need.
As others mentioned, I explored the terminal aimlessly until 1 hour before my flight because gate had not been posted. When it finally posts, it reads «Go to Gate» as it is a bus gate and requires an additional 15 – 20 min to ride to the plane. Come on — how hard can it be to figure out? If you have more flights going out than actual gates, some flights will board from the remote stand so identify them sooner.
Arrivals: From a timing perspective, I know it is tough to avoid many international flights arriving around the same time (½ the US-​London flights arrive within 2 hours of each other) but it also doesn’t make sense that with as much technology in this country that they can’t figure out how to get arriving passengers through customs in less than an hour.

Great airport with a lot to do. Good fast food options such as Pret and Starbucks, and also some nicer options like Wagamama and Gordon Ramsey’s Plane Food. Lots of upscale shops to peruse, as well as some average stores, newstands, etc. Definitely a lot to keep you busy here while you wait for your flight.
Be sure to leave enough time to get to your gate before your flight. If you are traveling out of either B or C gates you have to take the train to get to your gate, which can take up to 20 minutes, so don’t get caught spending too much time in the main terminal.

This is the international airport in London. Well maintained. Staffs are friendly. Many retails stores and restaurants inside the airport.
I scheduled private car from the hotel, cost about 80 Euro. It is almost the same price I found the taxi outside the airport when I arrived.

Awesome terminal in Heathrow Airport.
On our way back home from Italy we had to transfer flights here. Security was quite organized, spacious terminal (though still very packed), clean, plenty of restaurants, clean restrooms, and stores.
I primarily give this terminal a 4 stars because I was able to find lots of candies, snacks, and other goodies for friends and family back home. Employees were all friendly at the souvenir stores.

Well look it’s me with another breastfeeding working mom review. This is a review of the baby changing facility to the right of Carluccio’s BEFORE security.
It’s a separate, private room with a changing table, sink and not one but oh la la TWO chairs! The room itself is very clean and randomly smells like baby powder.
To be fair it’s really nicely done up with murals of famous landmarks on the walls so it doesn’t feel super bathroomy (plus no toilet yay!)
I know there are similar rooms past security but since you have to check ice-​packs it means you can pump and the check you packs and milk before your flight.
Way to go Heathrow!

Si quieres un refresco, no vayas a los puestos de comida y sandwiches, sino al Boots o a las tiendas tipo supermercado, que están mucho más baratos. Ahorras unos céntimos.

Still love this terminal. With recent innovations and upgrades, unfortunately Itsu and links of London are no longer here. They have upgraded a lot of stores here, including adding one of the first Louis Vuitton (love!) duty free stores.
While many upgrades are welcomed, and definitely makes shopping for special treats convenient, it also make this terminal super dangerous. Walking into any stores (Gucci, Prada, burberry, cartier, LV) can easily make you drop 1000 pounds (saving 170 pounds…) ! I’d better stick with the free champagne at the first class lounge.

This has to be one of the better terminals at London Heathrow. The first time I used it, I was quite impressed with the structure and the organisation of the layout. It is certainly an improvement over the older terminals.
For aviation enthusiasts like myself, we are able to photograph aircraft through to windows and even through it is mainly British Airways aircraft, it’s nice to able to photograph them and add them to our photo collection. It’s photography-​friendly and that’s what airports’ airside should be like especially at the gate areas.
For the rest of the facilities, it’s very much similar to the other terminals but sadly for LHR airport, there is no free WiFi available and one has to probably try his/​her luck at the café.
Overall, this is an improvement over the older ones and more pleasant to be in. So if you are travelling out or into Terminal 5, enjoy!

Ich hasse diesen Flughafen, Groß extrem unübersichtlich und total voll. Die Gates werden immer erst kurz vor knapp angezeigt und der Wahnsinn mit dem zweiten Security Check ist total Hirnrissig. Man kommt gecheckt aus den USA oder aus Europa und muss dann nochmal durch die komplette Kontrolle … total bescheuert. Dadurch hab ich schon mehrere Anschlussflüge verpasst, weil selbst der «Fast Track» immer brechend voll ist.

Acho que dar mais do que três estrelas para um aeroporto é difícil, uma tarefa árdua de ser cumprida. O fato é que nós, viajantes, amamos aeroportos porque eles significam uma nova aventura, mas também é uma aventura cheia de stress, atrasos, burocracias e sistemas chatos.
Sempre tem as velinhas atrapalhadas, a família de três filhos, os executivos super espertos, enfim ir ao aeroporto é uma viagem por si só, especialmente em Londres.
O Terminal 5 é o mais novo do Heathrow. A maioria dos vôos que saem e chegam são da British Airways e tem destino internacional. É bem moderno, com uma arquitetura bacana. Trens que levam da plataforma aos demais terminais e a área de imigração.
A fila é longa e chata, mas não tem problema — London is calling, have fun!
Se quer chegar a cidade daqui a opção mais econômica é o tube (metrô) e demora mais ou menos 1h30. Se quiser algo mais rápido e um pouco menos econômico Heathrow Connect é um trem (quase) expresso que chega a estação de Paddington em 40 min, ou ainda a opção mais rápida e mais cara, Heathrow Express, chega também a Paddington mas em 20 min.
Pegue as malinhas, se divirta.

Terminal 5 finde ich angenehm: großzügig, hell, gut beschildert. Klar, mit einer leichten Flugzeug-​verpassen-​Paranoia wie ich sie habe wäre es angenehmer, gleich zum Gate gehen zu können, aber mit freiem WLAN und LHR-​App muss man trotzdem nicht wie ein Kaninchen vor der Schlange an einem Monitor sitzen und warten, bis das Gate endlich angezeigt wird. Wenn es dann dran steht ist meiner Erfahrung nach auch genug Zeit um rechtzeitig zum Boarding dort zu sein.
Die letzen beiden mal gab’s noch nicht mal stress beim Umsteigen, weil die Schlangen an den Kontrollen nicht allzu lang waren. Allerdings habe ich das Terminal auch ausschließlich für Anschlüsse von einem BA-​Flug zu einem anderen BA-​Flug genutzt, kann also zur externen Anbindung gar nichts sagen.

Einmal HH— las Vegas & zurück.(!) Am besten spontan aber nicht mehr über den AirPort mit 5h Aufenthalt. Empfohlen wurde sich länger Zeit zu nehmen zum umsteigen, da die Kontrollen sehr sehr lange sein soll !
Wir deutsche sind schon sehr geduldig & nach 30 min war ich komplett durch und Sitz nun in einem völlig überteuertem Sushi Laden, aber die Stühle sind halt bequemende als auf der Erde zu sitzen :)
Also wer sich immer schön an die LILANEN Schilder für Fligh Conections hält und DANN erst das Gate sucht ist schnell an seinem eigentlich Ziel, brauch keine längere Umsteigezeit einplanen beim Flug und sparrt noch Geld, Weil hier is Def. nix günstiger !

Un aéroport gigantesque où les ATR côtoient les Airbus 380. On y voit toutes les nationalités, toutes les compagnies aériennes du monde et le tout fonctionne comme du papier à musique. Signalétique parfaite, sécurité rapide et efficace, zone hors taxe immense avec assez de boutiques et pas des moindres.

Wieviele Stunden habe ich schon in London Heathrow verbracht? Verpasste Anschlussflüge, verlorenes Gepäck, unmöglich lange Layover… ich kann also mit Gewissheit sagen, dass ich diesen Flughafen sehr intensiv kennengelernt habe. Einkaufsmöglichkeiten gibt es zahlreiche, man kann die Kreditkarte also ordentlich zum Glühen bringen: Designer, Harrods, Essen, Elektronik, es ist wirklich alles. Woran es allerdings mangelt sind gemütliche Lounges oder zumindest Sitzgelegenheiten, die zum Chillen einladen. Besonders wenn man einen Layover von mehreren Stunden hat, möchte man nicht auf den normalen Stühlen sitzen, sondern eher die Füße hochlegen und entspannen.
Die Flughafen-​Angestellten sind immer überaus hilfsbereit und nett gewesen, egal welche Fragen ich hatte. Die Toiletten sind super sauber und die Essensauswahl groß, egal ob man fettig oder gesund essen möchte. Es gibt auch genügend Bildschirme, sodass man sich eigentlich überall über den Flugstatus informieren kann.

The shops are good and restaurants too but the way the terminal was build it seems that it was given to the apprentice to be developed! It seems the building was not conceived to be a «Hub of the world».
— passport control lines are Longer for transfer than for entering the country. And there is ALLWAYS. A line.
— Security check is a circus full of clowns: employees are slow and indifferent. There are too many people for the number of Conveyors for the luggage. There is NO tables to prepare yourself e: I saw an old lady suffering to get her stuff around!!!
— they take every second luggage out for security check. That would be OK, if after that you’d not have to wait for 35 minutes to get it checked. Not because there was 15 bags in front of you… No… Because of FIVE bags!