Flight operations videos

This video gives an overview of a typical day at Heathrow including arrivals and departures.

This video provides a detailed overview of Heathrow arrivals including the holding stacks and final approach.

This video explains how departures operate from Heathrow including what a Standard Instrument Departure (SID) and Noise Preferential Route (NPR) are.

This video explains the process that takes place when the wind direction changes from a westerly to easterly meaning we have to swap runway ends.

This video explains runway alternation on westerly operations and how and why we sometimes land on the designated departure runway.

This video explains easterly operations, including the reason why we normally just use the northern runway for arrivals and the southern runway for departures and why we sometimes land on the southern runway.

This video provides an overview of how flights can be impacted by severe weather or thunderstorms.