Editing Heathrow Airport (section)

==Location==
Heathrow is {{convert|14|miles}} west of [[Central London]].<ref name=aip/> It is located {{convert|3|miles|0}} west of [[Hounslow]], {{convert|3|miles|0}} south of [[Hayes, Hillingdon|Hayes]], and {{convert|3|miles|0}} north-east of [[Staines-upon-Thames]].

Heathrow falls entirely within the boundaries of the [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], and under the [[Twickenham postcode area]], with the postcode TW6. It is surrounded by the villages of [[Sipson]], [[Harlington, London|Harlington]], [[Harmondsworth]], and [[Longford, London|Longford]] to the north and the neighbourhoods of [[Cranford, London|Cranford]] and [[Hatton, London|Hatton]] to the east. To the south lie [[Feltham]], [[Bedfont]], and [[Stanwell]] while to the west Heathrow is separated from [[Slough]], [[Horton, Berkshire|Horton]] and [[Windsor, Berkshire|Windsor]] in Berkshire by the [[M25 motorway]]. The airport is located within the [[Hayes and Harlington (UK Parliament constituency)|Hayes and Harlington]] parliamentary constituency.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

As the airport is located west of London and as its runways run east–west, an aircraft's landing approach is usually directly over the [[Greater London Urban Area]] when the wind has a westerly component—as it often has. The airport forms part of a [[travel to work area]] consisting of (most of) Greater London, and neighbouring parts of the surrounding [[Home Counties]].{{cn|date=January 2025}}