The airspace over and around the City of London is the busiest in the world, with six commercial airports serving as a point of departure and arrival for more than 100 million annual travelers.
Readers often ask, “which is the most accessible airport in London?” As I have said before, the accessible air travel experience is based on a lot of factors. The physical accessibility of the London-area airports is good, but there is always the potential for breakdown in wheelchair assistance services, baggage handling and airline customer service. Even with all of these potential points of failure, I have had generally positive experiences in the London airports I have used and will share that knowledge with you here.
The two primary airports for international traffic in London are Heathrow and Gatwick. I will dive deepest into those two, then provide basic information on wheelchair accessibility and assistance services at the remaining four.
London Heathrow Airport (LHR)
Having served more than 75 million passengers in 2016 alone, London’s Heathrow Airport is the busiest in Europe and 7th busiest in the world. The airport has four terminals, numbered 2, 3, 4 and 5. The terminals operate independently of one another, but wheelchair accessible shuttle [...]