I´m from Mexico and I'm planning to visit London?

Question

Sorry if my English is bad...
I want to travel to London in October for vacation, and I am making some research about flights, but I have noticed that there are several arrival airports to London. I'm a little confused, Heathrow, Luton, Gatwick... are they cities near London or places in London?
Thank you very much for your help and sorry if the question sounds a little foolish

Answer 1

Only one Airport in London its self and thats London City Airport

Heathrow is in a place called Hounslow its an hour on tube into central London or 20 mins on Heathrow Express to London Paddington. Heathrow is Londons biggest Aiport.

Gatwick is like 30-40 mins on the train from Central London its actually between London and Brighton.

Luton is 40 mins on train very small airport only no frills airlines and holiday charter flights fly from there.

Stansted is in Essex and like 50 mins on train to get too a very small airport.

If you can fly into Heathrow or Gatwick.

Answer 2

As by previous answers, I expect you will fly into Heathrow, but you could also fly into Gatwick Airport, if so there is a Train Service which takes between 60 and 90mins to get you into the heart of London, you will also have the choice of Locations dependant on where you are staying.
If you do go for this option, or even if you decide you would like to see more of the area than just the city, you can get a BritRail pass from your travel agents which allows you free travel on any train outside of the rush hour (5am - 9am in most locations and between 4pm and 7pm in London). If you want to stay in london I would suggest you ask your Travel Agent if they do a Carnet pass or a Travel pass for the London Zonal area, this would give you travel anywhere by bus, metro, tram and train within the areas of London (or go to www.tfl.co.uk for more information).

If however there is a problem with weather, unforseen circumstances, etc. Sometimes flights are transferred to any of the bigger airports within the UK, e.g. Machester, Birmingham, Stanstead, Luton, Gatwick. But normally they would lay on an alternative for Long Haul travellers arriving with the country to get them to destinations.

Enjoy your stay over here, and be prepared to see lots!! London has a huge amount to see and do.

Answer 3

Hi Derie,

As the other participents have mentioned all the airports are near to london. If you are in interested in finding out more regarding each airport have a look at this link:

http://www.hotel-assist.net/london/transport_information_airports.htm

Most non-European flights arrive at either Gatwick or Heathrow. Smaller (and more often cheaper too) airlines use Stansted and Luton. London City is mostly serves european cities and is mainly used by business people.

Have a nice trip!

Answer 4

Just as in most countries, the international airports in London are not located in the city itself, but are some distance away. There are actually 5 airports in and around London and they are named by the nearest town or district. Gatwick airport is to the South of the city, Heathrow is to the West, Luton is to the North, and Stansted is to the East. City airport is a small one in the city itself for short flights only. All of the airports are connected to the city by bus, train and taxi services.

Answer 5

Basically, if you're coming from Mexico, you're going to want to fly into Heathrow. Heathrow is the busiest international airport in the world with flights coming and going every minute. All international flights come into Heathrow. Gatwick, Luton, Manchester...etc do fly international flights but not many, mostly continental ones. Heathrow is where you'll be going.

Answer 6

make it easy on yourself, fly into heathrow, the tube connects right there and you can get anywhere in london for under an hour.