Originally Posted by
azz767
I wonder if anyone would know the following, just to clarify my curiosity.
A number of years ago a flew from T5A on a long haul flight on a B767. Since then I have never seen in all my visits to LHR as a passenger or spotting, a wide body depart from T5A.
Now I know the stand arrangement at T5B/C is designed for more wide body use, but my questions are how many stands at T5A are wide body capable, and was my flight a complete rarity or is there specific uses/circumstances for wide bodies at T5A.
I was flying to NAS when I went from 5A if that makes any difference.
Stands 514, 516 and 518 can take 3 x B744s side by side, only seen this once back in Christmas Day 2008
That said, 518 seems to be have been used more often in recent years for heavy arrivals. It's more usually 4 x A320 series though, one each on 513 515 517 and 518.
513/514 and 516/517 are on the same gate and airbridge, one's a broken line for an A320 series, the other is a fixed line for a B744/B777 series.
B767-300 stands were 505, 508, 512, 513, 516, 518 and these were commonly used.