Getting from T2 to T5 at LHR

[jpflavin1]

I arrive LHR T2 at 5 :55 am. I have a connecting flight in T5 at 7:20 am. For those with experience, do you think this is doable?

 

[Kathar1na]

I arrive LHR T2 at 5 :55 am. I have a connecting flight in T5 at 7:20 am. For those with experience, do you think this is doable?

Go to the LHR website:

Connecting passengers
Transferring between flights? Our frequent Flight Connections buses will whisk you to your departure terminal without leaving the passenger-only area.
Get your step-by-step Flight Connection plan

Not a connecting passenger?
If you don't have a connecting ticket (not sure? Your airline can advise), begin by selecting your starting terminal here.

 

[jpflavin1]

Thanks, Kathar1na.

They are suggesting I probably do not have enough time. Looks like I will be hoping for an early arrival.

 

[Deleted member 67185]

I arrive LHR T2 at 5 :55 am. I have a connecting flight in T5 at 7:20 am. For those with experience, do you think this is doable?

Taxi?

 

[ChristianSdeM]

Even with the shorter connection by staying airside, I have rarely managed to do it in less than 60 minutes. In theory it is possible but stressful. Sometimes transatlantic flights are early with a friendly jetstream but you can't bet on it.

 

[jpflavin1]

Not a good idea if you are on a single ticket for the two flights. International airports in the US do not have airside transit busses for international flights but major European airports such as London Heathrow do.

As you can see from the instructions on the LHR website, the recommended route from terminal T2 to terminal T5 is different, depending on whether you hold a single ticket ("connecting passenger") or two tickets from separate airlines ("self-connecting passenger").

If you take a taxi or Heathrow Express or whatever to get from one LHR terminal to the other, it will cost you time as you will have to go through customs/passport control twice (first out to get to the taxi stand or train stop and then in again at the departure terminal) and through security once. If you can stay airside and can take the transit busses, you only have to go through security once before the flight to Madrid and no passport/immigration control at LHR, only at Madrid.

Buying a single ticket (if you can) has a big advantage and allows for shorter connection times between two international flights, such as US-LHR-Madrid.

Kathar1na :

Well, I have 2 separate tickets (United and Iberia). I am hoping for an early arrival and a little luck. If I do not make it, I will have to pay a fee to change. Such is life. That said, if I make the 7:20, I will arrive in Almeria early enough to start walking that day.

Joe