Mike Hughes wrote:
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Richard J. writes

I think the plan is to move that Concorde into or next to Terminal
5 eventually. Runway 23 hasn't been used for years AFAIK. The
aircraft stands beyond its southern end have to be cleared first
before it can be used.

27R appears to be the landing runway, given there's an
aircraft taking off from 27L. On the other hand there appears to
be a queue of 5 aircraft in two lines heading for 27R

No, 27L is the landing runway, and the plane on it has just landed
and is turning right into one of the slip-roads or whatever
they're called.
Both 27 and their opposite 9) runways are interchangeable for
landing and takeoff. It is not uncommon, particularly in the early
mornings to see aircraft landing alternately on L and then R
runways.
There does appear to a regular pattern in that landings on the 27
are usually on the R in the morning and on the L in the evenings.

No, it alternates weekly. This week it's as you describe, next week
they'll land on 27L in the mornings and 27R in the evenings (if they are
still on westerly operations).

Full details of the pattern in every week this year are at
http://www.heathrowairport.com/asset...ation_2006.pdf

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