--- title: May the Fourth: London Airport Celebrates Star Wars Day description: London's Heathrow Airport is celebrating May the Fourth with a Star Wars-themed departures board listing intergalactic destinations. canonical: https://time.com/5266115/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day-london-airport/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-04T18:11:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:32.921Z og:title: This Airport Really Got Into May the Fourth Day og:description: Fly or fly not, there is no try og:url: https://time.com/5266115/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day-london-airport/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4240 og:image:height: 2385 og:image:alt: Film-Box Office og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Airport Really Got Into May the Fourth Day twitter:description: Fly or fly not, there is no try twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Intergalactic Airport Celebrates May the Fourth With _Star Wars_\-Themed Destinations  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 4, 2018 6:11 PM UTC  Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker in "Star Wars: The Last Jedi"John Wilson—Lucasfilm/AP  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 4, 2018 6:11 PM UTC While many [_Star Wars_](http://time.com/money/5265652/jetblue-flight-deals-star-wars-day-2018/) fans [celebrate May 4th](http://time.com/5247523/star-wars-top-han-solo-moments/) simply by greeting fellow enthusiasts with the pun-fueled maxim [“May the fourth be with you,”](http://time.com/4745528/may-the-fourth-star-wars-original-script/) this year, Heathrow Airport decided to do a little something extra to show its galaxy far, far away appreciation. In honor of _Star Wars_ Day 2018, the London airport updated its departure board to display flights headed to some of the galaxy’s hottest destinations. Photos of the board—which lists iconic intergalactic locations such as Tatooine (flight number R2D2), Jakku (flight number BB8) and Endor (flight number W1CKET)—were shared by Heathrow’s Twitter account on Friday and have since begun making the online rounds. “Good morning from Heathrow. The force is strong with us today and we’ve got some special new routes,” the airport captioned the shots. “Will you be travelling to galaxies near… or far, far away? Unfortunately, it looks like travelers may experience some unexpected Star Wars Day setbacks, with flights to Kamino, Hoth and Jakku all delayed and LE1A to Alderaan cancelled entirely. > [](https://twitter.com/HeathrowAirport/status/992321829120471040) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5266115/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day-london-airport/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5266115/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day-london-airport/"},"headline":"Intergalactic Airport Celebrates May the Fourth With Star Wars-Themed Destinations","datePublished":"2018-05-04T18:11:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:44:32.921Z","description":"Fly or fly not, there is no try","url":"https://time.com/5266115/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day-london-airport/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ea9ba8be1bb29ac/6988f6b686f68ebf8c6e7bbf/star-wars-luke-skywalker-mark-hamill-last-jedi.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Film-Box Office","caption":"Film-Box Office","creditText":"John Wilson—Lucasfilm/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5266115/may-the-fourth-star-wars-day-london-airport/","name":"Intergalactic Airport Celebrates May the Fourth With Star Wars-Themed Destinations"}}]}] ```