Big Jet TV is a British
YouTube
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channel that records and livestreams
aeroplanes
An airplane (American English), or aeroplane (Commonwealth English), informally plane, is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, ...
landing at major airports, particularly London's
Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport , also colloquially known as London Heathrow Airport and named ''London Airport'' until 1966, is the primary and largest international airport serving London, the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdo ...
. It was founded in 2016 by Jerry Dyer,
an
aviation enthusiast who livestreams with commentary from the roof of a specially adapted van.
As of May 2025, Dyer has six filming locations around Heathrow.
The channel made international headlines in February 2022 when it livestreamed planes landing at Heathrow during
Storm Eunice
Storm Eunice () (known as Storm Zeynep in Germany and Storm Nora in Denmark) was an extremely powerful extratropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds that was part of the 2021–2022 European windstorm season. Storm Eunice was named by the U ...
in very high winds. More than 200,000 viewers were tuned in at one point. The
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England. Originally established in 1922 as the British Broadcasting Company, it evolved into its current sta ...
carried a report titled "Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a phenomenon".
The channel received further recognition during
Storm Gerrit in December 2023.
In June 2025, the channel livestreamed footage of a deportee running across a taxiway at Heathrow, which soon drew international media attention.
References
External links
*{{url, https://bigjet.tv/, Official website
Official YouTube Channel
YouTube channels
British YouTubers
English-language YouTube channels
Education-related YouTube channels
Educational and science YouTubers
2016 establishments in the United Kingdom