Heathrow Airport (London Heathrow Airport)
Heathrow Airport, called London Airport until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow , is the main international airport serving London, England. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others being Gatwick, City, Luton, Stansted and Southend). The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2022, it was the second-busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic and the second busiest airport in Europe.
Heathrow was founded as a small airfield in 1929 but was developed into a much larger airport after World War II. It lies 14 mi west of Central London on a site that covers 12.27 km2. It was gradually expanded over 75 years and now has two parallel east-west runways, four operational passenger terminals and one cargo terminal. The airport is the primary hub for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
Heathrow is 14 mi west of central London. It is located 3 mi west of Hounslow, 3 miles south of Hayes, and 3 miles north-east of Staines-upon-Thames.
Heathrow falls entirely within the boundaries of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and under the Twickenham postcode area, with the postcode TW6. It is surrounded by the villages of Sipson, Harlington, Harmondsworth, and Longford to the north and the neighbourhoods of Cranford and Hatton to the east. To the south lie Feltham, Bedfont and Stanwell while to the west Heathrow is separated from Slough, Horton and Windsor in Berkshire by the M25 motorway. The airport is located within the Hayes and Harlington parliamentary constituency.
As the airport is located west of London and as its runways run east-west, an aircraft‘s landing approach is usually directly over the conurbation of London when the wind is from the south-west — as it is, most of the time.
The airport forms part of a travel to work area with Slough, west Greater London, and the northern part of Surrey.
Heathrow was founded as a small airfield in 1929 but was developed into a much larger airport after World War II. It lies 14 mi west of Central London on a site that covers 12.27 km2. It was gradually expanded over 75 years and now has two parallel east-west runways, four operational passenger terminals and one cargo terminal. The airport is the primary hub for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic.
Heathrow is 14 mi west of central London. It is located 3 mi west of Hounslow, 3 miles south of Hayes, and 3 miles north-east of Staines-upon-Thames.
Heathrow falls entirely within the boundaries of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and under the Twickenham postcode area, with the postcode TW6. It is surrounded by the villages of Sipson, Harlington, Harmondsworth, and Longford to the north and the neighbourhoods of Cranford and Hatton to the east. To the south lie Feltham, Bedfont and Stanwell while to the west Heathrow is separated from Slough, Horton and Windsor in Berkshire by the M25 motorway. The airport is located within the Hayes and Harlington parliamentary constituency.
As the airport is located west of London and as its runways run east-west, an aircraft‘s landing approach is usually directly over the conurbation of London when the wind is from the south-west — as it is, most of the time.
The airport forms part of a travel to work area with Slough, west Greater London, and the northern part of Surrey.
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