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Basic Information
Currently the third-busiest international airport on the planet in terms of
passenger traffic, London Heathrow International Airport (LHR) is just 19 km /
12 miles west of central London, next to Hounslow, Longford and West Drayton.
Heathrow Airport boasts two long runways, both of which measure more than 3,660
metres / 12,000 feet, along with a total of four terminals.
Built to
handle around 45 million passengers a year, London Heathrow Airport has become
over stretched and is almost bursting at the seams, currently serving some 70
million passengers. This equates to around 200,000 passengers every single day.
However, a new fifth airport terminal is scheduled to open in early 2008 and
with a capacity of a further 30 million annual passengers, this terminal will
literally transform Heathrow overnight. The fifth terminal will operate
independently and instantly become one of the biggest UK airports in its own
right.
Nearby Airports
- London Gatwick Airport - LGW
is London's second busiest airport
- London Stansted Airport - STN is London's third largest airport, handling mainly low cost carriers. No
transatlantic flights currently operate from STN; American Airlines briefly
offered a service from JFK which has been discontinued.
- London Luton (LTN) - London's second low-cost airport, and the 5th busiest
airport in the UK. Considerably further from the city than LHR.
- London City Airport (LCY) - London's smallest airport, and also the closest airport to downtown and the financial district. LCY can only handle small
aircraft, and currently flights only operate to destinations in Europe, though
British Airways intends to begin an all business-class service to New York in
2009.
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Travel to Gatwick from Heathrow |
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Transportation from Heathrow to Gatwick |
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Heathrow transfers to Birmingham |
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Heathrow to Manchester |
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Heathrow Airport to gatwick airport |
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Heathrow Airport to Stansted Airport |
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London hotel to heathrow |
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Cruise transfer Heathrow to Southampton |
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Cruise transfer Heathrow to Dover |
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Cruise transfer Heathrow to Harwich |
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