Home > London Heathrow Airport
| Heathrow Airport
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| Quick Info
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| Type of Airport
| commercial
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| Run by
| BAA
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| Opened
| 1930s
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| Closest Town
| London, England, United Kingdom
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| Distance from Town
| 24 kilometers (14 miles)
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| Latitude
| Longitude
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| 000°27´41"W
| 51°28´39"N
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| IATA
| LHR
| ICAO
| EGLL
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| Runways
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| Direction
| Length
| Surface
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| Feet
| Metres
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| 09R/27L
| 12,801
| 3,902
| Paved
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| 09L/27R
| 12,001
| 3,658
| Paved
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| 05/23
| 7,732
| 2,357
| Paved
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| Statistics
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| 1999
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| Number of Passengers
| 63,000,000
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| Number of Takeoffs/Landings
| 458,500
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London Heathrow Airport ( IATA airport code: LHR, ICAO airport code: EGLL, and often simply Heathrow) is the United Kingdom's busiest and best-connected airport.
As of 2003, it also handles more international passenger traffic than any other airport in the world (see also: world's busiest airport). In 2003 Heathrow was the busiest airport of Europe in terms of total passenger traffic (31.5% more passengers than at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport or Frankfurt International AirportFrankfurt International Airport ( German: Flughafen Frankfurt am Main is located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It is the largest airport in Germany and the second or third-largest in Europe (depending which data are used), serving as an important hub for), but it was only second behind Charles de Gaulle Airport in terms of plane movements (10% less planes than at Charles de Gaulle Airport), and third in terms of cargo traffic (24.5% less cargo than at Charles de Gaulle Airport and 21% less than at Frankfurt International Airport).
Heathrow Airport is in HeathrowHeath Row was a small hamlet in the former county of Middlesex, on the outskirts of London, England that was obliterated for construction of the London Heathrow Airport in 1945. The hamlet was situated a mile and a half east from Longford. This may be whe in the London Borough of HillingdonThe London Borough of Hillingdon is the westernmost London borough. It includes the areas: Cowley Eastcote Eastcote Village Hatton Harlington Hayes Hayes End Hayes Town Harefield Harmondsworth Hillingdon Ickenham Longford Newyears Green North Hillingdon N in the west of London, United Kingdom.
