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Heathrow Airport

London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow is one of the busiest airports in the


world. The airport is the United Kingdom's busiest airport, as well as being
Europe's busiest airport for passenger traffic and the airport with the highest
international passenger traffic in the world. The airport is owned and operated
by BAA which is owned by the Spanish Ferrovial Group. The airport is also a
primary hub of British Airways and a major hub for rivals BMI and Virgin
Atlantic.
The airport is located towards the southern end of the London Borough of
Hillingdon, 24 km (15 miles) west of Central London, England. It is one of two
international London airports to be located within the boundary of the Greater
London Area, the other being London City Airport. To the north, Heathrow is
surrounded by the built-up areas of Harlington, Harmondsworth, Longford and
Cranford, to the east are Hounslow and Hatton, and to the south are East
Bedfont and Stanwell. To the west, the M25 motorway separates the airport
from Colnbrook in Berkshire.
Heathrow has two parallel main runways running east-west and four terminals.
A new terminal, Terminal 5, is under construction and will open in March 2008.
There are plans to redevelop or rebuild other terminals and add extra runways.
Beginning in 2008 and finishing by 2012, the construction of Heathrow East
will replace Terminal 2 and The Queens Building.
Heathrow Airport has a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Public
Use Aerodrome Licence (Number P527) that allows flights for the public
transport of passengers or for flying instruction.

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1. It's the airport with the highest international passenger traffic in the world.
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2. The airport is located 24km from central London.
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3. A new terminal is under development.


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4. By 2012 the airport will be closed.
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5. Flying instruction is given in the airport.
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