Located within the Borough of Hillingdon in the westernmost division in Greater London, the London Heathrow Airport previously known as the London Airport in 1946 serves as one of the foremost and third globally busiest international airports within the United Kingdom today accounting for the trafficking of more international passengers than any other airport found within the world.

The London Heathrow Airport surpassed only by the Frankfurt Airport and the Charles de Gaulle Airport today remains its third place as one of the bustling airports handling European passenger traffic. As the primary airport within the United Kingdom, the London Heathrow Airport in replacing the Royal Air Force station Northolt in South Ruislip and the Croydon Airport employs over 76,000 jobs consequentially sustaining an additional workforce in excess of more than 115,000 individuals within the existing district.

Throughout the United Kingdom, the London Heathrow Airport in partnership with a number of global agencies with locally centered branch divisions in close proximity to the airport has established the Heathrow Airport as a present-day metropolis accounting for approximately 3% of London’s gross value added.

Facts about the London Heathrow Airport

• The London Heathrow Airport began in 1929 as a small airfield located in the south-eastern regions of the hamlet of Heathrow known as the Great West Aerodrome. Heathrow began its development as a large airfield in 1944 to facilitate long-distance military aircraft destined for the regions of the Far East during World War II. Failure to its completion before the ending of the war the British government reclassified the development of the airport as a civil airport to be known as the London Airport which was later renamed to the London Heathrow Airport today.
• During the period 1946 through to 1965 the London Heathrow Airport was known as the London Airport.
• The London Heathrow Airport is owned and operated by the United Kingdom-based operator Heathrow Airport Holding Limited formed from the privatization of the British Airports Authority in 2006 and owned by the the internationally Spanish led Ferrovial Group including the Singapore Government Investment Corporation and the Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec.
• Heathrow is the prime center for the flag carrier airline company of the United Kingdom, British Airways in addition to being the primary management base for the Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Group owned Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited.
• The London Heathrow Airport located twelve nautical miles west of the innermost part of London, England has two runways running parallel to one another both in an easterly and westerly direction consecutively in addition to four operating airport terminals situated on over three thousand acres of land.
• Heathrow Airport hosts a Public Use Aerodrome recognized by the the statutory corporation known as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) authorizing public transportation flights for passengers as well as teaching instructions for flight operation.

London Heathrow Webcam Live Video Stream of arrivals on 27R and 27L

The London Heathrow Webcam allows individuals to enjoy a live viewing of the Heathrow Airport via its online webcam showing the arrival and departure of planes owned and operated by a number of airlines both locally and internationally.

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