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London Heathrow

:: Airport details

Located:	London, England, United Kingdom
Homepage:	www.baa.co.uk/heathrow
ICAO code:	EGLL
IATA code:	LHR

:: About this airport

Heathrow is the world's busiest international airport. Heathrow is also the world's second busiest cargo port. Regarded as the hub of the aviation world, over 90 airlines have made Heathrow their base.

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Number of runways: 4 (Terminals 1, 2, 3 & 4)
over 64 million
over 90
approximately 170
two main plus a cross wind runway

About BAA
BAA, who owns seven UK airports - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Southampton, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh - is the world's leading airport company.

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