To the south lie Feltham, Bedfont and Stanwell while to the west Heathrow is separated from Slough, Horton and Windsor in Berkshire by the M25 motorway. It is surrounded by the villages of Sipson, Harlington, Harmondsworth, and Longford to the north and the neighbourhoods of Cranford and Hatton to the east. Heathrow falls entirely within the boundaries of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and under the Twickenham postcode area, with the postcode TW6. It is located 3 mi (4.8 km) west of Hounslow, 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Hayes, and 3 miles (4.8 km) north-east of Staines-upon-Thames. Heathrow is 14 mi (23 km) west of Central London. Location A Qantas Boeing 747-400 on approach to London Heathrow runway 27L The airport is the primary hub for British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. It was gradually expanded over 75 years and now has two parallel east-west runways, four operational passenger terminals and one cargo terminal. It lies 14 miles (23 kilometres) west of Central London on a site that covers 12.27 square kilometres (4.74 square miles). Heathrow was founded as a small airfield in 1929 but was developed into a much larger airport after World War II. In 2022, it was the second-busiest airport in the world by international passenger traffic and the second busiest airport in Europe.
The airport is owned and operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. It is the largest of the six international airports in the London airport system (the others being Gatwick, City, Luton, Stansted and Southend). Heathrow Airport ( / ˌ h iː θ ˈ r oʊ, ˈ h iː θ r oʊ/), called London Airport until 1966 and now known as London Heathrow ( IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL), is the main international airport serving London, the capital of the United Kingdom.
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