London Heathrow Airport

:For the formerly existing London village, see Heathrow, London

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London Heathrow Airport {{Airport codes|LHR|EGLL}}, often referred to simply as Heathrow, is the United Kingdom's busiest and best-connected airport.

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United Kingdom - Airport

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Heathrow is the world's third-busiest airport by total passenger traffic, after Atlanta/Hartsfield and Chicago/O'Hare in the United States; however, due to the large number of foreign connecting flights, Heathrow actually has the world's highest number of international passenger movements. In 2004 Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europe in terms of total passenger traffic (31.5% more passengers than at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport or Frankfurt International Airport), but it was only third behind Charles de Gaulle Airport and Frankfurt International Airport in terms of plane movements (9.5% fewer planes than at Charles de Gaulle Airport, and 0.3% fewer planes than at Frankfurt International Airport), and also only third in terms of cargo traffic (24.8% less cargo than at Charles de Gaulle Airport and 23.2% less than at Frankfurt International Airport).

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Third-busiest airport - Atlanta/Hartsfield - Chicago/O'Hare - United States - 2004 - Charles de Gaulle Airport - Frankfurt International Airport

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Heathrow Airport is in the London Borough of Hillingdon, which is in the west of London.

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London Borough of Hillingdon - London

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