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London Heathrow Airport or Heathrow (IATA: LHR, ICAO: EGLL) is the principal airport for the city of London, England. The United Kingdom's biggest airport, Heathrow is also Europe's busiest airport for passenger traffic, and handles more international passenger traffic than any other airport in the world. Heathrow is owned and operated by BAA, which is itself owned by the Spanish Ferrovial Group, and is the primary hub of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airways and a major hub for bmi.

Located 24 km (15 miles) west of Central London, England, Heathrow has two parallel main runways running east-west and four terminals. 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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