The biggest airport in the United Kingdom is, of course, Heathrow airport. This is also sometimes called London Heathrow Airport. This is the principal airport that is serving the United Kingdom. Not only is this the busiest airport in Europe for handling passengers, but it’s the busiest airport in the world for international passengers. In fact, there is no other airport in the world that handles more international travellers than Heathrow airport. Because the airport is so big, it is the primary hub for such airlines as British Airways and, of course, Virgin Atlantic. When looking for the airport, you will find that it is located in Central London, England.

There are two parallel main runways that make up the Heathrow airport. There are also five main terminals that run on these two main runways. The fifth terminal was just opened in 2008 and was officially called open by Queen Elizabeth II. Heathrow offers everything you would expect an airport to have and more, there are lots of airport lounges if you want to kill time in comfort and airport hotels are also available if you arrive at Heathrow late at night or are travelling early in the morning. Transport to and from the airport is easy with so many options including cabs, buses, train or car rental at Heathrow airport. Heathrow airport offers car rental from these suppliers Alamo, Enterprise, Avis, Europcar, Budget, Hertz and National. This is a grand airport, and because it’s one of the biggest in the world, it is one of the ones that everyone should get a chance to see once before they die. There is no other airport in the world that would be able to handle as much international traffic as the Heathrow Airport does.