Is London Heathrow the busiest airport in the world?
London Heathrow is world's fourth busiest airport... Morningstar.
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Heathrow's status as a world-class airport is down to the quality and the expertise of our colleagues and it's great to see the team's efforts to make this one of the best airports in the world recognised.
Today Heathrow is the world's busiest international airport and the hub of the civil aviation world. Over 67 million passengers travel through the airport annually on services offered by 90 airlines travelling to over 180 destinations in over 90 countries.
Heathrow has argued it needs higher fees to provide a good service, pay its shareholders returns and fund investment such as new security scanners which mean liquids can stay in bags and a modern baggage system for one of its terminals.
Shigatse Peace Airport, China (runway length: 5,000m)Shigatse Peace Airport (RKZ), a dual-use military and civilian airport in Shigatse, Tibet hosts the longest runway in the world. The new runway (09/27) stretches 5,000m (16,404 ft) long with a 60-meter asphalt overrun at each end.
In terms of overall size, the King Fahd International Airport in Dammam, Saudi Arabia is the world's biggest airport by an overwhelming margin. Taking up nearly 300 square miles, this former United States airbase very nearly matches the area of all five boroughs of New York City put together (302.6 mi2).
Europe's largest airport in terms of passenger traffic is located in the UK. It is London Heathrow, with 80,884,310 visitors in 2019. It is also one of the largest intercontinental airports in the world, ranking 7th. In particular, Heathrow attracts the most international passengers annually in Europe.
Singapore Changi Airport was awarded the title of World's Best Airport in 2023 at the World Airport Awards. Changi Airport also won awards for the World's Best Airport Dining and World's Best Airport Leisure Amenities. It's the 12th time that Singapore Changi Airport has won the title.
Whilst the number of flights has increased significantly since the 1970s, Heathrow's noise footprint has continuously reduced as newer, quieter aircraft have been purchased by airlines.
The Boeing 747 is considered to have the longest takeoff distance of the more common aircraft types and has set the standard for runway lengths of larger international airports.