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Largest international airport in the world, second largest airport in the world (after Chicago). First concrete slab of the first runway was ceremonial placed by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953[?]. To the south-west of London, United Kindom.
Largest international airport in Europe, second largest airport in the world (after Chicago). The first concrete slab of the first runway was ceremonial placed by Queen Elizabeth II in 1953[?]. To the south-west of London, United Kingdom.

Heathrow presently has four terminals, and a debate is under way as to the desirability or otherwise of the construction of a fifth.

Heathrow is accessible via the nearby M4 motorway?, by the London Underground [Piccadilly Line]?, and the newly constructed [Heathrow Express]? (which is considerably quicker and proportionately more expensive) which goes direct to London's Paddington? station.

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