The Major Airports of London City

by Jacasta Marvin:

Heathrow Airport

London is a huge city offering all that exceeds your expectations. Some of the world's best restaurants, sightseeing tours, superior class accommodations, wonderful nightlife, amazing skyscrapers, pleasing and mesmerizing views of River Thames, the London Bridge Experience, cafés, pubs, bars, recreational sports, amusement parks and much more is to be seen at the England's great city of London. The truly multicultural and highly attractive environment of the city attracts tourists and journeyers from all parts of the globe. In fact London is one of the dream places for people belonging to all regions of the world. The great dreamland of London has a huge flow of air traffic and its airports remain busy throughout the year. In order to divide the traffic, the city has many airports however the five major and busiest airports of London include Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, London City and Luton airports.

London Heathrow Airport

Heathrow is the busiest and biggest airport of London as well as United Kingdom. The importance of the city of London can be derived from the fact that London Heathrow airport is the fourth busiest airport of the world that witnesses an approximate of 68 million passengers passing through its doors each year which is unbelievably high passenger traffic. The transport from Heathrow airport includes a complete range of public as well as private services.

London Gatwick Airport

London Gatwick is one of the world's most popular airports and is located at distance of 47 kilometers from central London. Gatwick has the pride of being the airport with world's busiest single-use runway. It has an incredibly high average of 52 aircraft movements in an hour which means you see an aircraft taking off or landing at the airport every minute. Transport from Gatwick airport includes buses, coaches, vans, taxis, trains and private cars.

London Stansted Airport

The Stansted airport which is usually shortened to as STN is located at Stansted Mountfitchet in the Essex County of England. The airport has one of the largest air traffic control towers in the world and at the time of its construction, its control tower was the tallest in UK. The airport is a hub for many of the world's budget friendly carriers. Transport from Stansted airport includes taxis, private cars, nonstop coaches and the airport's exclusive train service named as Stansted Express which runs every 15 minutes to central London.

London City Airport

LCY is the choice for majority of business class travelers. As the airport is situated ideally near the twin centers of London's financial industry, it attracts businessmen and corporate class travelers more than domestic. Another great thing about the London City Airport is that it is located only at a travel distance of 11 kilometers from central London making it easier for all kinds of passengers to get to their private residence, hotel or a commercial place in London within a short travel time. Transport from London City airport is ideal for all types of travelers with special wheelchair accessible vehicles for disabled travelers.