This is the only airport that is actually in London - just 10 miles from the West End and Westminster
or 6 miles from the City of London (the financial district) and only 3 miles from Canary Wharf. London City
Airport is the most obvious choice for those travellers who need to arrive close to Central London. The
airport only opened in 1987 and specialises in delivering the travel needs of the City and East London.
The airport is located 28 miles south of central London and has the busiest single runway airport in
the world. Gatwick is the second largest airport in the UK and around 90 airlines operate from Gatwick's
two terminals (North and South), serving around 200 destinations.
Heathrow airport is just 15 miles west of London and is the world's busiest international airport. Heathrow is
regarded as the hub of the aviation world and nearly 90 airlines have made Heathrow their base. The airport has
four terminals at present but a fifth is currently under construction and serves over 180 destinations in
over 90 countries.
Luton Airport is about 32 miles north-east of London and is home to 8 scheduled carriers (easyJet, Ryanair,
Helios Airways, BA CitiExpress, Aer Arann, Monarch Scheduled, Wizz Air and flyBe). Somewhere in the region of
7.5 million passengers use the airport each year with most flying on scheduled services.
Stansted Airport is situated about 30 miles north-east of London and is the third busiest passenger airport
in the UK. There are 38 airlines using Stansted who serve 145 destinations in 32 countries and many leading
low-cost scheduled airlines have made Stansted their base.
