Heathrow: The UK's premier airport is one of the busiest and most advanced in the world

Heathrow Airport is located in the district of Hillingdon, in the west London area.

Located 20 miles west of the center of the capital, this airport is one of the busiest and most advanced airports in the world.

This air base officially opened in 1946 and is the largest in the United Kingdom. In its almost 80 years of existence it has welcomed some 2.5 billion passengers.

This aviation giant operates services to more than 200 destinations in some 90 countries and has an average of 1,300 daily flight movements, which translates into some 230,000 passengers each day.

Ninety airlines are based at the aerodrome.

The first passenger flight from Heathrow was to Buenos Aires, on January 1, 1946, via Lisbon, which was also the first air link between this country and South America.

Heathrow has also been the scene of historic moments such as the return of the Beatles in 1964, having become international stars, or the landing in 2016 of British ESA astronaut Tim Peake after spending six months on the International Space Station.