Why Does London Have 6 Airports

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[@Da__goat]

The war. Saved you 10 minutes. They used to be airfields

[@wanistani]

Not all heroes wear capes ^^

[@TJ_GAming001]

I'm sure when HS2 is done, we will see London Birmingham Airport

[@__globalcitizen__]

Even if it still terminated at Old Oak Common?

[@davidwebb4904]

HS2 is on the verge on being cancelled.

[@finlayclarke2685]

@@davidwebb4904 it better be, that amount of money needs to go to upgrading existing infrastructure

[@davidwebb4904]

@@finlayclarke2685 The UK is addicted to paying 10x the market rate for infrastructure projects. £178 million Silvertown tunnel is costing us £2.2 Billion.

[@mirzaahmed6589]

And London Manchester, and London Leeds Airports.

[@lu-dx6oh]

why doesn't London have 7 airports?

[@jerom-]

Yesss

[@PenguinX3]

Well RAF Northolt would count but it’s only private jets so idk

[@Shirou_Atsuya_Fubuki]

Why doesn't London have 8 airports?

[@user-bq7yq3et7m]

It has London Oxford airport

[@user-bq7yq3et7m]

​@@Shirou_Atsuya_Fubukiit has The London Biggin Hill Airport

[@rudyberkvens-be]

30 seconds of information packed into a 10 minute time robber.

[@JanoJ]

major innacuracies as I have pointed out.

[@MustraOrdo]

take a shot every time he says airport

[@lauz7986]

nah i would way prefer london with 6 airports than 1 large one, so I can pick which airport to fly from each time depending on whether its a short trip to Europe or long haul one. It also introduces tiered pricing between airports so I can get a cheaper ticket simply by flying from another airport. Not to mention different loung amenities, comfort levels and travelling durations.

[@jimbo6059]

Gatwick was an international airport before the war it was a subsidiary airport for the original Croydon Airport which Heathrow replaced.

[@ianprince1698]

pleased to see Croydon Airport mentioned my mum and dad used to visit this before the war on the bus, it was the main airport for London pre-war. it got hemmed in by houses so it could not expand. Photos of a prime minister waving a piece of paper

[@ianprince1698]

Gatwick was a racecourse previously

[@jimbo6059]

@@ianprince1698 Gatwick had an aerodrome next to the racecourse and was the first airport linked to a train station as well (the old train station no longer exists around 200 yards South from the current station). The present airport was built in the 1950s on the old racecourse site. The beehive which still stands in the airport grounds was the original terminal in the 1930s. This land now has offices on it and is called city place. The old racecourse also held the grand national 3 times during the inter war years too. But you are right the racecourse was there first.

[@JanoJ]

Some major inaccuracies. London HAD more than one International Airport and some domestic airports before Healthrow and the war. The main airport was London Croydon, with Heston also serving many international flights, and domstic routes on gatwick, hounslow, and others. Originally in the Heathrow area, there was a small aerodrome (great west aerodrome) built in 1929 for the Fairey Aviation Company. Whilst the Government started developing the area in 1944 for an airport for long distance military aircraft, however, by the time any construction was complete the war was over and development continued as a civil airport. Comtemporary discussions suggest that the minister in charge always intended it to be a civil airport anyway, but used the military aspect initially to get the funding and go ahead. After heathrow opened, Croydon, Heston, hounslow and others closed. Gatwick later expanded to become what ti is now, though the original "beehive" terminal still exists as a commercial property south of the runways.

[@jamesau4296]

Because other Cities in Asia only built airport only after the rise of Civil Aviation. Their strategy is more airlines hub oriented where you concentrate as much traffic to one hub as possible where the flag carrier is located. If they wanted to build a new airport typically they abandoned the old one and repurpose the land for urban development.

[@zupermaus9276]

It would have been worth it to mention the airports are also due to very high demand - London until only recently usurped as the worlds most popular tourist destination, and 170 million air passengers pa (180m before pandemic). The runways are some of the most used at absolute capacity -Gatwick recently usurped as the world's busiest single runway by Delhi, and a famous insta-shot of several planes lining up to land on clear days.

[@ttafadzwa]

Thanks for the informative video! Oxford Airport also rebranded to London Oxford Airport in 2009...so I think London now has 7 airports now.

[@rexisepic]

Oxford isn't a commercial airport and is definitely not near London so probably not, but it would be funny if it were!

[@melissareohorn7436]

@@rexisepic Also London Biggin Hill

[@wilsjane]

In reality, London only has one true airport. London City, which is in london E16 South East England is a continuous area cowering numerous counties. The combined population is probably the highest population for any continuous area in the western world. The city of London covers one square mile. What we then call greater London is part of, but not all of the county of Middlesex. Inner greater London has numbered geographical post codes, for example SW19. Outer areas have middlesex postcodes, Some of the outer areas are partly in other counties', such as Surrey. Heathrow is in the Borough of Hillingdon, Which is in the county or Middlesex. It is right on the edge of this area and bordering Berkshire. As for the other airports :- Gatwick is in West Sussex. Stanstead is in Essex. Luton is in Bedfordshire. Oxford is in Oxfordshire. Southend is also in Essex.

[@Iceeeeeeeeeeeeeee333]

La is a bit crazy too with 5 airports, LAX, SNA, ONT, BUR, LGB.

[@tonychen8935]

SBD should also count, so LA metro also has 6 airports.

[@edvaira6891]

You could even kinda include San Bernardino Airport (SBD) into that mix

[@CR7_dagoat]

SBD should count because breeze operates their

[@razia3508]

Hawthorne is also right next to LAX

[@RyanKusuma]

You can include SBD and Palm Springs if you really wanna get technical

[@RoutemasterStudios]

Hey, as a Londoner, just thought I'd make some nerdy corrections 1. It's a really weird one, but Greater London (the boundary shown) is not technically a city, it's a county. 2. A lot of the traffic coming through London Airports doesn't actually use London at all. A lot of people travelling through London Airports are making connections to other flights 3. The main reason (as mentioned by someone else in the comments) that London airports are called London Airports is because of branding and advertising. Calling them London Airports makes them sound close to London, and therefore might encourage foreign travellers to travel to those airports. There's many other examples of these, that aren't included on the list (such as London Oxford and London Ashford) 4. This isn't said specifically in the video, but it is implied. Heathrow wasn't meant to be built around residential areas. Heathrow got there first, then residential areas were built around it. 5. 7:33 The Millenium Bridge and Tate Modern are not close to City Airport

[@ahsenkhan5386]

EVen more weird that there no underground connection to Gatwick using Norhen LIne.

[@HarveyC119]

@@ahsenkhan5386how is that weird, Gatwick is so far outside of London that a tube would be so ridiculously expensive, and would likely only service that stop. All that while there is already a train from Victoria and Blackfriars that only takes 40 minutes and costs a tenner.

[@markygee194]

I guess it’s what you determine to be close. The millennium bridge and Tate modern are walking distance from Bank DLR which can be reached from city airport pretty quickly

[@RoutemasterStudios]

@@markygee194 Yes good point, but it was implied that this was walking distance, next door close. I would think if you include stock footage, it should be related to the thing you're talking about

[@RoutemasterStudios]

@@HarveyC119 yeah I agree with this, a tube is very unnecessary, there's already Southern, Thameslink and the Gatwick express. focus on areas like Bromley first lol

[@RattledPan]

Interesting and thank you for answering a question I had about all the London airports. I had it in my head that the reason was that London was a hub of all traffic destined to North America. Originally, I am from the Los Angeles basin in California. What is LAX, the international funnel to traffic bound for the west coast but also Asia. The airport location was the US defense of the Pacific Theater during the war. But a lot of housing in Los Angeles had/was creeping closer to the coast, and what was coming into Long Beach harbor (very close to the new LAX) was commercial shipping that was booming after the war also. The Los Angeles basin sported an Air Force airport that was winding down after the Vietnam war, large enough to be about the same size area that LAX takes. It was in the center of Orange county, about 40 miles (64km) south of LAX. A perfect location. That is until Orange County leadership looked at what a mess LAX had made of everything, and that same mess looked like what the OC location of an international airport might turn into if plans went forward. Air traffic would be going over some of the most desirable, scenic and some of the most popular beaches in the world. Orange County put up the Mother of All NIMBY campaigns (Not In My Back Yard). We could argue that Money Talks, which whether we like it or not, in a capitalist society, it does. Fancy shops, multi-million dollar homes and restaurants that makes your eyes bleed when you see the price of a hamburger--it makes my socialist heart burst into flames to defend people that should be denuded of their millions, but, gosh, even rich people have rights. Ontario International--I believe the last piece of big government property available in the Los Angeles basin, though I think it is closer to Las Vegas, Nevada than LA, lol. If you have ever watch TV movies and TV shows from the 1960-1980s involving someone coming in/leaving an anonymous-looking third world country airport, Ontario would be the location it would be shot at. They have it blueprinted to allow for future expansion, to hopefully relieve problems before they happen. BrightLine is constructing a high-speed rail between Lost Wages and LA. All of this might relieve some of the horrendous traffic between LA and Las Vegas. Driving that little patch of road was one of the last things I did before I fled LA. 225 miles (361km) through unending bland suburbs, then through part of the Mojave desert to Sin City. That's 225 miles, 361 kilometers of stop and go driving. Children are born on interstate 15! For all I know the McDonald's, off the next exit~! might even have a baptismal font. Great show with a lot of information I have heard first, here! Thank you for your efforts!

[@jojolade]

Paris has 4 airports with ORY, CDG, BVA and XCR (which is more cargo oriented but still has passengers)

[@alexanderklimke6508]

Berlin had 3 commercial airports 20 year ago. Now we are down to 1.

[@djlondon7956]

And (although I'm in and out of it often) not the best airport I've ever seen. However it has improved enormously recently (my last few trips ❤)

[@MrCubsfan3]

They somehow managed to actually open Brandenburg haha

[@bigplanemaster257]

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[@Broadvay]

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[@danhouse1591]

It doesn’t - it has 2 - City, Heathrow. Gatwick is good for the people in the South (the only ones that actually matter outside of London) and the rest, well… Stansted and Luton are awful places with awful people and Southend is basically Finland. Glad I could clear that up ✈️

[@gumnaamaadmi007]

Beijing's new Daxing airport, which will eventually become the world's busiest, was built at a cost of £9 billion. To put that into perspective, building a third runway at Heathrow is projected to cost £14 billion (the cost projection was as of 2019 and work has not begun yet)

[@Sacto1654]

But then, the government of China didn't have to deal with the *GIGANTIC* expense of land acquisition to build Beijing Daxing Airport, given how the Chinese government works. That was the same advantage Istanbul Airport (which opened in 2018) and Seoul Incheon (which opened in 2001) had, because they were built relatively well away from built-up areas.

[@keiming2277]

You get them when you have no challenges, protests and government change

[@dknowles60]

the People near Heathrow dont want a 3rd Run way or their Land Taken

[@mirzaahmed6589]

How do you know it will become the busiest? No one can predict the future.

[@hajoonlee5743]

London could take the Osaka Kansai or the Seoul Incheon route and make an artificial island and build a mega hub in it, although it probably is gonna be expensive.

[@Broadvay]

yeah, this idea was proposed few years ago, but I don't know what happened to it

[@HDRW]

@@Broadvay Boris Johnson supported it, so that was that! 🙂

[@R-ms9uo]

In Sri lanka most of the current Airports are formerly british air bases

[@JawadAli-c4r]

What about expanded destinations and services for airlines, airfreight, and of course passengers ?

[@Sacto1654]

I wouldn't be surprised that London will assign Heathrow for long-distance international flights only and Gatwick for shorter distance international flights. Gatwick could get a major upgrade to the Gatwick Express train so it could handle the increased traffic for the shorter distance international flights. London is also very fortunate for the opening of the Channel Tunnel, which makes it possible for long-distance high-speed trains from continental Europe to service London itself. We could get a lot more high-speed rail service through the Channel Tunnel, though that may require some rebuilding of London St. Pancras Station to accommodate the increased international high-speed rail traffic.

[@mattguey-lee4845]

LA metro has 6 with LAX, Burbank, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Ontario and San Bernardino. Then also several GA airports.

[@spikedavis4013]

This video is just counting Commercial Airports, if you include all London’s GA airports the total becomes around 15

[@martinc.720]

Americans feeling the need to point out they are not "outdone" by a city having 6 airports. The vid is "Why does London..."

[@friskytwox]

@@martinc.720ehh it's not that deep. It's the same for NYC metro area, calm down.

[@martinc.720]

@@friskytwox Who said anything about "deep"? lol You can't really tell how people feel when they type of comment. It's just that, a comment. "It's not that deep".

[@tuktuk1959]

Answer: it's a big city Good, next question

[@user-fm4hd3zw3q]

Oops, I thought I had come to Jay Foreman. I’m pretty sure he has covered this before. Right! See ya.

[@tonychen8935]

NYC metro also has 6; JFK, EWR, LGA, ISP, TED and FRD

[@c.t.8614]

I came here to say that

[@JustKiddingNYC]

FRD is in Washington? Do you mean HPN

[@JustinPark.]

Yea I was gonna say that because I was just looking up a couple of these and some of them don’t make sense like FRD. FRD is in Washington but TED is NOT a real airport at all.

[@JustKiddingNYC]

@@JustinPark. They probably mean TEB which is Teterboro NJ. Just for private jet traffic tho. Doesn't super count.

[@JustinPark.]

Makes sense. Thanks for the info

[@desidesigning]

Yes, we have a London Edinburgh Airport 🛫 too.

[@keiming2277]

If they're closing some airports, they can be converted to like racing tracks

[@harshsud9924]

LA metro area has 6 airports too: LAX, Ontario, burbank, John wayne orange county, Long beach, San Bernadino

[@gmicg]

London closed busy Croydon airport in 1959.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing.

[@Broadvay]

Thanks for watching

[@thomasgibbons1198]

Funnily enough Southend airport had a lot of country side around it and residents aren’t against expanding the airport (at least right now).

[@dknowles60]

There is room for a 2nd Runway at Gatwick and room to expand at Gatwick

[@yalyosha]

I've departed NYC on commercial flights from: Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, Stewart and MacArthur. White Plains is a sixth commercial NYC airport.

[@KingpinStratGroup]

6:09 Houston has 8 total runways between both airports. You only highlighted 2 at Hobby Int'l Airport. Hobby technically had 4 but now 3 one is out of service. You left out runway 30R/12L

[@wantikjasonchiu4711]

But I do think the uk had done some methods that other countries didn’t do is that they have built airports in other parts of the country and so people that may not live near the center of the city center can travel less time to their nearest airport for their start of the trip

[@srikanthmandela2511]

Basically in narrows down to ineffective planning without foreseeing the future.

[@petermiddo]

I'm not 100% that anybody would have foreseen the levels of increase in air travel. 1940's and 1950's air travel was limited to the top tier of society and London has been grown a lot since then. This is like saying that London, in 1600's, should have foreseen the need for indoor plumbing and sewerage to be at 21st Century levels of sophistication.

[@MoonwalkerMJ25]

Please make a video about Kuala Lumpur International Airport a.k.a KLIA

[@orobleh77]

I have travelled three of the six airports; Heathrow, Gatwick and Stanstead

[@luansh4237]

Mapmen have made a very entertaining video spiced with british humour on that topic as well.

[@donaldaxel]

If you count the big commercial airports of The Bay Area, there are more than two, even if you don't count private-plane airports. The Bay Area is one of the few regions in the world with three transit-friendly major airports -- San Francisco International Airport(opens in a new window), San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport, and the Mineta San Jose International Airport. That logic about two airports is good. However, as you say amount of traffic is an important factor along with geography. You would normally not consider "The Bay Area" as one city, but the fact is that now it works as such, people commuting from Oakland to SF and from San Jose, too.

[@aprianto1985]

Great info

[@mikeflytr]

0:30 istanbul has 2 airports, istanbul and sabiha gokcen, but sabiha gokcen mostly serves domestic or budget airlines, meanwhile istanbul servers the most flights

[@Vicstarz26]

Toronto has 3 airports: - Toronto Pearson International (7 runways, 8th one being added very soon) - Billy Bishop (Downtown Toronto) 2 runways - Hamilton International (3 runways)

[@BrendonBoshell]

The fact that Southend Airport is called "London Southend" and doesn't really serve any customers in London tells the answer. It's simply marketing.

[@jamez6398]

Manchester UK only has one airport for both short distance flights to other European countries and to other parts of the UK like Belfast in Northern Ireland which you can't drive to from Manchester because there's a literal ocean in the way with no bridge or tunnel connecting the two islands together, you kinda gotta fly or sail there in order to be able to get there in the first place. It also has long-distance flights as far LA to the West and Japan to the East. Maybe Manchester isn't an important city and that's why it doesn't have more than one airport, I don't know, I always assumed it was in the top 5 most important cities in England, but maybe the USA and Canada are the only countries that have more than 1 "important city". People actually fly from London Airport or Southend Airport rather than Luton, Gatwick, Stansted, or Heathrow? That must be an experience, I doubt hardly anyone has flown from either of those two airports. I haven't heard anyone flying from either those 2 airports, I don't even know where they fly to or from.

[@ianjones2538]

You have not mentioned London Biggin Hill which hosts scheduled flights to and from European destinations. There are also London Oxford, London Ashford and, although only labelled a "London" airport for a short period of time, London Manston. London Oxford is 60 miles from Marble Arch by road, and London Ashford and Manston are 76 miles from Marble Arch by road - not remotely close to London. London Ashford is in Lydd, on the edge of Romney Marsh. It seems that advertising standards don't apply when naming airports

[@flightwithroblox]

Paris have 4 commercial airport not 2 there are : Charles de gaule / orly / (low cost ) beauvais like luton and stansted . And it also own like london a last airport : Paris le bourget ( there is a very popular airshow here ) this airport is like london city with only bussiness jets and sometimes airliner but it's very rare

[@jca111]

Video drags on. WWII - saved you watching

[@amazinginterestingstuff9413]

You forgot the private airports like biggin hill for private jets

[@mdhazeldine]

TLDR: Bad planning, kinda. The fact that London got into the game of aviation very early on, when it was the 3rd biggest city in the world, meant that there wasn't a lot of land around, even back then. Also, as mentioned, nobody knew how big flying would become or more importantly, how big planes and airports would become (people thought that air travel would be much more point-to-point than it ended up being). By the time the government realised the way things were going, the greenbelt had been established and there were many settlements around London that had been there for 1000s of years, with a lot of history to preserve. Also, while London itself is relatively flat, a lot of the land around London that isn't currently built on is quite undulating, and would require a lot of earthworks to flatten a big area out for building an airport. The only land that IS flat, is in the east (Thames estuary), and that is the worst location for accessing the rest of the country on land, because anyone who wants to travel on to other cities would have to travel around London to get there, or they'd have to build a massive tunnel under the Thames. Boris Johnson was campaigning to build a new airport over there at a location called Cliffe, but it was deemed unworkable for many reasons. Finally there's the aspect of climate change and how really we should be building more high speed rail for short to medium length journeys and making better use of things like the Channel Tunnel to get to Europe, rather than adding more flights.

[@Broadvay]

good information👍🏻

[@angloaust1575]

Airports should be built on coast not inland where planes Fly over populated areas!

[@cameronroberts2191]

London is not the only city New York City has 6 airports as well…all busy

[@user-eb4ve7dy9r]

Why not close Heathrow and expand Manston Airport in Kent where there is lot of room to expand.

[@HughNeylan]

0:59 This is Greater London. London City (“the City”) is 1.5 square miles in the middle of Greater London.

[@johnawalker9261]

How do Americans distinguish between route and rout.

[@balazskiss9252]

6 airports yet neither of them function properly.

[@clarence6434]

Technically London only has one airport, ie London city airport the others has London for branding

[@runderdfrech3560]

Calling London Heathrow a small airport... The first time I landed there I asked my brother, what's the difference to the Vienna International Airport. After 20 minutes driving a long side the airport with the taxi to pick up other language students from another terminal I understood what the difference is.

[@ahsenkhan5386]

Crydon Needs an Air port and at least three uderground

[@user-eb4ve7dy9r]

Manston Airport in Kent will be reopening in 2025 it has one of the longest runways.

[@HDRW]

Manston's runway was also incredibly wide - landed there in a light aircraft some years ago (before it closed, obviously) and as it has a slight camber you couldn't see the edge while taxying along the centreline! I understand it was built wide enough to allow glider-tug operations in WWII, I think allowing three tugs and six gliders across the width (subject to correction on this!)

[@KINGKING10109]

Tbh mate , only 2 of the airports are actually even in Lonfon

[@archiewells1197]

London Gatwick is the preferred airport for many people

[@jwil4286]

Is it safe to say that LCY is to London as LGA is to New York?

[@ScentedCandles14a]

No, it’s much smaller and only accepts small regional-sized jets (A220-100, and E-190)

[@a_goblue2023]

@@jwil4286 no LGA is a major airport, like DCA in DC

[@jwil4286]

@@a_goblue2023 but isn’t IAD the main one for DC the way JFK is for NY?

[@a_goblue2023]

@@jwil4286 IAD is the international hub more like EWR or JFK, and hub for United airlines, basically all domestic traffic goes to DCA, it gets the same number of passengers annually as IAD

[@michaelmccarthy9411]

Not to mention Northolt

[@warmike]

Moscow has four airports: SVO, DME, VKO and ZIA.

[@Broadvay]

yeah, Moscow and London are the only two cities with more than three commercial airports.

[@Jimbles]

it's funny cause most of them aren't even in London London Gatwick is in Crawley London Stansted is in Hertfordshire London Southend is in Essex

[@captainminecraft631]

Paris actually has four airports, Charles de Gaulle, Orly, Beauvis, and Vatry.

[@Purely-Flight]

Icl, London is really lacking in airports- hopefully with this new government they can finally build like 10 more or something

[@bazza945]

London is now so widespread that air travel is the easiest means of getting from A-B-C.

[@timothytt5103]

For anyone who wants to know the answer, go watch Jay Foreman. Same vid, way funnier, way less boring, way more enjoyable.

[@rayand007]

YOu missed out London Biggin Hill and London Farnborough Airports.

[@HDRW]

And then there's London Denham (I learned to fly there) with the code EGLD vs. Heathrow's EGLL 🙂🙂🙂

[@dxkaiyuan4177]

Croydon airport?

[@Purely-Flight]

Bro that closed in like 1960

[@joshuanesbit]

but the only airports that are in london are heathrow and city

[@user-xr6zz8et1s]

It’s illegal for it to be a good and proper airport 0:48

[@johnburrows3385]

Where's mossgow 😂

[@bigmanted9864]

blud thinks hes jay foreman

[@suffern63]

Because there is no room for 7 or 8?

[@eckie4679]

It’s because of our obsession with air travel. It’s got to stop soon though

[@martinc.720]

Because they don't have 7.

[@sliferxxxx]

6 airports but in total only 7 runways. Chicago O hare alone has 8 runways.

[@peteking8063]

Yeah but they can’t be used at same time

[@sliferxxxx]

@@peteking8063 At least six can.

[@peteking8063]

@@sliferxxxx typically not

[@sliferxxxx]

@peteking8063 Still, in terms of aircraft movement O Hare handles probably as many as all those airports combined. It certainly has many more movements than Heathrow.

[@peteking8063]

@@sliferxxxx wrong

[@robinbg]

You forgot London Oxford Airport.

[@countryballspopolsku122]

Paris has 3 airport Don't forget about Beauvais

[@andrijastanojevic8168]

Paris has 3 airports

[@Titot182]

Paris CDG is an absolute shithole with the only link into Paris being the Uber or the hugely unreliable B. The best airport for a kick-arse take off is LCY. E190 sports car take-offs are the one. You get a good view of London if you were to do a missed approach. Queue times and getting anywhere in london on the DLR is so convenient. I'd rather fly out of LCY for business trips than LHR, if starting off from Paddington

[@Calmdown1354]

American's must be well confused watching this, as they thought the whole country was London! 😂

[@Thrill_Of_Flight]

there is 7 airports in london

[@rexisepic]

what is the 6th?

[@RailwayAviationWorld]

technically it has seven because biggin hill

[@Jakemarshall98]

London has 2 airports. City and Heathrow. The rest aren’t in London.

[@Aeroceon]

Sir, Paris has 3 airports.

[@TheMannyx17]

Heathrow is (I believe) the only airport with over 70M passengers per year with only 2 runways. Massive bottleneck to growth.

[@Broadvay]

Dubai is the only other

[@vinniechan]

Stansted is barely in London

[@charliekillick8989]

There’s 8 London airports

[@a_goblue2023]

@@charliekillick8989 he’s only counting ones that service commercial traffic

[@iparipaitegianiparipaitegi4643]

It’s strange how this guy pronounces ‘route’ as if it were ‘rout’

[@NW255]

It has six airports because they can’t expand Heathrow 😂

[@Broadvay]

😂😂

[@kvom01]

Why? Because 5 was too few.

[@evan]

Already done better by Jay Foreman

[@MeITellYou]

Better than the pathetic ewr, jfk and lga

[@gamerlest509]

It doesnt😂