Istochnik: Wikipedia. Stranitsy: 23. Glavy: Khitrou, Gatvik, Stansted, Luton, London-Siti, Biggin Khill, Kent, Sausend, Kroi don, Eshford. Vyderzhka:, Khi trou (angl.; IKAO: EGLL, IATA: LHR) - krupnyei shii mezhdunarodnyi aeroport Londona. Schitaet.sya chetve rtym po zagruzhennosti passazhirskim aeroportom v mire (2010 god), i pervym v Yevrope. Raspolozhen v 24 km (15 milyakh) k zapadu ot tsentral nogo Londona. Vklyuchaet 5 passazhirskikh terminalov i odin gruzovoi . Poslednii, 5-i terminal, otkryt 14 marta 2008 goda korolevoi Yelizavetoi Vtoroi, s 11 aprelya 2008 zakryvalsya po tekhnicheskim prichinam do iyunya 2008 goda. Raspolozhen v 24 km (15 milyakh) k zapadu ot tsentral nogo Londona okolo yuzhnoi granitsy Khillingtona. S severnoi storony aeroport granichit s Kharlingtonom, Kharmondsvorsom, Longfordom i Kranfordom, s vostochnoi - Khaunslou i Khattonom, s yuzhnoi - s Ist Bedfontom i Stanuellom. K zapadu shosse M25 otdelyaet aeroport ot Kolnbruka v Berkshire. Aeroport raspolozhen k zapadu ot Londona, yego vzle tno-posadochnye polosy orientirovany s zapada na vostok, chto oznachaet, chto samole ty dolzhny vzletat pryamo nad gorodom. Drugie krupnye yevropyei skie aeroporty, takie kak aeroporty Amsterdama, Frankfurta i Parizha, raspolozheny v yuzhnoi ili severnoi chasti goroda, chto pozvolyaet izbegat podobnykh problem. Drugoi osobennost yu aeroporta yavlyaet.sya yego nizkoe raspolozhenie nad urovnem morya (25 metrov), a takzhe chastye tumany. Khitrou - odin iz dvukh mezhdunarodnykh aeroportov, raspolozhennykh v cherte Bol shogo Londona, vtoroi - Londonskii gorodskoi aeroport. Mesto, na kotorom segodnya nakhodit.sya aeroport Khitrou, dlya nuzhd aviatsii nachalo ispol zovat sya vo vremya Pervoi mirovoi voi ny, v eto vremya zdes nakhodilsya voennyi aerodrom. V 1930-ye gody aerodrom, kotoryi togda nosil nazvanie Bol shoi Zapadnyi Aerodrom, ispol zovalsya kompaniyei Fairey Aviation dlya sborki i ispytanii aviatsionnoi tekhniki. Kommer...