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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathrow_Airport
https://nats.aero/blog/2021/11/3-2-1-now-the-story-behind-heathrows-parallel-runway-take-off/
I'm kind of surprised that Heathrow hasn't been expanded already.
It is surrounded by neighborhoods that don't want any expansion due to noise. The problem is that there isn't any good place to put a new airport except for the Thames Estuary, but that is going to be expensive, impact tidal wetlands, and require additional transit connections to London.
Hmm. Yeah, I see. WP says that everyone inland blocks airport construction or expansion near them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thames_Estuary_Airport
They should just get it built. This NIMBYism combined with a lack of investment under the Tories is why things only seem to be getting worse in the UK. I lived next to a pub/club, I didn't complain about the noise.
Edit: leak - lack
You're clearly not boomer generationing correctly.
Not remotely the same as living next to an airport.
It's not for want of trying - but we don't have the room.