Ways of increasing capacity at Heathrow

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Ways of increasing capacity at Heathrow

There are two ways in which the capacity of Heathrow could be increased:

• Making better use of Heathrow's existing two runways with the introduction of mixed mode operations.  Find out more about mixed mode.

• Adding a short, third runway north of the A4.  Find out more about a third runway.

The Government has carried out extensive technical work to assess the environmental impacts of these two options.  To find out more, please go to the Department for Transport website.


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