At peak times there is a landing and a take-off every 80 seconds. “Because Heathrow is so busy, aircraft coming in to land at Heathrow are frequently held in holding stacks,” the airport says.

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An additional runway may also decrease the noisy and polluting “holding stacks” of aircraft looking to land, but do not have the runway space to do so.

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At peak times there is a landing and a take-off every 80 seconds. “Because Heathrow is so busy, aircraft coming in to land at Heathrow are frequently held in holding stacks,” the airport says.