Talk:London International Airport

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Recent move

The article was recently moved to London International Airport (Ontario) and I moved it back. I don't see this as necessary as I can't recall London Heathrow Airport ever being known as London International. When I grew up in the UK it was know mainly as London Airport or (later) as Heathrow, see History of London Heathrow Airport (1946-1966). In truth I have never been able to understand why London Airport is a disambiguation and not a redirect to Heathrow. Fix signature. CambridgeBayWeather, Uqaqtuq (talk), Sunasuttuq 23:10, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

Reason for Move

Yes you are right as London Heathrow was not officially known as London International Airport. However this change was still made as Heathrow is the largest and most well known "London" airport globally, and more people would be more interested in finding out information of the main international airport of London England than a different smaller airport. For example, searching up Paris International Airport will direct the reader right to Charles de Gaulle Airport. More importantly, the real "London International Airport" does not seem to be as true to its name as the airport serves only a few international destinations with none of them being intercontinental. Also, London Ontario is not really globally well known than compared to Toronto, London (UK) and other well known cities. Therefore, I think the default search result for London International Airport should point either Heathrow itself or the London Airport disambiguation page as more people would expect to see one of these two pages, instead of the small city airport in Ontario that is actually referred to by this name. However, we will keep the name of this article as it is, since there is at least a link to the London Airport disambiguation page. (RehmanK786 (talk) 02:48, 25 June 2015 (UTC))

Please note that "international" and "intercontinental" aren't the same thing in any way. "International" usually just means it has a customs facility on site to inspect flights from other countries. The hatnote should be sufficient in any case, though perhaps a direct link to London Heathrow might be helpful. - BilCat (talk) 03:55, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Just to support CambridgeBayWeather I have never heard of any of the London Airports refered to as London International in the UK. Heathrow was known as London Airport until Gatwick came into use so they became London Heathrow and London Gatwick. None of these or the other London Airports have used the term International and a reader with a knowledge of the UK would be confused by the use of the term, and they would be even more confused if you link it to Heathrow as it has never been the only "International" type airport that served London. MilborneOne (talk) 11:30, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

I also support the move to London International Airport (Ontario) as I live in Canada and if anyone ever asked me where the London International Airport was on earth, instantly, I would think UK not Canada. Even though it is called London Heathrow Airport.19:45, 25 June 2015 (UTC)

Heathrow is indeed not the only international airport in the UK, but it is the largest and busiest of the three main airports in London UK. But more importantly regardless, I don't support the idea that "London International Airport" should primarily refer to this small airport, especially since this airport is not located anywhere in London, England. I think this term should at least direct readers to the London Airport disambiguation page as people whom look up this term (especially for people outside the UK) will want to know more about the main airport(s) serving London England than a tiny airport completely out of the scope. Like what the user above said, this is already confusing a lot of readers since they don't really know much about this airport, as well about this small town in Ontario that was really just named after the UK's capital and largest city. (RehmanK786 (talk) 21:11, 25 June 2015 (UTC))

Please read WP:PRECISE: 'Usually, titles should be precise enough to unambiguously define the topical scope of the article, but no more precise than that.' London International Airport is sufficient for the article. If anyone is looking for airports in London, UK, the hatnote would be sufficient for them to look at the correct article. Therefore, I oppose changing the name of the article to London International Airport (Ontario). Sovereign/^Sentinel 05:40, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

I definitely do not agree that the title for this article is precise enough, especially when the worldwide general public refers to the main airport in London UK as "London International Airport." Therefore I support either this move or modification to the above hat tag. 99.238.159.67 (talk) 17:47, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

Interested to know if you have a source for "the worldwide general public" uses the term London International Airport for Heathrow, as it isnt a term I have heard used at all. What do the this general public call the other International Airports like at Gatwick? MilborneOne (talk) 19:06, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

London does have other international airports besides Heathrow and Gatwick. There's London Luton, favourite of the package holiday operators; London City Airport, sqeezed in between two docks; and the newest baby London Stansted Airport. --Redrose64 (talk) 19:11, 26 June 2015 (UTC)

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change of runway numbers...

it may have been 14/32 runway idents back in the 40s but there should have been some info on when the runways were turned to 15/33 and talk about runway 9/27.. im not sure when 9/27 were put in but its been that way since i was born in 1981.

sorry about the lack if inclusion on dates maybe someone can comment on this and add more... Darrenvox (talk) 18:58, 7 August 2024 (UTC)

Requested move 7 October 2024

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The result of the move request was: not moved. There is consensus against moving London International Airport to London International Airport (Ontario) per the discussion below. (non-admin closure) Aviationwikiflight (talk) 15:35, 14 October 2024 (UTC)

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London International Airport → London International Airport (Ontario) – The primary topic of London International Airport is Airports of London. London International Airport should be redirected there. John Smith Ri (talk) 10:33, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

• Support. Too easy to confuse with the original London in the United Kingdom. JIP | Talk 14:03, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. Unambiguous. No airport in England is named "London International Airport". The existing hatnote immediately takes care of any possible confusion. 162 etc. (talk) 15:48, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose. As per the Wikipedia:Article titles#Precision policy. Airports of London isn't the primary target and no airport in the UK uses "international" in the name. Hat notes are fine. See Talk:London International Airport#Recent move. CambridgeBayWeather (solidly non-human), Uqaqtuq (talk), Huliva 18:36, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose as WP:OVERPRECISION. There's no other article that could have that title, including Airports of London or anything listed there. The hatnote is sufficient. Station1 (talk) 04:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
• Oppose in fact, none of UK London's airports have international on them, even if they all serve international destinations. My guess is that its uncommon for European airports to have 'international' and its mostly a North American thing. JuniperChill (talk) 19:41, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

• Oppose the short description clears this up

Kowal2701 (talk) 19:48, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

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