Timeline of Heathrow’s third runway - The longest take-off in history?

2020-03-06T06:00:00

Charting the journey of the third runway from Margaret Thatcher to High Court via protests

1968

Harold Wilson’s Roskill Commission recommends Cublington in Buckinghamshire as the site for a new airport.

1971

Edward Heath’s government opts for Maplin Sands on the Thames Estuary.

1979

Margaret Thatcher decides against building an international airport in favour of expanding existing regional airports.

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