London Heathrow, obviously

A wise man looks at all the facts. The pros, the cons. Weighs up all the arguments. Takes the emotion out of the debate and presents a clear view. Well, hallelujah! Sir Howard Davies’ Airport Commission has reported back that Heathrow is the preferred choice to provide additional aviation capacity by means of adding a third runway. Tell me something I didn’t know!

Factually this is a clear-cut argument. London is desperate for more aviation capacity. It has been bursting at the seams for years. This is why a significant number of flights – sure you’ve been on one – have to circle the city awaiting a landing slot at Heathrow because it is so congested that a couple of minutes delay means they miss their turn to land. In fact, it is so common an occurrence that you now don’t even get told it is happening on most flights; it is built into the flight time.