The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during th: In the year from October 2009 to September 2010, UK airports handled a total of 211.4 million passengers.[299] In that period the three largest airports were London Heathrow Airport (65.6 million passengers), Gatwick Airport (31.5 million passengers) and London Stansted Airport (18.9 million passengers).[299] London Heathrow Airport, located 15 miles (24 km) west of the capital, is the world's second busiest airport by international passenger traffic and has the most international passenger traffic of any airport in the world;[300] it is the hub for the UK flag carrier British Airways, as well as Virgin Atlantic.[301]