LA-based photographer Mike Kelley has been working on his amazing “Airportaits” for two years. Here: The amazing number of planes that already leave from London Heathrow. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





A composite of aircraft taking off from Los Angeles Airport. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





No wonder the locals are worried about there being more planes leaving from Heathrow. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





The LA-based artist Mike Kelley took two years to make the “Airportraits”. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





The pics show the astonishing volume of air traffic coming from the world’s busiest airports. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





Day and night composite of Los Angeles International Airport showing the volume of air traffic. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





A composite of Dubai Airport take-offs. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





The architectural photographer was plane spotting at LAX airport in 2014 when he landed on the idea. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





He racked up racked up more than 74,000 air miles on 25 flights to complete the series. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





He said: “I mostly chose airports based on their setting or how iconic they are on a global scale”. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





He said some of the amazing composite pictures – including this one of Heathrow – took weeks or even months to create. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





A snap of Sydney airport – the artist said of the images: “I put it on the internet as kind of a ‘hey, check this little thing out that I did, it’s kind of cool’ and it just went crazy viral”. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





Following the success of his first picture, he set out to visit a number of famous airports – like Aukland – to go and visit. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)





São Paulo Guarulhos International Airport in Brazil. (Photo by Mike Kelley/SWINS)