Facts and figures
Size
- Total size of Heathrow Airport: 1,227 hectares
- Number of runways: 2
- Length of runways: Northern 3,902m x 45m. Southern 3,658m x 45m.
Movements
- Annual air transport movements in 2011: 476,197
- Daily average air transport movements in 2011: 1,305
Aircraft stands
- Number of aircraft stands served by an air bridge: 133
- Number of remote stands: 70
Destinations and airlines
- Number of airlines: 86
- Number of destinations served: 193 (in 90 countries)
Most popular destinations
- New York (JFK)
- Dubai
- Dublin
- Frankfurt
- Amsterdam
Passenger numbers
- Number of passengers arriving and departing per day: average 190,100 (split 50/50 between arriving and departing)
- Number of passengers arriving and departing in 2011: 69.4 million
- Busiest day ever recorded (passenger numbers): 31 July 2011 with 233,561
- Busiest month ever recorded (passenger numbers): July 2011 with 6.9 million
- Busiest year ever recorded (passenger numbers): 2011 with 69.39 million
- Percentage of international passengers in 2011: 93% (64.7 million)
- Percentage of domestic passengers in 2011: 7% (4.7 million)
- Percentage of business travellers in 2011: 31.3% (26.0 million)
- Percentage of other leisure travellers in 2011: 68.7% (43.4 million)
- Percentage of transfer passengers in 2011: 34.6% (24.0 million)
Percentages of domestic, European, North American and other long haul passengers in 2011
- Domestic – 6.8%
- Europe – 41.0%
- North Atlantic – 22.8%
- Other long haul – 29.4%
Passenger volume by terminal (millions) 2011:
- Terminal 1 – 13.8 million passengers on 122,992 flights
- Terminal 2 – closed for reconstruction
- Terminal 3 – 19.4 million passengers on 104,100 flights
- Terminal 4 – 9.9 million passengers on 62,039 flights
- Terminal 5 – 26.3 million passengers on 184,616 flights
Passenger profile: AB: 48%; C1: 42%, C2: 6%, DE: 4%
Cargo
- Cargo tonnage in 2011: 1.48 million metric tonnes
Terminals
Areas per terminal:
- Terminal 1 – 74,601 square metres
- Terminal 2 – current under redevelopment
- Terminal 3 – 98,962 square metres
- Terminal 4 – 105,481 square metres
- Terminal 5 – 353,020 square metres
Figures do not include Flight Connections Centre and passenger piers
Year each terminal opened:
- Terminal 1 – 1968
- Terminal 2 – current under redevelopment
- Terminal 3 – 1961
- Terminal 4 – 1986
- Terminal 5 – 2008
Employment
- Number of Heathrow Airport staff: 6,422
- Total employment at Heathrow: 76,500
