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Heathrow 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 2010: 449,220
  • Daily average air transport movements in 2010: 1,231

Aircraft stands

  • Number of aircraft stands served by an airbridge: 119
  • Number of remote stands: 80

Destinations and airlines

  • Number of airlines: 89
  • Number of destinations served: 176 (in 90 countries)

Most popular destinations

  • New York (JFK)
  • Dubai
  • Dublin
  • Amsterdam
  • Paris (CDG)

Passenger numbers

  • Number of passengers arriving and departing per day: average 180,100 (split 50/50 between arriving and departing)
  • Number of passengers arriving and departing in 2010: 65.7 million
  • Busiest day ever recorded (passenger numbers): 18 July 2010 with 232,000
  • Busiest month ever recorded (passenger numbers): July 2010 with 6.7 million
  • Busiest year ever recorded (passenger numbers): 2007 with 67.86 million
  • Percentage of international passengers in 2010: 93% (60.9 million)
  • Percentage of domestic passengers in 2010: 7% (4.8 million)
  • Percentage of business travellers in 2010: 35.3% (23.2 million)
  • Percentage of other leisure travellers in 2010: 64.7% (42.5 million)
  • Percentage of transfer passengers in 2010: 35.4% (23.3 million)

Percentages of domestic, European, North American and other long haul passengers in 2009

  • Domestic – 7.4%
  • Europe – 40.3%
  • North Atlantic – 22.3%
  • Other long haul – 30.0%

Passenger volume by terminal (millions) 2010:

  • Terminal 1 – 13.6 million passengers on 118,318 flights
  • Terminal 2 – closed for reconstruction
  • Terminal 3 – 20.4 million passengers on 107,387 flights
  • Terminal 4 – 8.3 million passengers on 54,217 flights
  • Terminal 5 – 23.4 million passengers on 166,940 flights

Passenger profile: AB: 49%; C1: 41%, C2: 8%, DE: 2%

Cargo

  • Cargo tonnage in 2010: 1.47 million metric tonnes

Terminals

Areas per terminal:

  • Terminal 1 – 74,601 square metres
  • Terminal 2 – current under development
  • 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 3 – 1961
  • Terminal 4 – 1986
  • Terminal 5 – 2008

Employment

  • Number of BAA staff at Heathrow: 6,422
  • Total employment at Heathrow Airport: 76,500

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