Facts and figures
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While millions of us enjoy flying every year there is a noisy downside for the people who live or work near to airports.
Facts and figures
Figures are for the period January 2009 – December 2009
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 2009: 460,026
Daily average air transport movements: 1,260
Vehicles per day/week passing through the tunnel: Approx 50,000 per day (entering the Central Terminal Area) 350,000 per week.
Aircraft stands
Number of aircraft stands served by an air bridge: 112
Number of remote stands: 83
Destinations and airlines
Number of airlines: 90
Number of destinations served: 179
Most popular destinations:
- New York (JFK)
- Dubai
- Dublin
- Amsterdam
- Hong Kong
Employment
Number of BAA staff at Heathrow: 4,385
Total employment at Heathrow Airport: 72,000
Total jobs sustained by Heathrow across the UK: Approx 170,000
Passenger numbers
Number of passengers arriving and departing per day: average 180,600 (split 50/50 between arriving and departing)
Number of passengers arriving and departing in 2009: 65.9 million
Busiest day ever recorded (passenger numbers): 1 August 2004, with 227,284
Percentage of international passengers: 92% (60.6 million)
Percentage of domestic passengers: 8% (5.3 million)
Percentage of leisure travellers: 66.3%*
Percentage of business travellers: 33.7%*
Percentage of transfer passengers: 37.5% (Combination of BAA Departures QSM and Retail Profiler)
* Figures: BAA Retail profiler
Percentages of domestic, European, North American and other long haul passengers in 2009:
- Domestic – 8.0%
- Europe – 39.2%
- North Atlantic – 22.4%
- Other long haul – 30.4%
Passenger volume by terminal (millions) 2009:
- Terminal 1 – 12.0 million
- Terminal 2 – 3.9 million
- Terminal 3 – 20.4 million
- Terminal 4 – 5.1 million
- Terminal 5 – 24.5 million
Total airport: 65.9 million passengers
Passenger profile: AB: 49%; C1: 41%, C2: 8%, DE: 2%
Cargo
Tonnage of cargo in 2009: 1.3 million metric tonnes
Terminals
Areas per terminal:
- Terminal 1 – 74,601 sqm
- Terminal 2 – 49,654 sqm
- Terminal 3 – 98,962 sqm
- Terminal 4 – 105,481 sqm
- Terminal 5 – 353,020 sqm
(Figures do not include Flight Connections Centre and passenger piers)
Year when each terminal was opened:
- Terminal 1 – 1968
- Terminal 2 – 1955
- Terminal 3 – 1961
- Terminal 4 – 1986
- Terminal 5 – 2008
