London Heathrow Airport Forum | 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 air bridge: 119

Number of remote stands: 80


Destinations and airlines

Number of airlines: 89

Number of destinations served: 176 in 90 seperate 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 when each terminal was opened:

* Terminal 1 - 1968
* Terminal 2 - 1955
* 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