Facts and figures

Facts and figures

Size

Total size of Heathrow Airport: 1,227 hectares
Number of runways: 2
Length of runways: Northern 3,902m x 50m. Southern 3,658m x 50m.

Aircraft stands

Number of aircraft stands served by an air bridge: 133
Number of remote stands: 64
Number of cargo stands: 15

Destinations and airlines

Number of airlines: 84
Number of destinations served: 203 (in 84 countries)

Most popular destinations

New York (JFK)
Dubai
Dublin
Amsterdam
Hong Kong

Terminals

Terminal areas

Terminal 2 – 40,000 square metres
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

Terminal openings

Terminal 1 (opened 1968 - closed 2015)
Terminal 2 (opened 2014)
Terminal 3 (opened 1961)
Terminal 4 (opened 1986)
Terminal 5 (opened 2008)

Flights 2018

Annual air transport movements: 475,624
Daily average air transport movements: 1,303

Passenger numbers 2018

Annual passengers: 80.1 million
Daily average total number: 219,458 (50.5% arrivals / 49.5% departures)
Busiest day ever recorded (passenger numbers): 29 July 2018 with 261,909
Busiest year ever recorded (passenger numbers): 2018 with 80.1 million
Percentage of international passengers: 94% (75.3 million)
Percentage of domestic passengers: 6% (4.8 million)
Percentage of business travellers: 33% (26.5 million)
Percentage of leisure travellers: 67% (52.1 million)
Percentage of transfer passengers: 30% (24 million)

Passenger volume by terminal (millions) 2018:

Terminal 2: 18.5 million passengers on 118,335 flights
Terminal 3: 19.5 million passengers on 94,019 flights
Terminal 4 – 9.4 million passengers on 49,660 flights
Terminal 5 – 32.8 million passengers on 210,723 flights

Cargo volume 2018

Cargo volume: 1.70 million metric tonnes