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    • Operational data

    Daily operational data gives you the breakdown of daily operational statistics.

    Below you can find a breakdown of some monthly and yearly operational statistics.

    Below is a breakdown of the percentage of time we were on westerly and easterly operations.

    Monthly wind direction

    2021 Westerly % Easterly %
    January 67 33
    February 56 44
    March 80 20
    April 40 60
    May 77 23
    June 58 42
    July 73 27
    August 58 42

     

    2020 Westerly % Easterly %
    January 92 8
    February 95 5
     March 70 30
    April 36 64
    May 54 46
    June 70 30
    July 97 3
    August 68 32
    September 77 23
    October 82 18
    November 79 21
    December 80 20


    Annual wind direction

    Year Westerly % Easterly %
    2000 78 22
    2001 70 30
    2002 69 31
    2003 63 37
    2004 78 22
    2005 72 28
    2006 71 29
    2007 73 27
    2008 73 27
    2009 75 25
    2010 66 34
    2011 71 29
    2012 77 23
    2013 67 33
    2014 70 30
    2015 73 27
    2016 70 30
    2017 81 19
    2018 63 37
    2019 75 25
    2020 81 19

    Below is a breakdown of the percentage of aircraft that used the designated arrival runway and preferred departure runway.

    Runway adherence

    2021
    		 Arrival adherence % Departure adherence %
    July 99.9 99.9
    August 96.6 98.4


    Monthly runway adherence reporting was suspended during single runway operations. The figures for July 2021 exclude 1-4 July when we were on single runway operations.

    2020
    		 Arrival adherence % Departure adherence %
    January 94.3 97.8
    February 93.9 95.8
    March 95.0 98.8

     

    2019
    		 Arrival adherence % Departure adherence %
    January 94.9 98.6
    February 95.9 99.8
    March 95.0 99.1
    April 96.8 99.9
    May 96.2 100.0
    June 96.2 99.9
    July 95.7 99.3
    August 96.0 99.7
    September 95.8 100.0
    October 94.9 99.3
    November 94.4 98.2
    December  96.6  100.0

    Below is a breakdown of the percentage of aircraft that used the designated arrival runway and preferred departure runway.

    Route usage for westerly operations

    route usage map

    Note: The GOGSI route was formerly the SAM route. The UMLAT route was formerly the WOB route. The MAXIT was former the MID route.

    Monthly route usage for westerly operations

    2021 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
      January   26 19 21 17 5 13
    February 27 22 19 14 2 15
    March 27 23 20 15 3 12
    April 25 24 20 16 4 10
    May 21 22 20 17 6 14
    June 21 18 18 18 9 16
    July 14 15 21 25 9 16
    August 15 16 22 27 9 12

     

    2020 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
      January   24 16 21 17 7 16
    February 20 11 26 18 6 19
    March 21 16 25 16 6 17
    April 20 29 26 13 4 9
    May 34 23 21 11 3 7
    June 28 19 24 13 5 11
    July 23 14 21 23 9 11
    August 20 10 21 30 10 10
    September 23 12 23 24 10 9
    October 24 10 21 22 9 14
    November 30 17 21 12 7 11
    December 25 15 23 15 10 13


    Annual route usage for westerly operations

    Year BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
    2005 22 11 23 18 6 20
    2006 23 10 26 16 6 20
    2007 23 11 24 16 7 18
    2008 22 10 26 15 6 21
    2009 22 12 26 17 5 19
    2010 22 13 26 16 6 17
    2011 23 13 26 17 6 16
    2012 22 14 26 17 5 15
    2013 22 14 26 16 5 16
    2014 23 14 26 16 6 17
    2015 22 15 27 16 5 15
    2016 23 16 26 16 5 14
    2017 23 15 25 16 6 15
    2018 23 13 25 16 6 16
    2019 23 13 25 16 6 17
    2020 23 14 23 18 7 14

    Route usage for easterly operations

    route usage map - Easterley

    Note: The ULTIB route was formerly the BUZ route. The GASGU route was formerly the SAM route. The MODMI was formerly the MID route.

    Monthly route usage for easterly operations

    2021 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
      January   25 11 19 19 18 8
    February 28 11 25 20 14 2
    March 28 10 25 20 14 3
    April 25 9 26 20 16 3
    May 20 15 19 19 20 8
    June 18 15 20 22 17 9
    July 15 13 15 23 26 9
    August 5 13 11 23 29 9

     

    2020 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
      January   24 14 14 25 17 7
    February 23 17 13 27 14 5
    March 22 15 18 24 14 7
    April 26 7 27 23 13 3
    May 33 5 25 22 12 3
    June 31 5 24 23 12 5
    July 23 16 8 20 25 8
    August 23 7 14 24 25 8
    September 24 8 13 26 19 10
    October 26 10 12 23 19 10
    November 29 10 20 21 12 8
    December 27 15 16 23 13 6

     

    Annual route usage for easterly operations

    Year BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
    2005 22 19 12 23 18 6
    2006 22 20 11 25 17 5
    2007 24 18 13 24 16 6
    2008 22 19 13 26 15 6
    2009 24 17 14 24 17 5
    2010 23 15 14 24 17 6
    2011 25 15 14 23 17 5
    2012 25 14 16 23 17 5
    2013 25 14 16 23 17 5
    2014 24 15 16 24 15 6
    2015 21 13 17 27 15 5
    2016 23 13 17 27 16 5
    2017 24 15 16 25 16 5
    2018 23 16 15 27 16 4
    2019 22 15 15 25 16 7
    2020 25 11 18 24 16 7

    Below is a breakdown of track keeping for westerly and easterly operations. This shows the proportion of departures that operated up to an altitude of 4000ft within the Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs).

    Track keeping for westerly operations

    route usage map

    Note: The GOGSI route was formerly the SAM route. The UMLAT route was formerly the WOB route. The MAXIT was former the MID route.

    Monthly track keeping for westerly operations

    2021 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
      January   99.7 99.1 92.7 99.3 100.0 100.0
    February 100.0 100.0 94.6 99.4 100.0 99.7
    March 99.6 99.1 92.7 97.8 99.5 99.3
    April 99.4 99.4 93.2 97.3 100.0 99.5
    May 99.0 97.4 93.5 96.6 98.8 98.1
    June 99.6 99.9 93.6 96.6 100.0 99.5
    July 98.9 97.8 94.1 97.1 99.1 97.6
    August 98.5 98.0 95.0 97.1 98.0 99.1

     

    2020 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
      January   99.6 99.8 96.6 98.7 100.0 99.5
    February 99.3 99.7 95.9 99.3 99.9 99.6
    March 99.7 99.7 97.3 99.0 99.8 99.5
    April 100.0 98.6 95.9 98.6 100.0 98.6
    May 99.7 100.0 95.5 96.8 100.0 100.0
    June 97.0 98.0 95.9 97.4 100.0 98.6
    July 99.1 99.2 96.3 99.6 99.8 98.6
    August 98.9 97.4 98.0 97.9 98.6 98.1
    September 99.8 99.8 94.4 98.2 99.5 100.0
    October 99.6 99.3 95.0 99.3 99.9 99.6
    November 99.8 99.9 95.9 99.3 99.4 99.6
    December 99.7 99.6 94.2 98.7 99.0 99.1

     

    Track keeping for easterly operations

    route usage map

    Note: The ULTIB route was formerly the BUZ route. The GASGU route was formerly the SAM route. The MODMI was formerly the MID route.

    Monthly track keeping for easterly operations

    2021 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
      January   99.8 99.5 41.4 99.1 76.5 79.4
    February 99.0 97.5 33.3 99.7 59.8 47.4
    March 100.0 100.0 55.7 100.0 100.0 97.1
    April 99.5 99.3 36.2 99.8 79.9 75.5
    May 98.8 99.5 36.5 100.0 90.6 93.5
    June 99.0 97.8 34.8 98.9 78.7 75.1
    July 98.8 98.9 40.8 98.6 98.0 97.1
    August 97.9 99.4 45.9 100.0 99.4 100.0

     

    2020 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
      January   99.4 99.0 48.1 99.7 98.8 96.9
    February 100.0 99.4 20.7 100.0 100.0 100.0
    March 99.8 99.7 52.5 99.5 99.1 100.0
    April 98.2 94.2 34.1 100.0 74.8 83.9
    May 99.6 98.7 47.9 100.0 83.8 94.3
    June 98.6 96.7 36.3 99.2 79.6 83.9
    July 97.4 96.3 0.0 100.0 68.3 100.0
    August 97.1 97.5 38.5 98.3 96.3 94.8
    September 99.2 100.0 47.4 99.1 93.1 99.4
    October 99.5 66.7 59.5 99.5 98.1 96.8
    November 99.7 100.0 35.6 100.0 99.3 100.0
    December 100.0 97.9 23.6 98.6 81.8 85.3



    Heathrow is legally capped at 480,000 Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) per year. Below is a breakdown of annual flight movements, including scheduled passenger and cargo flights, charter passenger and cargo flights, and government charter flights.

     

    Year Flights Average Daily
    2000 459,698 1,256
    2001 457,644 1,254
    2002 460,303 1,261
    2003 457,027 1,252
    2004 469,763 1,284
    2005 471,986 1,293
    2006 470,786 1,290
    2007 475,713 1,303
    2008 473,139 1,296
    2009 460,026 1,260
    2010 449,220 1,231
    2011 476,197 1,305
    2012 471,341 1,288
    2013 469,552 1,286
    2014 470,695 1,290
    2015 472,067 1,293
    2016 473,231 1,297
    2017 474,033 1,299
    2018 475,624 1,303
    2019 475,874 1,304
    2020 200,952 549