24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Passengers per year: 67.3 million
Passenger profile: AB: 47%; C1: 43%; C2: 7%; DE: 3%

Airlines: Around 90 (the biggest being British Airways, BMI, Virgin Atlantic, American Airlines, United Airlines, Air Canada, Scandinavian Airlines and Iberia)
Total aircraft movements: 471,000 a year
Destinations: 180
Aircraft types:  31% wide-bodied; 68% other jets;1% non-jet aircraft types
Type of flights: 100% scheduled

Number of runways: Two
Runway length: 
Northern 3,902 metres x 45 metres
Southern 3,658 metres x 45 metres 
Number of terminals: Five:
Terminal 1 (opened in 1968)
Terminal 2 (opened in 1955)
Terminal 3 (opened in 1961)
Terminal 4 (opened in 1986)
Terminal 5 (opened in 2008)
Total retail space: 48,000m²&nbCheck-in capacity: 531 desks
Car parking spaces: 34,603 spaces (of which 17,556 are allocated to passengers: short stay 3,725; business 7,913; long stay 5,918)
Number of aircraft stands: 264 (not including Terminal 5)
Rail links to central London: Heathrow Express, 15 minutes to London, and local stopping service Heathrow Connect. (Links will launch in a new window)

In last ten years: £3,599 million
In next ten years: £6,398 million
Economic contribution: £5 billion
Employs: 70,000 (over 4,500 are BAA employees)
Cargo: 1.25 million tonnes per year

Top international destinations (in order): New York; Dublin; Paris; Amsterdam; Frankfurt; Los Angeles; Hong Kong; Dubai; Madrid; and Toronto
Top UK destinations (in order): Edinburgh; Glasgow; Manchester; Belfast; and Aberdeen
Most popular international destination: New York
Most popular country: United States
Most popular domestic destination: Manchester
Most popular long-haul destination: New York

Opened in: 1946
Owned and operated by: BAA Airports Limited
Chief operating officer: Mike Brown
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