• Operating hours: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

• Opened: 1946. Terminal 1, 1968, Terminal 2, 1955, Terminal 3, 1961, Terminal 4, 1986, Terminal 5, 2008.

• Runways: Two - Northern: 3,902m long by 45m wide, Southern: 3,658m long by 45m wide.

• Terminals: Five.

• Airlines: 92.

• Destinations: 187.

• Air transport movements per year: 471,000.

• Passengers per year: 67.9m.

• Total retail space: 46,000m².

• Employs: 70,000 (4,500 are BAA Heathrow employees).

• Air cargo per year: 1.3m tonnes a year.