• 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.
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