15 Amazing facts about Heathrow Airport!
- From check-in desks to air traffic controllers and shop workers, Heathrow Airport employs around 76,000 people to work around the airport terminals. To put the number into some perspective, that covers the whole population of the town Guilford in Surrey or two full football stadiums.
- There are six terminals at Heathrow, which is more than any other airport within Europe. Terminal 1 to Terminal 5 covers commercial and business flights, while Terminal 6 is reserved for VIPs only. The terminal is extremely small and boasts a Royal Suite, which is frequently used by the British Royal Family, heads of state and A list celebrities. I don’t think we will ever be using it though!
- Though Heathrow is Europe’s busiest airport it does have downtime between 11:30 pm to 4:30 am. This gives the airport time to repair equipment, conduct security checks, restock the shops and clean the airport. It also respects residents who live nearby who might be disturbed by planes operating through the night. This is actually by law.
- With more than 70 million passengers on a yearly basis, Heathrow is the third busiest airport in the world, coming in behind Hartfield Jackson International Airport in Atlanta and Beijing International Airport.
- The most popular destination for Heathrow’s flyers is Spain, with an average of 27 million passengers seeking warmer temperatures in the sun-kissed country each year. The USA is the second most popular country for Heathrow’s jet setters, raking in 13 million passengers on a yearly basis. Heathrow to Edinburgh is the most sought domestic flight, which carries around 1 million passengers each year.
- Heathrow has two runways which serve to 205,000 passengers every day. 80 airlines operate at Heathrow, with the most popular being British Airways which has the whole of Terminal 5 dedicated to its flights.
- Every day around 1400 flights take off and land at Heathrow, which is around one every 45 seconds.
- Of course, Heathrow is a super busy place and sometimes things go wrong. Usually, vehicles provide the fastest response for emergencies, however, instead mountain bikes are used as the first response team at all terminals at Heathrow.
- There are more than 340 retailers and food establishments at Heathrow, which range from Gordon Ramsey’s Plane Food, WHSmith and Pret a Manger amongst others.
- The airport has a secret controller facility which acts as a back-up in an extreme case that the main tower is unable to function. It would take the controllers just two hours to set up and start operating from there.
- Heathrow’s Cargo Centre has transported a fair share of unusual cargo over the years. Lions, Rhinos and Sharks have boarded flights at Heathrow, as well as China’s Terracotta Warriors and parts for Nasa’s Space Station.
- Heathrow Airport Holdings who own the airport, spend just short of 1 billion each year in running costs. An additional 660 million is spent on building works and upgrading costs. The airport makes around 2.3 billion on a yearly basis which provides an extremely healthy profit.
- If an aircraft is deemed to make too much noise they are ultimately fined, with the proceeds given to local communities to fund small projects.
- Heathrow opened for commercial flights in 1946 and was known as London Airport, prior to this Heathrow was used as an RAF base.
- 70 per cent of Heathrow’s jet setters are holidaymakers, while the other 30 per cent of passengers use the airport for business purposes.
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