London Heathrow airport parking.Heathrow is the world's busiest international airport. Heathrow is also the world's second busiest cargo port. Regarded as the hub of the aviation world, over 90 airlines have made Heathrow their base.

Heathrow Airport Facts and Figures,Heathrow generates over £5 billion in wages alone each year for the British economy, supporting over 250,000 jobs across the country. Around 108,000 of these jobs are generated by the airport in the local area, of which 68,000 are physically on airport.

History, Heathrow Airport started life as a tented village in 1946 serving only 18 destinations with a handful of airlines making just 9,000 flights a year. The airport is named after the village or hamlet of Heathrow, located approximately where Terminal 3 now stands.In 2000/01 the airport handled around 64 million passengers making it by far the busiest international airport in the world, with over 90 airlines serving around 160 destinations world-wide, operating an average of 1,250 flights per day.

The first departure took place on 1 January 1946 bound for Buenos Aires via Lisbon, which was its first refuelling stop on a long haul flight to open up Britain's first air link with South America.

Key Facts. The airport handles more international passengers than any other airport in the world and offers flights to many international destinations including 33 flights to Paris and 23 flights to New York each day. The most popular country for flights from Heathrow is the United States of America. The busiest routes are New York, Paris, Amsterdam and Dublin. The busiest day at Heathrow recorded this year was Sunday 29 July 2001 when 213,000 passengers passed through the airport.

The airport covers approximately 1,200 hectares (3,000 acres).Passenger InvestmentsIn recent years an average of £1 million has been invested every day in facilities and customer service developments at Heathrow Airport. Recent examples include:
• Over half a billion pounds on public transport initiatives such as the £450m Heathrow Express rail-link connecting Heathrow Airport to London Paddington in just 15 minutes, every 15 minutes.
• A quarter of a billion pounds in baggage improvements including the revolutionary underground transfer tunnel between Terminals 1 and 4.
• Over the last five years £960 million has been invested in airport facilities, including for example the new Terminal 3 Southwing, the domestic baggage reclaim hall and international arrivals in Terminal 1, the complete redevelopment of Terminal 2 departures and the Terminal 4 arrivals improvements.

Number of terminals : four (Terminals 1, 2, 3 & 4)
Number of passengers : 63 million
Number of airlines : over 90
Number of destinations : approximately 170
Number of runways: two main plus a cross wind runway

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