Heathrow Terminal 5 - in numbers

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  • 1 – British Airways is the only airline operating out of Terminal 5.

 

  • £4.3 billion – the cost of the new terminal.

 

  • 87 metres – the height of the air traffic control tower
A tap (Image © Barry Batchelor/PA Wire)

 

  • 550 – taps

 

  • 1989 – the year the design competition for Terminal 5 was won by the Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers, Stirk Harbour + Partners)
     
  • 25 – catering outlets

 

  • 60- aircraft stands
Car park space (Image © Haydn West/PA Archive/PA Photos)

 

  • 3,800 – spaces in the car park

 

  • 87 - shops

 

  • 566 – hand dryers
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  • 96 – self-service check-in kiosks

 

  • 11- baggage reclaim belts

 

  • 9, 140 – seats in the new terminal
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  • 800 - toilets

 

  • 80,000 tonnes – structured steel

 

  • 30,000 square metres – of glass make up the Terminal 5 façade
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