How many passengers does Heathrow airport handle?

Answer 1

In terms of passenger movements, London Heathrow is the third busiest airport in the world after Atlanta and Beijing Capital, busiest in Europe and busiest in terms of international passengers.

In 2009, it handled 65.9 million passengers. It's busiest ever year was 2005 when it recorded 67.69 million passengers. In 2011 Heathrow's passenger count is predicted to reach 70 million.

Answer 2

In 2008, Manchester airport (MAN) handled 204,610 aircraft movements. Assuming an equal number of flights every day, that equates to 560 movements a day, 31 per hour or one plane landing or taking off every 2 minutes.

Answer 3

I found a site which stated Heathrow managed 473000 flights last year, which would mean around 40000 per month.

Answer 4

Just under 22,000 per month in 2007.