Heathrow Terminal 5

Heathrow Terminal 5
Terminal 5A exterior
Heathrow Terminal 5 is located in Greater London
Heathrow Terminal 5
Location within Greater London
Alternative namesTerminal 5, British Airways Terminal 5, T5
General information
StatusCompleted
TypeAirport terminal
LocationJunction 14 of the M25 off the A3044
AddressHarmondsworth, Hounslow, TW6 2GA
Coordinates51°28′22″N 0°29′15″W / 51.47278°N 0.48756°W / 51.47278; -0.48756
Elevation22 m (72 ft)
Construction startedSeptember 2002
Completed2008
Opened27 March 2008
Inaugurated14 March 2008
Cost£4.2 billion
ClientHeathrow Airport Holdings
LandlordHeathrow Airport Holdings
Technical details
Structural systemSteel frame roof with glass facades
Floor area353,020 square metres (3,799,900 sq ft) (main terminal building), 18,500 square metres (199,000 sq ft) (retail area)
Design and construction
Architect(s)Richard Rogers
Architecture firmRichard Rogers Partnership
Services engineerHathaway Roofing Ltd (roof)
Civil engineerArup (above ground), Mott MacDonald (substructures)
Other designersPascall+Watson
Main contractorMace, AMEC, Laing O'Rourke, Morgan Vinci JV (tunnelling)
Other information
Public transit accessElizabeth Line Piccadilly Line Heathrow Express Heathrow Terminal 5 station
Website
Heathrow Airport

Heathrow Terminal 5 is an airport terminal at Heathrow Airport, the main airport serving London. Opened in 2008, the main building in the complex is the largest free-standing structure in the United Kingdom. Until 2012, the terminal was used solely by British Airways. It now is used as one of the three global hubs of IAG, served by British Airways and Iberia.

The terminal was designed to handle 72.29 million passengers a year. In 2018, Terminal 5 handled 32.1 million passengers on 211,000 flights. It was the busiest terminal at the airport, measured both by passenger numbers and flight movements.[1]

The building's leading architects were from the Richard Rogers Partnership and production design was completed by aviation architects Pascall+Watson. The engineers for the structure were Arup and Mott MacDonald. The building cost £4 billion and took almost 20 years from conception to completion, including the longest public inquiry in British history.

  1. ^ "Heathrow facts and figures". Heathrow Airport. Retrieved 7 July 2019.