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Operational data

Below you can find a breakdown of some monthly and yearly operational statistics.

Wind direction

Below is a breakdown of the percentage of time we were on westerly and easterly operations.

Monthly wind direction

2025 Westerly % Easterly %
January 80 20

 

2024 Westerly % Easterly %
January 75 25
February 87 13
March 70 30
April 81 19
May 51 49
June 82 18
July 81 19
August 84 16
September 59 41
October 66 34
November 62 38
December 84 16

 

Annual wind direction

Year Westerly % Easterly %
2000 78 22
2001 70 30
2002 69 31
2003 63 37
2004 78 22
2005 72 28
2006 71 29
2007 73 27
2008 73 27
2009 75 25
2010 66 34
2011 71 29
2012 77 23
2013 67 33
2014 70 30
2015 73 27
2016 70 30
2017 81 19
2018 63 37
2019 75 25
2020 81 19
2021 71 29
2022 72 28
2023 71 29
2024 73 27

Runway adherence

Below is a breakdown of the percentage of aircraft that used the designated arrival runway and preferred departure runway.

2025
 Arrival adherence % Departure adherence %
January 92.3 97.3

 

2024
 Arrival adherence % Departure adherence %
January 95.9 99.6
February 95.6 99.8
March 95.9 99.5
April 91.8 93.0
May 93.0 94.0
June 95.8 98.9
July 91.9 95.5
August 95.6 99.2
September 95.2 98.7
October 93.9 97.6
November 86.4 91.2
December 92.9 95.9

 

Route usage for westerly operations

Below is a breakdown of departure route usage for westerly operations. There are six westerly departure routes known as Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs) as shown in the figure below.

route usage map

Monthly route usage for westerly operations

2025 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
January   15 13 32 15 8 18

 

2024 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
January   17 13 30 15 8 17
February 17 12 30 15 9 16
March 16 14 29 16 7 17
April 15 16 27 18 9 16
May 14 17 27 19 8 15
June 14 14 28 19 9 15
July 14 12 27 20 9 19
August 15 12 27 19 7 19
September 14 16 25 21 9 15
October 15 15 28 18 9 15
November 15 14 29 16 9 16
December 16 14 29 17 10 15

 

Annual route usage for westerly operations

Year BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
2005 22 11 23 18 6 20
2006 23 10 26 16 6 20
2007 23 11 24 16 7 18
2008 22 10 26 15 6 21
2009 22 12 26 17 5 19
2010 22 13 26 16 6 17
2011 23 13 26 17 6 16
2012 22 14 26 17 5 15
2013 22 14 26 16 5 16
2014 23 14 26 16 6 17
2015 22 15 27 16 5 15
2016 23 16 26 16 5 14
2017 23 15 25 16 6 15
2018 23 13 25 16 6 16
2019 23 13 25 16 6 17
2020 23 14 23 18 7 14
2021 20 17 21 21 8 14
2022 15 16 26 18 8 16
2023 15 13 30 16 9 17
2024 15 14 28 18 9 16

Route usage for easterly operations

Below is a breakdown of departure route usage for easterly operations. There are six easterly departure routes known as Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs) as shown in the figure below.

route usage map - Easterley

Monthly route usage for easterly operations

2025 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
January 13 15 16 35 13 8

 

2024 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
January 17 15 15 30 15 8
February 17 14 14 29 15 10
March 16 15 15 30 16 8
April 14 15 17 29 18 8
May 13 15 18 29 16 8
June 14 15 15 29 17 10
July 16 16 15 28 17 7
August 15 15 16 28 18 8
September 14 13 18 28 19 8
October 14 16 17 27 19 8
November 17 15 16 29 15 9
December 17 13 14 27 18 11

 

Annual route usage for easterly operations

Year BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
2005 22 19 12 23 18 6
2006 22 20 11 25 17 5
2007 24 18 13 24 16 6
2008 22 19 13 26 15 6
2009 24 17 14 24 17 5
2010 23 15 14 24 17 6
2011 25 15 14 23 17 5
2012 25 14 16 23 17 5
2013 25 14 16 23 17 5
2014 24 15 16 24 15 6
2015 21 13 17 27 15 5
2016 23 13 17 27 16 5
2017 24 15 16 25 16 5
2018 23 16 15 27 16 4
2019 22 15 15 25 16 7
2020 25 11 18 24 16 7
2021 20 12 18 22 20 8
2022 15 13 17 27 18 9
2023 15 15 16 30 16 9
2024 15 15 16 29 17 8

Track keeping for westerly operations

Below is a breakdown of track keeping for westerly operations. This shows the proportion of departures that operated up to an altitude of 4,000ft within the Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs). There are six westerly NPRs as shown in the figure below.

route usage map

Monthly track keeping for westerly operations

2025 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
January 99.7 99.8 95.9 98.9 99.8 99.3

 

2024 BPK % CPT % DET % MAXIT % GOGSI % UMLAT %
January 99.7 99.7 94.1 99.0 99.6 99.4
February 99.5 99.1 95.2 98.9 99.6 99.2
March 99.5 98.9 95.6 98.3 99.7 98.9
April 99.4 99.3 95.1 98.8 99.4 99.5
May 99.0 98.3 93.9 96.1 99.1 97.5
June 99.5 99.7 95.5 97.3 99.9 99.0
July 98.5 98.5 96.0 98.0 97.8 98.4
August 98.9 99.5 96.4 98.5 99.7 99.1
September 98.5 98.1 94.3 96.6 99.1 98.3
October 99.1 98.5 95.2 97.7 99.2 99.4
November 99.4 99.5 92.9 97.4 99.6 99.4
December 99.5 99.7 92.4 98.4 99.8 99.7

 

Track keeping for easterly operations

Below is a breakdown of track keeping for easterly operations. This shows the proportion of departures that operated up to an altitude of 4,000ft within the Noise Preferential Routes (NPRs). There are six easterly NPRs as shown in the figure below.

route usage map

Monthly track keeping for easterly operations

2025 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
  January   98.9 99.3 28.9 99.9 99.6 97.1

 

2024 BPK % ULTIB % CPT % DET % MODMI % GASGU %
 January   99.5 99.2 49.9 99.7 99.0 97.2
February 98.2 99.1 34.3 100.0 98.0 98.2
March 99.3 99.5 32.4 99.5 98.3 98.7
April 99.8 99.5 35.9 99.9 98.4 98.0
May 99.4 98.9 36.5 99.7 99.0 97.4
June 98.8 98.7 50.2 99.9 98.2 95.7
July 99.4 98.8 33.3 99.5 97.3 96.9
August 99.8 97.7 37.0 99.9 98.5 97.7
September 98.8 98.8 38.3 98.6 97.9 97.9
October 99.6 99.1 26.1 99.4 97.8 97.6
November 99.3 99.3 36.9 100.0 99.0 98.5
December 99.1 99.0 53.0 99.9 97.9 98.8


Heathrow is legally capped at 480,000 Air Traffic Movements (ATMs) per year. Below is a breakdown of the annual flight movements, including scheduled passenger and cargo flights, charter passenger and cargo flights, and government charter flights counted towards the capping condition. 
 

Year Flights Average Daily
2000 459,698 1,256
2001 457,644 1,254
2002 460,303 1,261
2003 457,027 1,252
2004 469,763 1,284
2005 471,986 1,293
2006 470,786 1,290
2007 475,713 1,303
2008 473,139 1,296
2009 460,026 1,260
2010 449,220 1,231
2011 476,197 1,305
2012 471,341 1,288
2013 469,552 1,286
2014 470,695 1,290
2015 472,067 1,293
2016 473,231 1,297
2017 474,033 1,299
2018 475,624 1,303
2019 475,874 1,304
2020 200,952 549
2021 190,032 521
2022 377,133 1,033
2023 454,317 1,245
2024 474,029 1,295

Our monthly dashboards have been developed in conjunction with the Noise and Airspace Community Forum to provide a set of key performance indicators and data.

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