5개의 여객터미널청사, 3개의 활주로, 연간탑승객수 7천만명, 취항항공사 90여개, 1일평균 1천3백편의 항공편수,
90여개국 200여개 전세계도시들과 연결되는 히쓰로우는 시카고의 오헤어와 더불어 세계에서 가장 
복잡하고 분주한 공항이며, 국제선승객수로는 단연 세계 1위를 차지하는 세계의 메인허브 국제공항이다 

취항도시
Aberdeen, Abu Dhabi, Abuja, Accra, Addis Ababa, Ahmedabad, Alexandria (Borg El Arab)
Algiers, Almaty, Amman, Amritsar, Amsterdam, Ankara, Antalya, Antigua, Aqaba, shkhabad
Athens, Auckland, Bahrain, Baku, Baltimore, Bandar Seri Begawan, Bangalore, Bangkok
Barbados, Barcelona, Basel, Beijing, Beirut, Belfast City, Belgrade, Benghazi, Bilbao
Berlin(Tegel), Bishkek, Bordeaux, Boston, Brussels, Bucharest (Otopeni), Budapest
Buenos Aires, Cairo, Calgary, Cape Town, Casablanca, Chennai, Chicago (O\'Hare)
Cologne (Bonn), Colombo, Copenhagen, Cork, Dacca, Dakar, Damascus, Dar-Es-Salaam
Delhi, Denver, Detroit, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Dublin, Durham Tees Valley, Dusseldorf
Edinburgh, Edmonton, Eindhoven, Ekaterinburg, Entebbe, Faro, Frankfurt, Freetown
Funchal, Geneva, Gibraltar, Glasgow, Gothenburg, Grand Cayman, Halifax, Hamburg
Hanover, Harare, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Houston, Inverness, Islamabad, Istanbul, Izmir
Jeddah, Jersey, Johannesburg, Karachi, Khartoum, Kiev (Borispol), Kingston, Kolkata
Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, La Coruna, Lagos, Lahore, Larnaca, Leeds Bradford, Lisbon
Los Angeles, Luanda, Lusaka, Luxembourg, Luxor, Lyon, Madrid, Malaga, Malta
Manchester, Marrakech, Mauritius, Melbourne, Mexico City, Miami, Milan (Linate)
Milan(Malpensa), Montego Bay, Montreal, Moscow(Domodedovo), Moscow(Sheremetevo)
Mumbai, Munich, Muscat, Nairobi, Naples, Nassau, New York (JFK), New York (Newark)
Newcastle, Nice, Osaka (Kansai), Oslo (Gardermoen), Ottawa, Palma, Paris (CDG)
Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pisa, Port Of Spain, Porto, Prague, Providenciales, Reykjavik
Rio De Janeiro (Galeao), Riyadh, Rome (Fiumicino), Rotterdam, Saint Johns, San Diego
San Francisco, Sanaa, Santiago De Compostela, Sao Paulo, Seattle (Tacoma)
Seoul (Incheon), Seville, Seychelles, Shanghai (Pudong), Shannon, Singapore, Sofia
Split, St Petersburg, Stavanger, Stockholm (Arlanda), Stuttgart, Sydney, Taipei, Tangier
Tashkent, Tbilisi, Tehran, Tel Aviv, Tivat, Tokyo (Narita), Toronto, Tripoli, Tunis, Valencia
Vancouver, Venice, Vienna, Warsaw,  Washington (Dulles), Yeveran, Zagreb, Zurich

취항항공사
Aer Lingus, Aeroflot, Air Algerie, Air Astana, Air Canada, Air China, Air France, Air India
Air Jamaica, Air Malta, Air Mauritius, Air New Zealand, Air Seychelles, Air Transat
Alitalia, Nippon Airways, American Airlines, Asiana Airlines, Austrian Airlines
Azerbaijan Airlines,  Bellview Airlines, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, British Airways
Brussels Airlines, Caribbean Airlines, Cathay Pacific Airways, China Eastern
Clickair, Croatia Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Cyprus Airways, Egypt Air
El Al Israel Airlines, Emirates, Ethiopian Airlines, Etihad Airways, Eva Air, Finnair
GB Airways, Gulf Air, Hemus Air, Iberia, Icelandair, Iran Air, Japan Airlines, JAT Airways
Jet Airways, Kenya Airways, Kibris Turkish Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Korean Air, Kuwait Airways, Libyan Arab Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa
Luxair, Malaysia Airlines System, MEA Middle East Airlines, Olympic Airways
Pakistan International Airlines, Pulkovo, Qantas, Qatar Airways, Royal Air Maroc
Royal Brunei Airlines, Royal Jordanian, SAS, Saudi Arabian Airlines, Singapore Airlines
South African Airways,Sri Lankan Airlines,Sudan Airways,Swiss Int\'ines                   
Syrianair, TAM, TAP Air Portugal, Tarom, Thai Airways International, Transaero Airlines
Tunisair, Turkish Airlines, Turkmenistan Airlines, Ukraine International Airlines
United Airlines, Uzbekistan



1946년에 개항된 이래 꾸준히 확장되어 올해 제5 터미널이 완공되고 조만간 4번째 활주로가
착공에 들어간다고 함.

이중 동아시아권으로는 홍콩 주60회, 싱가폴 주45회, 도쿄 주42회, 방콕 주34회,
콸라룸푸르 주 21회, 상하이 주16회, 서울 주10회, 베이징 주10회, 오사카 주7회,
페낭 주2회, 랑카위 주2회 운항

서울과의 운항수가 주10회밖에 안되는게 걸리네..홍콩수준은 안되어도 싱가폴 수준은 되어야지
근데, 헬리팩스에서도 런던으로 바로 갈수 있구나..