Britain’s Busiest Airport Just Got Busier With A Record-Breaking Year

Simple Flying
Jake Hardiman
12 Jan 2026

London Heathrow Airport (LHR) enjoyed a record-breaking year in 2025, with the largest and busiest air hub in the United Kingdom confirming today [12 Jan 2026] that it handled more passengers in the last 12 months than ever before. This saw its annual passenger total rise above the 84-million mark for the first time, with 2025 coming to an end in style as Heathrow also recorded its busiest-ever December. This was one of many records to fall in 2025.

All in all, London Heathrow Airport handled a grand total of 84.463 million passengers in 2025, representing an increase of 0.7% compared to the full-year figure that it posted in 2024. According to scheduling data made available by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, 106.089 million seats were available on almost 482,000 passenger-carrying flights to and from London Heathrow Airport in 2025, equating to a mean load factor of 79.6%.

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