Crazy Airport Facts: Heathrow

THESE HERE I DUG OUT FROM THE BAA WEBSITE AND IT REALLY IS QUITE FASCINATING. THESE ARE THE SORTS OF FACTS AND FIGURES YOU TEND NOT TO THINK ABOUT WHEN LOOKING INTO AN AIRPORT…

1. Over 80 million items of baggage pass through the airport each year.

2. Every day over 26,000 cups of tea, 6,500 pints of beer and 6,500 sandwiches are sold to the public at Heathrow.

3. Whisky is the most popular spirit – on average a bottle is sold at Heathrow every seven seconds.

4. Heathrow accounts for almost 10% of perfume sales in the UK and sells over 400 different fragrances. Chanel no.5 is currently the most popular.

5. The grass on the airfield is kept 8″ high to prevent birds settling as at this height the birds are unable to spot predators.

6. The Heathrow Lost Property Office receives approximately 200 telephone enquiries per day.

7. Approximately 20 mobile telephones are lost per day at Heathrow.

8. Some of the most peculiar items of lost property found at Heathrow include a glass eye, a suitcase of dead fish, a false leg and the whole front of a Ford Escort car.

9. The most valuable items found to date include a briefcase containing £37,000, a laptop computer worth £4,000 and gold bars.