Our Terminal 5 vision
Architecture
The Richard Rogers Partnership used innovative design and construction techniques to give you the ultimate airport experience at Terminal 5.
Style and spectacle
Terminal 5 is the UK’s largest free standing building. The floor to ceiling glass walls and the departure lounge’s single-span, waveform glass roof mean the space is bathed in natural light and has amazing views of the world’s busiest international airfield. You’ll enjoy a feeling of calm, space and airiness not normally associated with airports.
The airport
Terminal 5 consists of one main terminal and two satellite terminals that cover a space as large as London’s Hyde Park. That’s five times the size of Terminal 4, our current long-haul base. The third satellite building - Satellite C is planned for 2010.
Terminal 5 also boasts a new air traffic control tower, a 3,800 space multi-storey car park, a 605-bed hotel directly connected to the terminal building and a total of 60 aircraft stands - 14 of which have been designed to cater for our new supersize Airbus A380s.
