In 2023, almost 93 percent of the passengers passed the security check within five minutes period. Over the given period, overall 90 percent of the passengers waited in the queue for approximately five minutes, despite 2022 when only 69 percent of air travelers passed the security check within five minutes.
Security queuing performance* in London Heathrow Airport from 2019 to 2023
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Security queuing performance* in London Heathrow Airport from 2019 to 2023
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*based on percentage of passengers passing through central security within a five-minute period.
** Only includes the performance of 4th quarter of 2020 due to the airport limitation in the first three quarters of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Heathrow Airport Holdings Ltd.. (February 28, 2024). Security queuing performance* in London Heathrow Airport from 2019 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490830/security-queuing-performance-in-london-heathrow-airport/
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