• 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Night quota restrictions apply during period 23:30 - 06:00

• Passengers per year: 22.8 million
• Third busiest airport in the UK
• 46th busiest in the world

• Airlines: 29
• Total aircraft movements per year: over 182,000
• Destinations: 162
• Countries served: 34
• Aircraft types: Boeing 737-300/500/600/700/800, Airbus 319/320/321/A300
• Latest airlines and destinations: Madrid (Spain) - Ryanair; Brussels (Belgium) - Blue Air; Ibiza (Spain) - Ryanair; Zweibrucken (Germany) - Ryanair.

• Number of runways: 1
• Runway length: 3048m long by 46m wide
• Total retail space: 10,000m² 
• Check-in capacity: 120 check-in desks;12 ticket desks
• Car parking spaces: 26,750
• Number of aircraft stands: 65 of which 37 can be used as multiple aircraft ramp stands
• Rail link to central London: Stansted Express, 45 minutes to London.
• 44% of passengers use public transport to travel to and from the airport

• In last 10 years: Over £420 million
• Economic contribution: £400 million a year
• Employs: 11,600 (1,100 are BAA Stansted employees)
• Cargo: Over 203,000 tonnes of air cargo per year

Top international destinations (in order)

• Dublin
• Rome (Ciampino)
• Milan (Bergamo)

Top UK destinations (in order)

• Glasgow
• Edinburgh
• Prestwick

Most popular country

• Spain

Opened: 1991 on site of former airport

Owned and operated by: BAA

Managing Director: Stewart Wingate

Stansted location map (PDF format)

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