Stansted is the third busiest airport in the UK, the fastest-growing major airport in Europe, and the main home of the leading low-cost scheduled airlines. It’s owned by BAA, the world's leading airport company, which also owns Heathrow, Southampton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen airports.

Operating hours: 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

Opened: 1991 on site of former airport

Runways: One

Terminals: One

Airlines: 29

Destinations: 162

Countries served: 34

Air transport movements per year: Over 177,000 a year

Passengers per year: 22.3 million

Passenger profile: AB: 39%; C1: 43%; C2: 12%; DE: 6%

Total retail space: 10,000m² 

Rail link: Stansted Express , 47 minutes to London.

Employs: 10,600 (1,000 are BAA Stansted employees)

Air cargo per year: 200,000 tonnes

Status: Third-largest airport in the UK; 46th busiest airport in the world; one of Europe's fastest growing international airports

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