Facts and figures
Facts and figures about London Stansted Airport
London Stansted Airport is London's third airport, serving over 27m passengers each year. It is the only major London airport with significant runway capacity and offers a European route network which is unrivalled in the UK, providing London with more visitors from Europe than any other airport.
Operating hours
24 hours a day, 365 days a year
Night quota restrictions apply during period 23:30 - 06:00
Passengers statistics
Passengers per year: 27 million (Sept 2018)
Third-busiest airport in London; fourth-busiest in the UK
50:50 ratio between UK and non-UK passengers
Airlines and aircraft movements
Airlines and tour operators: 22+
Air Transport Movements: 198,124 (Aug 2018)
Destinations: 200+
Countries served: 40+
Most European destinations of any UK airport – 2nd most in Europe behind Munich
Facilities
Number of runways: 1
• Runway length: 3,049m long by 46m wide
• Total retail space: 10,608 sqm
- Shops, restaurants and cafes: 50+
• Check-in capacity: 100+ check-in desks
• Car parking spaces: 35,000
• Number of aircraft parking stands: up to 110
• Rail link to central London: Stansted Express, 47 minutes to London.
• 53% of passengers use public transport to travel to and from the airport (CAA data)
Investment
MAG has spent £150 million improving the terminal facilities since acquisition in 2013 and is investing over £600 million in the largest airport transformation programme since the terminal opened in 1991
• Regional economic contribution: £1 billion a year
• Employs: 12,000+ on-site employees across over 200 companies
• Cargo: Over 264,000 tonnes of air cargo (12 months to end April 2018)
Environment
First UK airport to hold both ISO14001 and OHSAS18001 standard
Awarded Carbon Trust Standard
Awarded Level 3+ carbon neutral status by the Airports Council International (ACI)
Biomass boiler installed as part of £50million terminal extension, making development carbon neutral
Destinations
Top international destinations (in order)
Dublin
Rome
Malaga
Barcelona
Cologne
Top UK destinations (in order)
Edinburgh
Belfast
Glasgow
Most popular country
Spain
Opened
1991 on site of the former airport – an airfield built by USAF during World War II. London Stansted became a commercial airport in 1966
Owned and operated by
Manchester Airports Group
CEO
Ken O'Toole
Location
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Community relations
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Responsible business
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