Facts and Figures

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: 23.2 million
• Third busiest airport in the UK
• 46th busiest in the world

Airlines and aircraft movements

• Airlines: 32
• Total aircraft movements per year: over 186,000
• Destinations: 165
• Countries served: 35
• Aircraft types: Boeing 737-300/500/600/700/800, Airbus 319/320/321/A300
• Latest airlines and destinations: Vilnius (Lithuania) - Lithaunian Airlines; Athens (Greece) - Aegean Airlines.

Facilities

• 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, www.stanstedexpress.com (This link will launch a new window)
• 44% of passengers use public transport to travel to and from the airport

Investment

• In last 10 years: Over £420 million
• Economic contribution: £400 million a year
• Employs: 11,600 (1,100 are BAA Stansted employees)
• Cargo: Over 206,000 tonnes of air cargo per year

Destinations 
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. (This link will launch a 69KB PDF in a new window.)

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