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| Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
| Owner/Operator | Manchester Airports Group | ||||||||||
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| Location | Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford, Essex, England, United Kingdom | ||||||||||
| Opened | 7 August 1943 | ||||||||||
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| Elevation AMSL | 348 ft / 106 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 51°53′06″N 0°14′06″E / 51.88500°N 0.23500°E | ||||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||||
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Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is an international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Uttlesford, Essex, 42 mi (68 km) northeast of Central London.
As London's third-busiest airport, Stansted serves over 180 destinations across Europe, Asia and North Africa. London Stansted is a base for a number of European low-cost carriers. This includes being the largest base for low-cost airline Ryanair, with over 150 destinations served by the airline. As of 2022[update], it is the fourth-busiest airport in the United Kingdom after Heathrow, Gatwick, and Manchester.[3] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, it ranked second in the country.[4] Stansted's runway is also used by private companies such as the Harrods Aviation, Titan Airways, and XJet terminals, which are private ground handlers that can handle private flights, charter flights, and state visits.
Converted to civil use from RAF Stansted Mountfitchet in the late 1940s, Stansted was used by charter airlines. It came under British Airports Authority control in 1966. The privatised BAA sold Stansted in February 2013 to Manchester Airports Group as a result of a March 2009 ruling by the Competition Commission against BAA's monopoly position.[5][6]
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- ^ "Aircraft and passenger traffic data from UK airports". UK Civil Aviation Authority. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 March 2023.
- ^ CAA document for 2022: "Size of Reporting Airports January 2022 - December 2022" All years: "UK airport data"
- ^ "Annual airport data 2021 | Civil Aviation Authority". www.caa.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Stansted Airport being sold to Manchester for £1.5bn". BBC News. London. 19 January 2013. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ^ Sinead Holland (28 February 2013). "£1.5 billion Stansted Airport sale complete". Harlow Star. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.