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London Stansted Airport

ICAO EGSS51.8850°N 0.2350°E106 m / 348 ftLarge airport

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London Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is a large airport in London, Essex, England, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942. It has one runway, 3,049 m (10,003 ft) long, asphalt. It is operated by Heathrow Airport Holdings. In 2022 it handled 23.3 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1942–1999

1942

OpenedLondon Stansted Airport opens.

22 DEC 1999

DisasterKorean Air Cargo Flight 8509.4 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap

04/22044° / 224° · LIT

LENGTH3,049 m10,003 ftWIDTH46 m151 ftSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2011–2022

18.0M

17.5M

17.8M

19.9M

22.5M

24.3M

25.9M

28.0M

28.1M

7.5M

7.1M

23.3M

111213141516171819202122

Routes

216 destinations · 49 countries

Year-round151

RTMRotterdam The Hague AirportNetherlands · Transavia288 km179 mi AMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · easyJet313 km194 mi EINEindhoven AirportNetherlands · Ryanair358 km222 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · Jet2.com, easyJet359 km223 mi NQYCornwall Airport NewquayUnited Kingdom · Ryanair398 km247 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · Ryanair470 km292 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Ryanair490 km304 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · Ryanair492 km306 mi EDIEdinburgh AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet510 km317 mi FMOMünster Osnabrück AirportGermany · Ryanair511 km318 mi BFSBelfast International AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet528 km328 mi HHNFrankfurt-Hahn AirportGermany · Ryanair537 km334 mi GLAGlasgow AirportUnited Kingdom · Ryanair, easyJet538 km334 mi NTENantes Atlantique AirportFrance · Ryanair543 km337 mi PISPoitiers-Biard AirportFrance · Ryanair589 km366 mi BREBremen AirportGermany · Ryanair593 km368 mi ORKCork International AirportIreland · Ryanair599 km372 mi SNNShannon AirportIreland · Ryanair629 km391 mi NOCIreland West Airport KnockIreland · Ryanair647 km402 mi FKBKarlsruhe Baden-Baden AirportGermany · Ryanair655 km407 mi KIRKerry AirportIreland · Ryanair668 km415 mi LIGLimoges AirportFrance · Ryanair673 km418 mi HAMHamburg Helmut Schmidt AirportGermany · Ryanair684 km425 mi BSLEuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–FreiburgFrance · Ryanair707 km439 mi LBCLübeck Blankensee AirportGermany · Ryanair735 km457 mi NUENuremberg AirportGermany · Ryanair808 km502 mi AARAarhus AirportDenmark · Ryanair835 km519 mi FMMMemmingen Allgau AirportGermany · Ryanair836 km519 mi BERBerlin Brandenburg AirportGermany · Ryanair906 km563 mi CPHCopenhagen Kastrup AirportDenmark · Ryanair914 km568 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · Ryanair921 km572 mi TLSToulouse-Blagnac AirportFrance · Ryanair922 km573 mi MXPMilan Malpensa International AirportItaly · Ryanair932 km579 mi BIQBiarritz Pays Basque airportFrance · Ryanair945 km587 mi MMXMalmö Sturup AirportSweden · Ryanair953 km592 mi LDETarbes-Lourdes-Pyrénées AirportFrance · Ryanair968 km601 mi CCFCarcassonne Salvaza AirportFrance · Ryanair976 km606 mi BGYIl Caravaggio International AirportItaly · Ryanair978 km608 mi SDRSeve Ballesteros-Santander AirportSpain · Ryanair988 km614 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Ryanair1,000 km621 mi GOTGöteborg Landvetter AirportSweden · Ryanair1,002 km623 mi SZZSolidarity Szczecin–Goleniów AirportPoland · Ryanair1,004 km624 mi MRSMarseille Provence AirportFrance · Ryanair1,010 km628 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Ryanair1,021 km634 mi TRFSandefjord Airport, TorpNorway · Ryanair1,026 km638 mi GOAGenoa Cristoforo Colombo AirportItaly · Ryanair1,046 km650 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Ryanair1,063 km661 mi LNZLinz-Hörsching AirportAustria · Ryanair1,073 km667 mi PMFParma AirportItaly · Ryanair1,079 km670 mi GROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Ryanair1,126 km700 mi POZPoznań-Ławica AirportPoland · Ryanair1,131 km703 mi VCEVenice Marco Polo AirportItaly · Ryanair1,135 km705 mi ZAZZaragoza AirportSpain · Ryanair1,140 km708 mi OSLOslo-Gardermoen International AirportNorway · Ryanair1,141 km709 mi WROCopernicus Wrocław AirportPoland · Ryanair1,153 km716 mi BLQBologna Guglielmo Marconi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,155 km718 mi KLUKlagenfurt AirportAustria · Ryanair1,175 km730 mi TRSTrieste AirportItaly · Ryanair1,176 km731 mi PSAPisa International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,184 km736 mi BCNJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat AirportSpain · Ryanair1,186 km737 mi SCQSantiago-Rosalía de Castro AirportSpain · Ryanair1,191 km740 mi BRQBrno-Tuřany AirportCzechia · Ryanair1,200 km746 mi BZGIgnacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz AirportPoland · Ryanair1,206 km749 mi FLRFlorence Airport, PeretolaItaly · British Airways1,212 km753 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Ryanair1,237 km769 mi GDNGdańsk Lech Wałęsa AirportPoland · Ryanair1,244 km773 mi OSRLeoš Janáček Airport OstravaCzechia · Ryanair1,276 km793 mi BTSM. R. Štefánik AirportSlovakia · Ryanair1,278 km794 mi CDTCastellón-Costa Azahar AirportSpain · Ryanair1,298 km807 mi MADAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas AirportSpain · Ryanair1,300 km808 mi LCJŁódź Władysław Reymont AirportPoland · Ryanair1,314 km816 mi KTWKatowice Wojciech Korfanty International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,319 km820 mi VSTStockholm Västerås AirportSweden · Ryanair1,331 km827 mi PEGPerugia San Francesco d'Assisi – Umbria International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,340 km833 mi ZAGZagreb Franjo Tuđman International AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,341 km833 mi AOIMarche AirportItaly · Ryanair1,341 km833 mi OPOFrancisco de Sá Carneiro AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,363 km847 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Ryanair1,379 km857 mi VLCValencia AirportSpain · Ryanair1,379 km857 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Ryanair1,385 km861 mi WMIWarsaw Modlin AirportPoland · Ryanair1,389 km863 mi ARNStockholm-Arlanda AirportSweden · Ryanair1,396 km867 mi SZYOlsztyn-Mazury AirportPoland · Ryanair1,402 km871 mi PLQPalanga International AirportLithuania · Ryanair1,433 km890 mi FCORome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International AirportItaly · Jet2.com1,442 km896 mi BUDBudapest Liszt Ferenc International AirportHungary · Ryanair1,451 km902 mi CIACiampino–G. B. Pastine International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,459 km907 mi PSRAbruzzo AirportItaly · Ryanair1,484 km922 mi ALCAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,514 km941 mi KSCKošice International AirportSlovakia · Ryanair1,529 km950 mi RZERzeszów-Jasionka AirportPoland · Ryanair1,532 km952 mi CAGCagliari Elmas AirportItaly · Ryanair1,561 km970 mi RMURegion of Murcia International AirportSpain · Ryanair1,569 km975 mi KUNKaunas International AirportLithuania · Ryanair1,609 km1,000 mi RIXRiga International AirportLatvia · Ryanair1,625 km1,010 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,625 km1,010 mi LISLisbon Humberto Delgado AirportPortugal · Ryanair1,628 km1,012 mi OMROradea International AirportRomania · HiSky1,649 km1,025 mi SVQSeville AirportSpain · Ryanair1,679 km1,043 mi VNOVilnius International AirportLithuania · Ryanair1,685 km1,047 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,704 km1,059 mi ALGHouari Boumediene AirportAlgeria · Air Algérie1,705 km1,059 mi AGPMálaga-Costa del Sol AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,732 km1,076 mi BRIBari Karol Wojtyła International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,732 km1,076 mi TLLLennart Meri Tallinn AirportEstonia · Ryanair1,741 km1,082 mi FAOFaro - Gago Coutinho International AirportPortugal · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,774 km1,102 mi TGDPodgorica Airport / Podgorica Golubovci AirbaseMontenegro · Ryanair1,778 km1,105 mi HELHelsinki Vantaa AirportFinland · Ryanair1,781 km1,107 mi CLJAvram Iancu Cluj International AirportRomania · Ryanair1,782 km1,107 mi PMOFalcone–Borsellino AirportItaly · Ryanair1,823 km1,133 mi TPSVincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-BirgiItaly · Ryanair1,824 km1,133 mi BDSBrindisi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,838 km1,142 mi TNGTangier Ibn Battuta AirportMorocco · Ryanair1,861 km1,156 mi TIATirana International Airport Mother TeresaAlbania · Ryanair1,879 km1,168 mi SUFLamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,901 km1,181 mi REGReggio Calabria AirportItaly · Ryanair1,949 km1,211 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Ryanair1,978 km1,229 mi SOFSofia AirportBulgaria · Ryanair2,012 km1,250 mi FEZFes Saïss International AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,040 km1,268 mi RBARabat-Salé AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,061 km1,281 mi OTPBucharest Henri Coandă International AirportRomania · Ryanair2,067 km1,284 mi MLAMalta International AirportMalta · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,110 km1,311 mi RMOChişinău International AirportMoldova · SkyUp, HiSky2,133 km1,325 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Ryanair2,144 km1,332 mi PDVPlovdiv International AirportBulgaria · Ryanair2,148 km1,335 mi CMNMohammed V International AirportMorocco · Royal Air Maroc2,153 km1,338 mi RAKMarrakesh Menara AirportMorocco · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,354 km1,463 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Ryanair2,408 km1,496 mi ESUEssaouira-Mogador AirportMorocco · Ryanair2,417 km1,502 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Airlines2,455 km1,525 mi SAWIstanbul Sabiha Gökçen International AirportTürkiye · AJet2,518 km1,565 mi AGAAl Massira AirportMorocco · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,525 km1,569 mi FNCCristiano Ronaldo International AirportPortugal · Ryanair2,537 km1,576 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress2,574 km1,599 mi BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Ryanair2,688 km1,670 mi ACECésar Manrique-Lanzarote AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,796 km1,737 mi DLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Ryanair2,800 km1,740 mi ESBEsenboğa International AirportTürkiye · AJet2,815 km1,749 mi FUEFuerteventura AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,856 km1,775 mi AYTAntalya International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress, Jet2.com2,911 km1,809 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,964 km1,842 mi SPCLa Palma AirportSpain · Jet2.com2,985 km1,855 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,997 km1,862 mi COVÇukurova International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress3,187 km1,980 mi PFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · Jet2.com, Ryanair3,191 km1,983 mi GZTGaziantep Oğuzeli International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress3,341 km2,076 mi TLVBen Gurion International AirportIsrael · Arkia3,564 km2,215 mi AMMQueen Alia International AirportJordan · Royal Jordanian3,657 km2,272 mi SSHSharm El Sheikh International AirportEgypt · Jet2.com, TUI Airways3,881 km2,412 mi HRGHurghada International AirportEgypt · Jet2.com3,917 km2,434 mi DXBDubai International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates5,460 km3,393 mi

Seasonal73

JERJersey AirportJersey · Jet2.com344 km214 mi TUFTours Val de Loire AirportFrance · Ryanair496 km308 mi LRHLa Rochelle Île de Ré AirportFrance · Ryanair643 km400 mi SXBStrasbourg AirportFrance · Jet2.com644 km400 mi GVAGeneva International AirportSwitzerland · Jet2.com, easyJet, British Airways759 km472 mi BVEBrive Souillac airportFrance · Ryanair767 km477 mi ZRHZürich AirportSwitzerland · easyJet774 km481 mi EGCBergerac Dordogne-Périgord airportFrance · Ryanair, British Airways785 km488 mi CMFChambéry Aix les Bains airportFrance · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, British Airways808 km502 mi GNBGrenoble Alpes Isère AirportFrance · Jet2.com, Ryanair816 km507 mi RDZRodez–Aveyron AirportFrance · Ryanair848 km527 mi MUCMunich AirportGermany · Lufthansa911 km566 mi TRNTurin AirportItaly · TUI Airways921 km572 mi INNInnsbruck AirportAustria · Jet2.com, TUI Airways950 km590 mi FNINîmes-Arles-Camargue AirportFrance · Ryanair956 km594 mi BZRBéziers Vias airportFrance · Ryanair980 km609 mi PRGVáclav Havel Airport PragueCzechia · Jet2.com1,000 km621 mi SZGSalzburg AirportAustria · Jet2.com1,021 km634 mi PGFPerpignan-Rivesaltes (Llabanère) AirportFrance · Ryanair1,036 km644 mi NCENice-Côte d'Azur AirportFrance · Ryanair, British Airways1,052 km654 mi VRNVerona Villafranca Valerio Catullo AirportItaly · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,063 km661 mi GROGirona-Costa Brava AirportSpain · Jet2.com1,126 km700 mi REUReus AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,196 km743 mi FRLForlì-Luigi Ridolfi International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,224 km761 mi VIEVienna International AirportAustria · Jet2.com1,237 km769 mi RMIFederico Fellini International AirportItaly · Ryanair1,267 km787 mi PUYPula AirportCroatia · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,272 km790 mi RJKRijeka AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,286 km799 mi MAHMenorca AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair1,371 km852 mi KRKKraków John Paul II International AirportPoland · Jet2.com1,379 km857 mi PMIPalma de Mallorca AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,385 km861 mi AHOAlghero-Fertilia AirportItaly · Ryanair1,394 km866 mi OLBOlbia Costa Smeralda AirportItaly · Jet2.com, Ryanair, British Airways1,411 km877 mi ZADZadar AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,415 km879 mi IBZIbiza AirportSpain · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair +11,450 km901 mi SPUSplit Saint Jerome AirportCroatia · Jet2.com1,513 km940 mi OSIOsijek AirportCroatia · Ryanair1,534 km953 mi SJJSarajevo International AirportBosnia & Herzegovina · Ryanair1,614 km1,003 mi NAPNaples International AirportItaly · Jet2.com1,625 km1,010 mi QSRSalerno Costa d'Amalfi AirportItaly · Ryanair1,680 km1,044 mi LEIAlmería AirportSpain · Jet2.com, Ryanair1,685 km1,047 mi DBVDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković AirportCroatia · Jet2.com1,704 km1,059 mi TIVTivat AirportMontenegro · Jet2.com1,743 km1,083 mi XRYJerez AirportSpain · Jet2.com1,755 km1,091 mi KEFKeflavik International AirportIceland · Jet2.com1,885 km1,171 mi NBEEnfidha - Hammamet International AirportTunisia · Jet2.com, TUI Airways1,934 km1,202 mi CTACatania-Fontanarossa AirportItaly · Jet2.com1,978 km1,229 mi CFUCorfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair2,037 km1,266 mi PVKAktion National AirportGreece · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,142 km1,331 mi SKGThessaloniki Macedonia International AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,144 km1,332 mi RVNRovaniemi AirportFinland · Ryanair2,156 km1,340 mi EFLKefallinia AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair2,195 km1,364 mi KVAKavala Alexander the Great International AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,216 km1,377 mi ZTHZakynthos International Airport Dionysios SolomosGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair2,248 km1,397 mi JSISkiathos Island National AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,281 km1,417 mi BOJBurgas AirportBulgaria · Jet2.com2,287 km1,421 mi KLXKalamata AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,371 km1,473 mi ATHAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,408 km1,496 mi MJTMytilene International AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,480 km1,541 mi ADBAdnan Menderes International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com2,574 km1,599 mi SMISamos AirportGreece · Jet2.com2,606 km1,619 mi CHQChania International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,623 km1,630 mi JTRSantorini International AirportGreece · Jet2.com, Ryanair2,626 km1,632 mi BJVMilas Bodrum International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com, AJet2,688 km1,670 mi KGSKos International Airport "Ippokratis"Greece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair2,690 km1,671 mi HERHeraklion International Nikos Kazantzakis AirportGreece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways2,699 km1,677 mi RHORhodes International Airport "Diagoras"Greece · Jet2.com, TUI Airways, Ryanair2,782 km1,729 mi DLMDalaman International AirportTürkiye · Jet2.com2,800 km1,740 mi LPAGran Canaria AirportSpain · TUI Airways2,964 km1,842 mi TFSTenerife Sur AirportSpain · TUI Airways2,997 km1,862 mi ASRKayseri Erkilet International AirportTürkiye · SunExpress3,077 km1,912 mi PFOPaphos International AirportCyprus · TUI Airways3,191 km1,983 mi LCALarnaca International AirportCyprus · Jet2.com3,250 km2,019 mi

Cargo16

BRUBrussels AirportBelgium · Emirates SkyCargo314 km195 mi CDGCharles de Gaulle International AirportFrance · FedEx Express359 km223 mi DUBDublin AirportIreland · FedEx Express470 km292 mi LUXLuxembourg-Findel International AirportLuxembourg · Cargolux490 km304 mi CGNCologne Bonn AirportGermany · UPS Airlines492 km306 mi FRAFrankfurt Main AirportGermany · Air Incheon, FedEx Express618 km384 mi ISTİstanbul AirportTürkiye · Turkish Cargo2,455 km1,525 mi DOHHamad International AirportQatar · Qatar Airways5,206 km3,235 mi DWCAl Maktoum International AirportUnited Arab Emirates · Emirates SkyCargo5,475 km3,402 mi ALAAlmaty International AirportKazakhstan · Air Incheon5,562 km3,456 mi PHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines5,721 km3,555 mi SDFLouisville Muhammad Ali International AirportUnited States · UPS Airlines6,521 km4,052 mi MEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express7,034 km4,371 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Incheon8,795 km5,465 mi CANGuangzhou Baiyun International AirportChina · China Southern Airlines9,431 km5,860 mi HKGHong Kong International AirportHong Kong SAR China · UPS Airlines9,565 km5,943 mi

Most destinationsRyanair 162Jet2.com 65TUI Airways 18easyJet 7British Airways 7SunExpress 5

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from STN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “London Stansted Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers23.3M (2022)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#104of 3,974 · #28 Europe · #4 GB Longest runway3,049 m10,003 ft46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=1,033of 29,823 · #145 Europe · #7 GB Elevation106 m348 ft-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=30,148of 43,341 · =3,467 Europe · =174 GB AgeOpened 19422026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,791of 15,079 · =619 Europe · =122 GB Runways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =643 Europe · =120 GB

Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

7 channels

APPStansted Radar120.625

ATISATIS127.175

CLDCLNC DEL121.950

DIRDIRECTOR136.200

GNDGND121.725

TWRTWR123.800

RDRDirector136.200