London Stansted Airport

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Stansted terminal in December 2007

London Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is a large passenger airport in the Uttlesford District of the English county of Essex about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of London. It is about 2 miles (3 km) outside Bishop's Stortford and 6 miles (10 km) outside Harlow.

Stansted is a hub for a number of major European low-cost carriers. It is the fourth busiest airport in the United Kingdom and is the third largest airport serving the London area after Heathrow and Gatwick; and is one of London's five international airports along with Luton and London City Airports. Stansted is owned and operated by Manchester Airports Group, which also owns and operates three other UK airports, including Manchester and Bournemouth.

The airport had to abandon plans for a second runway after the campaign Stop Stansted Expansion succeeded.

London Stansted Airport Media

• Area of Stansted Airport, circa 1935

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  A Martin B-26 Marauder of the 344th Bomb Group at Stansted, 1944

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  Avro York of the based Air Charter Ltd taking off on a trooping flight in 1955 with wartime hangars in the background

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  Austin Maestro Mail Van (1987) Type G Pillar Box by Carron Company (1977) and Stansted old terminal (1972). CM23.

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  The terminal building at night

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  London Stansted Airport

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  London Stansted Airport Aerial View.

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  Air traffic control tower

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  The terminal will be extended by three bays to the rear, replacing the passenger transit system.

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  The possible location of Satellite 4 is seen on the left.