London Stansted Airport
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,[1] 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
Where Stansted Airport is now, in about 1935
A Martin B-26 Marauder of the 344th Bomb Group at Stansted, 1944
Avro York of the based Air Charter Ltd taking off on a trooping flight in 1955 with wartime hangars in the background
The terminal building at night
The arrivals hall in the terminal building was extended in 2008.
View of Stansted from the air
The Radisson Blu hotel, which is just a short walk from the Terminal building
The Terminal Building with the adjacent Control Tower
The transit system which links the main terminal building to satellite buildings 1 (gates 1 – 19) and 2 (gates 20 – 39)
A Class 745 train operating the Stansted Express at London Liverpool Street
References
- ↑ "UK airports owned and operated by BAA". Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
