London Stansted Airport Information
London Stansted Airport is a large passenger airport with a single runway and hub for a number of major European low-cost airlines. It is located in the Uttlesford District of the English county of Essex about 30 miles (48 km) north-east of London. It is about 2 miles (3 km) outside Bishop's Stortford and 6 miles (10 km) outside Harlow.
Stansted is the third largest international 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.
London Stansted Airport is also the third busiest airport in the UK and in the last ten years Stansted has seen a rapid expansion of passenger numbers from 12 million passengers in 2000, the number of passengers using Stansted in 2004 was 20.9 million and is currently over 23 million per year.
More than 34 airlines operate from London Stansted flying to over 160 destinations around the world.