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STN — London Stansted Airport

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Large airport in London, United Kingdom.
IATA code
STN
ICAO code
EGSS
City code
LON
All London airports
Passengers
23,319,523
2022 · Wikidata
Nonstop routes
156
With open traffic data
Time zone
UTC / UTC+1
Europe/London
Elevation
106 m
348 ft
Runways
1
Longest 3,049 m

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About STN

London Stansted Airport is a large airport serving London, United Kingdom. It opened in 1942 and is run by Heathrow Airport Holdings. 23,319,523 passengers used it in 2022. Open traffic data shows 156 nonstop routes from STN. On tickets, the city code LON covers it together with the other London airports.

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Busiest nonstop routes from STN

Route Distance Passengers / year
STN → DUB472 km 956,463
STN → SAW2,524 km 877,269
STN → CIA1,461 km 559,091
STN → TFS2,995 km 521,242
STN → BCN1,185 km 509,761
STN → BGY980 km 501,414
STN → BUD1,455 km 498,175
STN → ALC1,513 km 486,348
STN → PMI1,384 km 474,635
STN → MAD1,299 km 448,342
STN → OTP2,073 km 443,896
STN → AGP1,731 km 436,789
STN → BER909 km 432,793
STN → LIS1,628 km 413,258
STN → FAO1,774 km 406,011
STN → OPO1,363 km 372,868
STN → AYT2,916 km 370,416
STN → CPH917 km 360,818
STN → KRK1,383 km 352,935
STN → VIE1,241 km 349,794
STN → VCE1,137 km 344,197
STN → EIN359 km 344,075
STN → CGN494 km 330,032
STN → MXP933 km 329,237
STN → SOF2,016 km 328,838
STN → ORK601 km 311,454
STN → PSA1,186 km 310,286
STN → WMI1,394 km 299,691
STN → ACE2,794 km 281,531
STN → BLL727 km 250,684
STN → GDN1,248 km 247,580
STN → WRO1,157 km 245,295
STN → RIX1,630 km 243,831
STN → LPA2,962 km 243,200
STN → SNN631 km 241,283
STN → IBZ1,449 km 223,610
STN → MLA2,110 km 219,310
STN → VLC1,379 km 214,045
STN → PFO3,195 km 211,416
STN → MRS1,010 km 209,104

Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.

Other airports in London

Code Airport Distance
LHRLondon Heathrow Airport67 km
LGWLondon Gatwick Airport87 km
LTNLondon Luton Airport42 km
LCYLondon City Airport44 km
SENLondon Southend Airport47 km

All London airports and the distances between them →

Airports within 150 km

Code Airport Distance
NWINorwich Airport113 km
BHXBirmingham Airport149 km
EMAEast Midlands Airport149 km

Distance from STN to the major hubs

Route Distance Passengers / year
STN → LHR67 km —
STN → DXB5,466 km —
STN → CDG360 km —
STN → FRA620 km —
STN → IST2,460 km —
STN → AMS314 km —
STN → JFK5,586 km —
STN → ATL6,807 km —
STN → LAX8,786 km —
STN → SIN10,831 km —
STN → HND9,551 km —
STN → DOH5,211 km —

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
04/223,049 m 46 mAsphalt

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Location

London, Essex, England, United Kingdom · 51.8850, 0.2350

Map (OpenStreetMap) Airport website Wikipedia

Questions

London Stansted Airport has the IATA code STN and the ICAO code EGSS. Airlines and tickets use the three-letter IATA code; pilots and air traffic control use the four-letter ICAO code.

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