Stansted (London) (Stansted Mountfitchet)
| Also known as: | London Stansted Airport / RAF Stansted Mountfitchet / RAF Station, Stansted Mountfitchet / Stanstead (misspelling) / Stansted Airport / USAAF Station 169 |
| County: | Essex |
| Current Status: | Aviation |
| Date: | Opened July 1943 |
| Current Use: | Active |
| Used By: | RAF / Civil / Civil (foreign) / USAAF |
| Landing Surface Types: | Paved |
| Aircraft Roles: | Aircraft modification/repair (main role) / Airliner (main role) / Bomber (main role) / General aviation |
The following organisations are either based at, use and/or have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 01/07/2013):
- Accessorize
- AEM Limited
- Airline Rotables Limited
- All Saints
- Aviation Equipment Resources Ltd
- Aviation Medica Ltd
- Best of The Best Supercars
- Boots
- Bridge Bar and Eating House
- British Hotel Reservation Centre
- Burger King
- Caffe Alba
- Caffe Italia Flatbreads & Salads
- Caffe Italia Pronto
- Caviar House & Prunier Seafood Bar
- Claire's Accessories
- Clarks
- Coral
- Costa
- Crepe Affaire
- Dixons Travel
- Elsenham Parish Council
- Est Bar
- Est Presso!
- F&B's Deli
- Fat Face
- Frankie & Benny's
- Glorious Britain
- Hackett
- Hamleys
- Hilton London Stansted Airport
- HMV
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel London-Stansted Airport
- JD
- Krispy Kreme
- Manchester Airports Group (M.A.G)
- Martyn Fiddler Associates
- Master of Time
- Monsoon
- Mulberry
- Ponti's
- Pret A Manger
- Radisson Blu Hotel London Stansted Airport
- Reiss
- Rolling Luggage
- Soup stand
- Spar
- Spectrum Interactive
- Sports Travel International Ltd
- Stansted Airport Railway Station
- Stansted Aviation Society
- Stansted Express
- Stansted Library
- Stansted Mountfitchet Parish Council
- Starbucks
- Sunglass Hut
- Swarovski
- Takeley Parish Council
- Ted Baker
- The Body Shop
- The Watch and Jewellery Store
- The Windmill
- Tie Rack
- TTT Moneycorp
- Voyager Entertainment
- Wetherspoon Express
- WHSmith
- WHSmith Bookshop
- World Duty Free
- World Duty Free Arrivals Store
- World of Whiskies
- YamYamToGo
Notable Past Associated Organisations:
- Aviance UK
- BAA Limited
- BAA plc
- British Airports Authority
- Heathrow Airport Holdings
The following alternative information/mass media sources have at least potentially significant connections with the airfield (as at 30/11/2018):
- Elsenham Village
Main unit(s) present:
- No 263 MU
- 344th BG
- 494th BS
- 495th BS
- 496th BS
- 497th BS
- AB Airlines
- Aegean Airlines
- Aeroflot
- Air Anglia
- Air Arabia Maroc
- Air Berlin
- Air Charter
- Air Moldova
- Air Polonia
- Air UK
- Air UK Leisure
- AirAsia X
- American Airlines
- AnadoluJet
- Asiana Cargo
- Aurigny Air Services
- Austrian Airlines
- Belle Air
- Blue Air
- bmibaby
- Braathens
- British Airways
- British United Air Ferries
- British United Airways
- Centralwings
- Channel Airways
- Continental Airlines
- Cubana de Aviacion
- Cyprus Turkish Airlines
- Czech Airlines
- Dragonair
- easyJet
- El Al
- EuroManx
- Europe Airpost
- First Choice Airways
- Fly Hellas
- flybmi
- Flyglobespan
- Germanwings
- Great Easton Flying Group
- Highland Express Airways
- IZair
- Kearsley Airways
- Korean Air
- Lloyd International Airways
- London Aero & Motor Services
- London Executive Aviation (LEA)
- Luxair
- Luxaviation United Kingdom
- Malev Hungarian Airlines
- Martinair Cargo
- Merlot International Aviation
- Monarch Airlines
- Norwegian Air Shuttle
- Orbest Orizonia Airlines
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pegasus Airlines
- Ryanair
- Saudia
- Scottish Airlines
- Skyways
- Skyways Flying Group
- Stansted Air Centre
- Sun Country Airlines
- Thomas Cook Airlines
- Thomson Airways
- Thurston Aviation
- TNT Airways
- Transmeridian Air Cargo
- Turkish Airlines
- Virgin Express
- Wideroe
Runway 04:22, looking south west from the runway 22 threshold, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Taxiway near the terminal building, looking south west parallel to the main runway, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
The Ryanair Maintenance Hangar at Stansted, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
Inflight Hangar 01 at Stansted, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
The Diamond Hangar at Stansted, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg
The Operations Block at Stansted, 22 August 2012. © Richard Flagg
The control tower at Stansted, 8 September 2012.
Airport Terminal at Stansted, 23 July 2016. © Richard Flagg
The control tower at Stansted, 4 March 2017. © Richard Flagg
Airport Terminal at Stansted, 27 June 2017. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Stansted Airport, 27 June 2017. © Richard Flagg
Aerial view of Stansted Airport, 9 October 2019. © Richard Flagg