Airfield search

Stansted (London) (Stansted Mountfitchet)

Major
Also known as: London Stansted Airport / RAF 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
001Runway 04:22. Looking south west from the runway 22 threshold - 9 June 2010.png

Runway 04:22, looking south west from the runway 22 threshold, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

002Taxiway near the terminal building. Looking south west parallel to the main runway - 9 June 2010.png

Taxiway near the terminal building, looking south west parallel to the main runway, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

003Ryanair Maintenance Hangar - 9 June 2010.png

The Ryanair Maintenance Hangar at Stansted, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

004Inflight Hangar 01 - 9 June 2010.png

Inflight Hangar 01 at Stansted, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

005Diamond Hangar - 9 June 2010.png

The Diamond Hangar at Stansted, 9 June 2010. © Richard Flagg

006Operations Block - 22 August 2012.png

The Operations Block at Stansted, 22 August 2012. © Richard Flagg

007geograph-3120431-by-Paul-Harrop.jpg

The control tower at Stansted, 8 September 2012.

008Airport Terminal - 23 July 2016.png

Airport Terminal at Stansted, 23 July 2016. © Richard Flagg

009Control Tower - 4 March 2017.png

The control tower at Stansted, 4 March 2017. © Richard Flagg

010Airport Terminal - 27 June 2017.png

Airport Terminal at Stansted, 27 June 2017. © Richard Flagg

011Aerial View of Stansted Airport - 27 June 2017.png

Aerial view of Stansted Airport, 27 June 2017. © Richard Flagg

012Aerial View of Stansted Airport - 9 October 2019.png

Aerial view of Stansted Airport, 9 October 2019. © Richard Flagg

© 2024 ABCT All rights reserved.
Airfields of Britain Conservation Trust is registered in England and Wales. Registered Office: Suite 1, 3rd Floor, 11-12 St. James Square, London, SW1Y 4LB
Registered Company No. 08940364. Registered Charity No (England and Wales): 1156877. Registered Charity No (Scotland): SC041123