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STN London Stansted Airport

Local timeUTC+0Europe/London
Runways1longest 10,003 ft3,049 m
Elevation348 ft106 mabove sea level
CodesSTN · EGSSIATA · ICAO

Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Runways

Runway layout of London Stansted Airport, drawn to scale from surveyed runway-end positionsRunway 04/22: 10,003 ft (3,049 m), asphalt04221 km · 3,281 ftN
Drawn to scale by JetSet Authority from OurAirports’ runway-end coordinates. Taxiways and buildings are not shown. Not for navigation.
RunwayLengthWidthSurface
04/22
44° / 224° true		 10,003 ft3,049 m151 ft46 masphalt · lit

Runway numbers are the magnetic heading divided by ten, rounded; L, C and R mark parallel runways. Displaced thresholds shorten the usable length at some ends.

Location and time

Coordinates51.9°N, 0.2°E (51.885, 0.235)
RegionEngland, United Kingdom
Time zoneEurope/London: UTC+0 standard time, UTC+1 during daylight saving time
Official sitewww.stanstedairport.com/

Distances and flight times to world hubs

Great circles from STN to 20 major hubsATLLAXJFKORDYYZMEXGRULHRCDGFRAISTDXBDOHJNBDELSINHKGPEKHNDSYDSTN
HubDistanceFrom STNTo STN
London LHR66 km41 mi1 h 10 min1 h 05 min
Paris CDG359 km223 mi1 h 25 min1 h 30 min
Frankfurt FRA618 km384 mi1 h 40 min1 h 50 min
Istanbul IST2,455 km1,525 mi3 h 35 min4 h 05 min
Doha DOH5,206 km3,235 mi6 h 30 min7 h 30 min
Dubai DXB5,460 km3,393 mi6 h 50 min7 h 45 min
New York JFK5,571 km3,462 mi7 h 55 min6 h 55 min
Toronto YYZ5,732 km3,561 mi8 h 05 min7 h 05 min
Chicago ORD6,365 km3,955 mi8 h 50 min7 h 45 min
Delhi DEL6,677 km4,149 mi8 h 05 min9 h 20 min
Atlanta ATL6,792 km4,220 mi9 h 25 min8 h 10 min
Beijing PEK8,088 km5,025 mi9 h 45 min10 h 45 min
Los Angeles LAX8,765 km5,446 mi11 h 35 min10 h 30 min
Mexico City MEX8,934 km5,551 mi12 h10 h 30 min
Johannesburg JNB9,096 km5,652 mi11 h 15 min11 h 35 min
São Paulo GRU9,526 km5,919 mi12 h 10 min11 h 35 min
Tokyo HND9,528 km5,920 mi11 h 30 min12 h 15 min
Hong Kong HKG9,565 km5,944 mi11 h 15 min12 h 40 min
Singapore SIN10,827 km6,727 mi12 h 40 min14 h 10 min
Sydney SYD16,956 km10,536 mi19 h 25 min21 h 15 min

Estimated scheduled flight times for a nonstop flight; whether one operates is not something we track. Linked hubs have a full route page.

Nearest airports with scheduled flights

AirportDistance
London LTN
London Luton Airport		41 km26 mi W
London LCY
London City Airport		44 km27 mi SSW
Southend-on-Sea, Essex SEN
London Southend Airport		47 km29 mi SE
London LHR
London Heathrow Airport		66 km41 mi SW
London LGW
London Gatwick Airport		87 km54 mi SSW
Norwich, Norfolk NWI
Norwich Airport		113 km70 mi NE
Birmingham BHX
Birmingham Airport		149 km93 mi WNW
Nottingham EMA
East Midlands Airport		149 km93 mi NW

How far can you get?

Of the 265 airports with guides on this site, roughly this many are within a nonstop flight of:

473 hours
766 hours
1179 hours
22512 hours

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Route guides from STN

Radio frequencies
ServiceDescriptionMHz
ApproachStansted Radar120.625
ATIS (recorded airport information)ATIS127.175
Clearance deliveryCLNC DEL121.950
DIRDIRECTOR136.200
GroundGND121.725
RDRDirector136.200
TowerTWR123.800

From OurAirports’ community-maintained list. Frequencies change; check the current official publication. Not for navigation.

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