# London Stansted Airport (STN)

> London, GB · IATA: STN · ICAO: EGSS · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `STN` |
| ICAO | `EGSS` |
| City | London |
| Country | GB |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 106 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| Cargo Rank | #3 |
| GPS | 51.88500, 0.23500 |

## Description

FedEx and UPS chose Stansted as their London gateway — and that tells you what London Stansted Airport (IATA: STN, ICAO: EGSS) is about. Around 258,000 tonnes of freight a year make it the UK's third-largest cargo airport, behind Heathrow and East Midlands. Unlike Heathrow, the tonnage arrives mostly on full freighters: Turkish Cargo, Qatar Airways Cargo, Cargolux and Silk Way West operate widebody services alongside the integrator networks, while Royal Mail flies overnight post. Night freighter movements run within a noise quota, giving express operators reliable overnight departure windows. On the passenger side, Ryanair operates its largest base worldwide here, pushing annual traffic to roughly 30 million. Owner Manchester Airports Group (MAG) also runs East Midlands and markets the two cargo operations jointly. Forwarders access the cargo centre straight off the M11, some 50 kilometres northeast of central London; the Stansted Express links to Liverpool Street. The 1991 terminal by Norman Foster — a single column-free hall — became a template for airport architecture, built on ground first levelled for USAAF bombers in 1943.

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*Freight Academy — Airport Profile: [https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/london-stansted-airport-stn](https://www.freight-academy.com/en/information/airports/london-stansted-airport-stn)*

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