What is London Stansted Airport?
[[File:London Stansted Airport.jpg|thumb|Stansted terminal in December 2007]] '''London Stansted Airport''' {{Airport codes|STN|EGSS}} is a large passenger [[airport]] in the [[Uttlesford]] District of the [[England|English]] [[county]] of [[Essex]] about 30 miles (48&nbsp;km) northeast of [[London]]. It is about {{convert|2|mi|km|0}} outside [[Bishop's Stortford]] and {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} outside [[Harlow]]. Stansted is a hub for a number of major European [[low-cost carrier]]s. It is the fourth [[Busiest airports in the United Kingdom by total passenger traffic|busiest airport]] in the [[United Kingdom]] and is the third largest airport serving the London area after [[London Heathrow Airport|Heathrow]] and [[London Gatwick Airport|Gatwick]]; and is one of London's five international airports along with [[London Luton Airport|Luton]] and [[London City Airport|London City]] Airports. Stansted is owned and operated by [[Manchester Airports Group]], which also owns and operates three other [[United Kingdom|UK]] airports,<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK airports owned and operated by BAA |url=http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=550aadc5c5c72010VgnVCM100000147e120a____&CtID=448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ct=B2C_CT_GENERAL&RootCh=About%20BAA&Ch=UK+airports&ChID=9f81844f76a32010VgnVCM100000147e120a____&ChPath=Corporate%5EAbout+BAA%5EWhat+do+we+do%3F%5EUK+airports&ChIDPath=2292ea0bb0022010VgnVCM100000147e120a____%5E446597dc2eb12010VgnVCM100000147e120a____%5E0061844f76a32010VgnVCM100000147e120a____%5E9f81844f76a32010VgnVCM100000147e120a____ |access-date=2008-06-09 |archive-date=2007-10-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008020351/http://www.baa.com/portal/controller/dispatcher.jsp?CiID=550aadc5c5c72010VgnVCM100000147e120a____&CtID=448c6a4c7f1b0010VgnVCM200000357e120a____&Ct=B2C_CT_GENERAL&RootCh=About%20BAA&Ch=UK+airports&ChID=9f81844f76a32010VgnVCM100000147e120a____&ChPath=Corporate%5EAbout+BAA%5EWhat+do+we+do%3F%5EUK+airports&ChIDPath=2292ea0bb0022010VgnVCM100000147e120a____%5E44