London Airport (STN)

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Country United Kingdom | Continent Europe | IATA: STN | ICAO: EGSS | Elevation 348 ft · 106 m | Local time —

Destinations
161
Flights / day
318
Busiest route
Dublin
Top airline
Ryanair

London Stansted Airport averages 318 flights per day to 161 destinations, with seven domestic routes and 153 international routes. A total of 31 airlines operate at STN, led by Ryanair. This airport provides direct service to 43 countries across four continents, with Spain representing its largest international market. The longest nonstop route from London Stansted connects to Dubai, with a typical flight time of 7 hr 20 mins. Updated: February 16, 2026

Route Network

London Stansted Airport connects 160 destinations worldwide, with Dublin standing out as its busiest route. The longest nonstop flight is to Dubai, and the shortest flight is to Amsterdam.

Dublin (DUB) – Ireland
2 airlines
1 hr 50 mins
292 mi · 471 km
11
per day
Istanbul (SAW) – Türkiye
2 airlines
4 hr 0 mins
1,565 mi · 2,518 km
11
per day
Edinburgh (EDI) – United Kingdom
2 airlines
1 hr 50 mins
317 mi · 510 km
9
per day
Belfast (BFS) – United Kingdom
2 airlines
1 hr 55 mins
328 mi · 528 km
7
per day
Roma (CIA) – Italy
2 airlines
2 hr 45 mins
907 mi · 1,459 km
7
per day
Madrid (MAD) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 50 mins
808 mi · 1,300 km
7
per day
Bucharest (OTP) – Romania
1 airline
3 hr 25 mins
1,285 mi · 2,067 km
6
per day
Barcelona (BCN) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 35 mins
737 mi · 1,186 km
6
per day
Tenerife Island (TFS) – Spain
3 airlines
—
STN → TFS
6
per day
Bergamo (BGY) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 10 mins
607 mi · 977 km
6
per day
Alicante (ALC) – Spain
2 airlines
3 hr 0 mins
941 mi · 1,514 km
5
per day
Milan (MXP) – Italy
2 airlines
2 hr 5 mins
579 mi · 932 km
5
per day
Berlin (BER) – Germany
2 airlines
2 hr 0 mins
563 mi · 905 km
5
per day
Kraków (KRK) – Poland
2 airlines
2 hr 35 mins
857 mi · 1,379 km
5
per day
Budapest (BUD) – Hungary
2 airlines
2 hr 40 mins
901 mi · 1,451 km
5
per day
Lisbon (LIS) – Portugal
1 airline
3 hr 15 mins
1,011 mi · 1,628 km
5
per day
Porto (OPO) – Portugal
1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
847 mi · 1,363 km
5
per day
Copenhagen (CPH) – Denmark
2 airlines
2 hr 0 mins
568 mi · 914 km
4
per day
Cologne (CGN) – Germany
2 airlines
1 hr 25 mins
306 mi · 492 km
4
per day
Málaga (AGP) – Spain
2 airlines
3 hr 20 mins
1,076 mi · 1,732 km
4
per day
Venice (VCE) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 20 mins
705 mi · 1,135 km
4
per day
Vienna (VIE) – Austria
1 airline
—
STN → VIE
4
per day
Eindhoven (EIN) – Netherlands
2 airlines
1 hr 15 mins
222 mi · 358 km
4
per day
Torino (TRN) – Italy
3 airlines
2 hr 5 mins
572 mi · 921 km
4
per day
Sofia (SOF) – Bulgaria
1 airline
3 hr 25 mins
1,250 mi · 2,012 km
4
per day
Riga (RIX) – Latvia
1 airline
2 hr 55 mins
1,010 mi · 1,625 km
3
per day
Cork (ORK) – Ireland
2 airlines
2 hr 5 mins
372 mi · 599 km
3
per day
Prague (PRG) – Czechia
1 airline
—
STN → PRG
3
per day
Valencia (VLC) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 50 mins
857 mi · 1,379 km
3
per day
Wrocław (WRO) – Poland
1 airline
2 hr 20 mins
717 mi · 1,153 km
3
per day
Gdańsk (GDN) – Poland
2 airlines
2 hr 25 mins
773 mi · 1,244 km
3
per day
Marrakech (RAK) – Morocco
2 airlines
4 hr 5 mins
1,462 mi · 2,353 km
3
per day
Stockholm (ARN) – Sweden
1 airline
2 hr 40 mins
867 mi · 1,396 km
3
per day
Faro (FAO) – Portugal
2 airlines
3 hr 25 mins
1,103 mi · 1,774 km
3
per day
Lanzarote Island (ACE) – Spain
2 airlines
4 hr 40 mins
1,737 mi · 2,796 km
3
per day
Dubai (DXB) – United Arab Emirates
2 airlines
7 hr 20 mins
3,392 mi · 5,459 km
3
per day
Fuerteventura Island (FUE) – Spain
2 airlines
4 hr 45 mins
1,775 mi · 2,856 km
3
per day
Goteborg (GOT) – Sweden
1 airline
2 hr 10 mins
623 mi · 1,002 km
3
per day
Limerick city (SNN) – Ireland
1 airline
2 hr 5 mins
391 mi · 629 km
3
per day
Pisa (PSA) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 25 mins
736 mi · 1,184 km
3
per day
Tirana (TIA) – Albania
1 airline
3 hr 15 mins
1,167 mi · 1,879 km
3
per day
Marseille (MRS) – France
1 airline
2 hr 15 mins
628 mi · 1,010 km
3
per day
Bremen (BRE) – Germany
2 airlines
1 hr 35 mins
369 mi · 593 km
3
per day
Nuremberg (NUE) – Germany
2 airlines
1 hr 50 mins
501 mi · 807 km
3
per day
Poznań (POZ) – Poland
1 airline
2 hr 15 mins
703 mi · 1,131 km
3
per day
Glasgow (GLA) – United Kingdom
1 airline
1 hr 50 mins
335 mi · 538 km
2
per day
Gran Canaria Island (LPA) – Spain
3 airlines
4 hr 55 mins
1,842 mi · 2,964 km
2
per day
Athens (ATH) – Greece
1 airline
3 hr 55 mins
1,496 mi · 2,408 km
2
per day
Hahn (HHN) – Germany
2 airlines
1 hr 30 mins
334 mi · 537 km
2
per day
Helsinki (HEL) – Finland
1 airline
3 hr 10 mins
1,107 mi · 1,781 km
2
per day
Katowice (KTW) – Poland
2 airlines
2 hr 30 mins
820 mi · 1,319 km
2
per day
Luxembourg (LUX) – Luxembourg
1 airline
1 hr 25 mins
304 mi · 489 km
2
per day
Nápoli (NAP) – Italy
1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
1,010 mi · 1,625 km
2
per day
Warsaw (WMI) – Poland
1 airline
2 hr 35 mins
863 mi · 1,389 km
2
per day
Bratislava (BTS) – Slovakia
1 airline
2 hr 30 mins
794 mi · 1,278 km
2
per day
Geneva (GVA) – Switzerland
3 airlines
1 hr 55 mins
472 mi · 759 km
2
per day
İzmir (ADB) – Türkiye
2 airlines
4 hr 5 mins
1,599 mi · 2,574 km
2
per day
Memmingen (FMM) – Germany
1 airline
1 hr 55 mins
519 mi · 836 km
2
per day
Nantes (NTE) – France
1 airline
1 hr 50 mins
337 mi · 543 km
2
per day
Baden-Baden (FKB) – Germany
1 airline
1 hr 40 mins
407 mi · 655 km
2
per day
Bologna (BLQ) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 20 mins
717 mi · 1,155 km
2
per day
Charleston (NOC) – Ireland
1 airline
2 hr 5 mins
402 mi · 647 km
2
per day
Rzeszów (RZE) – Poland
1 airline
2 hr 45 mins
952 mi · 1,531 km
2
per day
Salzburg (SZG) – Austria
3 airlines
2 hr 10 mins
634 mi · 1,021 km
2
per day
Seville (SVQ) – Spain
1 airline
—
STN → SVQ
2
per day
Zagreb (ZAG) – Croatia
1 airline
2 hr 35 mins
834 mi · 1,341 km
2
per day
Agadir (AGA) – Morocco
2 airlines
4 hr 20 mins
1,569 mi · 2,525 km
2
per day
Amsterdam (AMS) – Netherlands
2 airlines
1 hr 10 mins
194 mi · 313 km
2
per day
Antalya (AYT) – Türkiye
3 airlines
4 hr 30 mins
1,809 mi · 2,911 km
2
per day
Hamburg (HAM) – Germany
1 airline
1 hr 40 mins
425 mi · 684 km
2
per day
Łódź (LCJ) – Poland
1 airline
—
STN → LCJ
2
per day
Luqa (MLA) – Malta
2 airlines
3 hr 35 mins
1,310 mi · 2,108 km
2
per day
Thessaloniki (SKG) – Greece
1 airline
3 hr 35 mins
1,332 mi · 2,144 km
2
per day
Toulouse-Blagnac (TLS) – France
1 airline
—
STN → TLS
2
per day
Bari (BRI) – Italy
1 airline
3 hr 5 mins
1,076 mi · 1,732 km
2
per day
Palma De Mallorca (PMI) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 50 mins
861 mi · 1,385 km
2
per day
Paphos (PFO) – Cyprus
2 airlines
4 hr 45 mins
1,983 mi · 3,191 km
2
per day
Tallinn (TLL) – Estonia
1 airline
3 hr 5 mins
1,082 mi · 1,741 km
2
per day
Ankara (ESB) – Türkiye
2 airlines
4 hr 20 mins
1,749 mi · 2,815 km
1
per day
Chambéry/Aix-les-Bains (CMF) – France
4 airlines
2 hr 0 mins
502 mi · 808 km
1
per day
Palermo (PMO) – Italy
1 airline
3 hr 15 mins
1,133 mi · 1,823 km
1
per day
Plovdiv (PDV) – Bulgaria
1 airline
3 hr 35 mins
1,335 mi · 2,148 km
1
per day
Rovaniemi (RVN) – Finland
1 airline
3 hr 40 mins
1,340 mi · 2,156 km
1
per day
Bydgoszcz (BZG) – Poland
1 airline
2 hr 25 mins
749 mi · 1,206 km
1
per day
Goleniów (SZZ) – Poland
1 airline
—
STN → SZZ
1
per day
Kaunas (KUN) – Lithuania
1 airline
2 hr 55 mins
999 mi · 1,608 km
1
per day
Oslo (OSL) – Norway
1 airline
2 hr 25 mins
709 mi · 1,141 km
1
per day
Palanga (PLQ) – Lithuania
2 airlines
2 hr 40 mins
890 mi · 1,433 km
1
per day
Cagliari (CAG) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 55 mins
970 mi · 1,561 km
1
per day
Grenoble/Saint-Geoirs (GNB) – France
3 airlines
2 hr 0 mins
507 mi · 816 km
1
per day
Košice (KSC) – Slovakia
1 airline
2 hr 45 mins
950 mi · 1,529 km
1
per day
Rabat (RBA) – Morocco
1 airline
3 hr 45 mins
1,280 mi · 2,061 km
1
per day
Verona (VRN) – Italy
2 airlines
2 hr 15 mins
660 mi · 1,063 km
1
per day
Vilnius (VNO) – Lithuania
1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
1,047 mi · 1,685 km
1
per day
Aarhus (AAR) – Denmark
1 airline
1 hr 55 mins
519 mi · 835 km
1
per day
Brno (BRQ) – Czechia
1 airline
—
STN → BRQ
1
per day
Chişinău (RMO) – Moldova
3 airlines
—
STN → RMO
1
per day
Torp (TRF) – Norway
1 airline
2 hr 15 mins
637 mi · 1,026 km
1
per day
Zaragoza (ZAZ) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 35 mins
709 mi · 1,140 km
1
per day
Murcia (RMU) – Spain
1 airline
3 hr 5 mins
975 mi · 1,569 km
6
per week
Pescara (PSR) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → PSR
6
per week
Tangier (TNG) – Morocco
1 airline
3 hr 30 mins
1,157 mi · 1,862 km
6
per week
Trieste (TRS) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → TRS
6
per week
Algiers (ALG) – Algeria
1 airline
—
STN → ALG
5
per week
Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) – Romania
1 airline
3 hr 5 mins
1,107 mi · 1,782 km
5
per week
Funchal (FNC) – Portugal
2 airlines
4 hr 25 mins
1,577 mi · 2,537 km
5
per week
Limoges/Bellegarde (LIG) – France
1 airline
1 hr 55 mins
418 mi · 673 km
5
per week
Münster (FMO) – Germany
1 airline
1 hr 25 mins
317 mi · 510 km
5
per week
Podgorica (TGD) – Montenegro
1 airline
—
STN → TGD
5
per week
Sarajevo (SJJ) – Bosnia and Herzegovina
1 airline
2 hr 55 mins
1,003 mi · 1,614 km
5
per week
Ancona (AOI) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 35 mins
833 mi · 1,341 km
4
per week
Brindisi (BDS) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → BDS
4
per week
Catania (CTA) – Italy
1 airline
3 hr 25 mins
1,229 mi · 1,978 km
4
per week
Fes (FEZ) – Morocco
1 airline
3 hr 45 mins
1,268 mi · 2,040 km
4
per week
Genova (GOA) – Italy
1 airline
2 hr 15 mins
650 mi · 1,046 km
4
per week
Girona (GRO) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 30 mins
700 mi · 1,126 km
4
per week
Lübeck (LBC) – Germany
1 airline
1 hr 45 mins
457 mi · 735 km
4
per week
Munich (MUC) – Germany
1 airline
—
STN → MUC
4
per week
Perugia (PEG) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → PEG
4
per week
Rome (FCO) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → FCO
4
per week
Rotterdam (RTM) – Netherlands
1 airline
1 hr 10 mins
179 mi · 288 km
4
per week
Santander (SDR) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 25 mins
614 mi · 988 km
4
per week
Amman (AMM) – Jordan
1 airline
—
STN → AMM
3
per week
Bâle/Mulhouse (BSL) – France
1 airline
1 hr 45 mins
440 mi · 709 km
3
per week
Biarritz/Anglet/Bayonne (BIQ) – France
1 airline
—
STN → BIQ
3
per week
Bodrum (BJV) – Türkiye
1 airline
—
STN → BJV
3
per week
Killarney (KIR) – Ireland
1 airline
—
STN → KIR
3
per week
Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (KLU) – Austria
1 airline
—
STN → KLU
3
per week
Lamezia Terme (SUF) – Italy
1 airline
3 hr 20 mins
1,181 mi · 1,901 km
3
per week
Leipzig (LEJ) – Germany
1 airline
1 hr 55 mins
515 mi · 829 km
3
per week
Newquay (NQY) – United Kingdom
1 airline
1 hr 45 mins
248 mi · 398 km
3
per week
Santiago de Compostela (SCQ) – Spain
1 airline
2 hr 45 mins
740 mi · 1,191 km
3
per week
Tarbes/Lourdes/Pyrénées (LDE) – France
1 airline
—
STN → LDE
3
per week
Tel Aviv Yafo (TLV) – Israel
1 airline
5 hr 15 mins
2,214 mi · 3,564 km
3
per week
Zurich (ZRH) – Switzerland
3 airlines
—
STN → ZRH
3
per week
Carcassonne/Salvaza (CCF) – France
1 airline
2 hr 15 mins
607 mi · 976 km
2
per week
Dalaman (DLM) – Türkiye
1 airline
4 hr 20 mins
1,740 mi · 2,800 km
2
per week
Dubrovnik (DBV) – Croatia
1 airline
3 hr 0 mins
1,059 mi · 1,704 km
2
per week
Essaouira (ESU) – Morocco
1 airline
4 hr 10 mins
1,502 mi · 2,417 km
2
per week
Firenze (FLR) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → FLR
2
per week
Gaziantep (GZT) – Türkiye
1 airline
4 hr 55 mins
2,076 mi · 3,341 km
2
per week
Linz (LNZ) – Austria
1 airline
—
STN → LNZ
2
per week
Oradea (OMR) – Romania
1 airline
2 hr 55 mins
1,025 mi · 1,649 km
2
per week
Ostrava (OSR) – Czechia
1 airline
—
STN → OSR
2
per week
Poitiers/Biard (PIS) – France
1 airline
—
STN → PIS
2
per week
Reggio Calabria (REG) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → REG
2
per week
Reykjavik (KEF) – Iceland
1 airline
—
STN → KEF
2
per week
Stockholm / Västerås (VST) – Sweden
1 airline
—
STN → VST
2
per week
Trapani (TPS) – Italy
1 airline
—
STN → TPS
2
per week
Brussels (BRU) – Belgium
1 airline
1 hr 10 mins
195 mi · 314 km
1
per week
Frankfurt-am-Main (FRA) – Germany
1 airline
—
STN → FRA
1
per week
Guangzhou (CAN) – China
1 airline
—
STN → CAN
1
per week
Innsbruck (INN) – Austria
1 airline
—
STN → INN
1
per week
Liège (LGG) – Belgium
1 airline
1 hr 15 mins
241 mi · 388 km
1
per week
London (LHR) – United Kingdom
1 airline
—
STN → LHR
1
per week
Manchester (MAN) – United Kingdom
1 airline
—
STN → MAN
1
per week
Memphis (MEM) – United States of America
1 airline
—
STN → MEM
1
per week
Newcastle upon Tyne (NCL) – United Kingdom
1 airline
—
STN → NCL
1
per week
Sharm el Sheikh (SSH) – Egypt
1 airline
—
STN → SSH
1
per week
Warsaw (WAW) – Poland
1 airline
—
STN → WAW
1
per week

Route and destination data updated February 16, 2026.

London Stansted Airport is served by 31 airlines, with Ryanair in the lead at 51% of routes. The top three carriers together cover 75% of routes. 19 carriers operate only one route each. A total of 30 airlines operate international routes, compared with five airlines serving domestic routes. Dubai Air Wing is operating the longest nonstop flight, connecting to Dubai with a flight time of 7 hrs 20 mins.

Ryanair (111 routes)
Ryanair UK (29 routes)
Jet2 (22 routes)
TUI Airways (8 routes)
easyJet (6 routes)
Pegasus (4 routes)
EAT Leipzig (4 routes)
British Airways (4 routes)
Sun Express (3 routes)
AJet (2 routes)
Titan Airways (2 routes)
Qatar Airways (2 routes)
Turkish Airlines (1 routes)
Dubai Air Wing (1 routes)
Emirates (1 routes)
FlyOne (1 routes)
Hisky (1 routes)
HYM (1 routes)
Air Algerie (1 routes)
Lufthansa (1 routes)
Transavia (1 routes)
Royal Jordanian (1 routes)
Arkia Israeli Airlines (1 routes)
Helvetic Airways (1 routes)
SWISS (1 routes)
HiSky (1 routes)
Air Incheon (1 routes)
CSG (1 routes)
ASL Airlines Belgium (1 routes)
FedEx - Federal Express (1 routes)
2Excel Aviation (1 routes)

London Stansted Airport provides direct service to 43 countries across four continents. The route network is 4% domestic and 96% international. Spain is the primary international destination.

Spain - 47/day
Italy - 44/day
Germany - 25/day
Poland - 25/day
Ireland - 20/day
United Kingdom - 19/day
Türkiye - 17/day
Portugal - 13/day
France - 12/day
Morocco - 8/day
Romania - 7/day
Austria - 7/day
Netherlands - 6/day
Sweden - 6/day
Hungary - 5/day
Denmark - 5/day
Bulgaria - 5/day
Czechia - 5/day
Greece - 4/day
Finland - 4/day
Lithuania - 4/day
Latvia - 3/day
United Arab Emirates - 3/day
Albania - 3/day
Slovakia - 3/day
Luxembourg - 2/day
Switzerland - 2/day
Croatia - 2/day
Malta - 2/day
Cyprus - 2/day
Estonia - 2/day
Norway - 2/day
Moldova - 1/day
Algeria - 1/day
Montenegro - 1/day
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1/day
Jordan - 0/day
Israel - 0/day
Iceland - 0/day
Belgium - 0/day
China - 0/day
United States of America - 0/day
Egypt - 0/day

Global Rankings

Destinations

Measures how broadly the airport connects distinct endpoints.

Flights & Scheduling

Reflects flight volume and runway utilization.

Distance & Reach

Highlights long-haul reach and distance efficiency.

Runways

Runway Length Width Surface
10,020 ft 3,054 m 151 ft 46 m Asphalt
10,020 ft 3,054 m 151 ft 46 m Asphalt

Runway Length

18 aircraft cannot operate at London Stansted Airport due to runway length constraints. The airport’s longest runway is 10,020 ft (3,054 m), which is below the typical takeoff or landing distance required by the aircraft listed here.

Aircraft Takeoff Landing
Airbus A340 Private Jet 10,256 ft 3,126 m 8,999 ft 2,743 m
McDonnell Douglas MD-11 10,299 ft 3,139 m 6,949 ft 2,118 m
Airbus A340-600 10,302 ft 3,140 m 6,562 ft 2,000 m
Boeing BBJ 787-9 10,397 ft 3,169 m 5,699 ft 1,737 m
VC-25A Air Force One 10,466 ft 3,190 m 7,999 ft 2,438 m
Boeing 747-8 10,466 ft 3,190 m 8,793 ft 2,680 m
Airbus A340-500 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,299 ft 1,920 m
Boeing 747-200 10,499 ft 3,200 m 6,234 ft 1,900 m
Boeing 777-300 10,597 ft 3,230 m 5,906 ft 1,800 m
Boeing 747-100 10,650 ft 3,246 m 6,168 ft 1,880 m
Boeing 747-8 VIP / BBJ 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-8 Freighter 10,801 ft 3,292 m 7,001 ft 2,134 m
Boeing 747-300 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,919 ft 2,109 m
Boeing 747-400F 10,827 ft 3,300 m 6,890 ft 2,100 m
Boeing 747-400ER 10,892 ft 3,320 m 7,136 ft 2,175 m
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 11,250 ft 3,429 m 7,218 ft 2,200 m
Antonov An-225 Mriya 11,483 ft 3,500 m 10,827 ft 3,300 m
McDonnell Douglas DC-8-71 11,499 ft 3,505 m 5,909 ft 1,801 m

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