London Stansted Airport
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London Stansted Airport is the tertiary international airport serving London, the capital of England and the United Kingdom. It is located near Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, 42 mi (68 km) northeast of Central London.
London Stansted Airport
Where Stansted Airport is now, in about 1935
A Martin B-26 Marauder of the 344th Bomb Group at Stansted, 1944
Avro York of the based Air Charter Ltd taking off on a trooping flight in 1955 with wartime hangars in the background
Airports of London
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The metropolitan area of London, England, United Kingdom, is served by six international airports and several smaller airports. Together, these airports constitute the busiest airport system in the world by passenger numbers and the second-busiest by aircraft movements. In 2018, the six airports handled a total of 177,054,819 passengers. The London airports handle over 60% of all the UK's air traffic. The airports serve a total of 14 domestic destinations and 396 international destinations.
London Heathrow is the busiest airport in the UK and in Europe and one of the busiest in the world.
Side view of the North Terminal of Gatwick Airport
Aerial view of the main terminal and the satellite buildings of London Stansted Airport