Stansted Airport - Facts & Figures

Stansted Airport is the UK's third largest airport for international scheduled passengers.

Passenger numbers grew by 17.5% in the 12 months to end December 2002, making it one of the fastest growing major airports in the world.

A £60 million extension to the terminal building opened in April 2002.

Number of terminals: 1
Number of passengers: 16 million per annum
Number of airlines: 26
Number of destinations: 105
Number of runways: 1

Stansted Airport is set to grow to serve 25 million passengers per annum by 2010 - in September 2002 its local planning authority approved a £250 million further investment.

BAA (its owners) will have invested around £1 billion in Stansted by 2010.