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London's newest airport, Stansted is north-east of London just off the M11 (as was noted when a cargo 747 crashed shortly after takeoff in 1999). It has one main passenger terminal, to the eastern end of the runway, and a separate business aviation terminal to the west. Stansted has only one runway, of 10000 feet, orientated 05/23.
Stansted is notable for being the only airport in the UK, and I believe the first in the world, to have an aircraft stand designed specifically to house hijacked aircraft while allowing operations to continue safely on the remainder of the airport.
Most passenger traffic here is cheap flights to Europe. The passenger terminal is a great ghastly barn, with the only separation between groundside and airside arrivals and departures being movable screens. It's an ugly mess, and seems to be crowded most of the time. BE WARNED that once you are airside departing the only source of sandwiches is Pret a Manger. (As of June 2004.) {{ Hi All
Pret isn't the only place to get sandwiches airside, Starbucks do Sandwiches & Panini's, Garfunkeles do a great club Sandwich. There is also a top Caviar Seafood bar and a large Weatherspoons what more do you need. 31/07/04 }}
Stansted is not on the Tube, but has its own station; trains run every 30 minutes from Liverpool Street Station and take about 45 minutes. Reports suggest this service is often delayed. �25 return fare, less if you have a Ryanair booking number.
National Express run two buses to Stansted, one (the A8) from Victoria and Golders Green for about �12, and one (the A9) from Stratford bus station for �6.