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London Stansted Airport (STN)

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"Awesome airport because is in London city.."(65 Tips)
"Allow 30mins total to reach gate 39 (ryanair barcelona)"(56 Tips)
"Take the Stansted Express - the free wifi is great"(15 Tips)
"You get an hours free wifi in the area where the checkin desks are"(29 Tips)

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lampalapApril 27, 2019
The best way to get there is from Liverpool street station by train 👍🏽
Max WilsonNovember 30, 2015
Don't eat here. Eat at the Ash Pub, 10mins drive round back of airport. Amazing food. Good prices. Own beer.
SamSeptember 16, 2014
£3.50 for fasttrack security (from the parking booking website) seems like a bargain when you see the queues at 6am!
Pedro SilvaDecember 18, 2014
Flying in from EU and connecting to another flight? Don't forget you will have to go through the border again (plan ahead with time to go through security)
SandrasticaAugust 22, 2014
Really far from London, what you save in your flight, you spend it on the train!
Anatolii PavlovskyiJanuary 19, 2020
Been here 25+ times
Nice airport, fast security and good range of cafes and shops
Cate TJanuary 29, 2015
Don't spend £1 on mini plastic bags... Scan your boarding pass and go through the gates, and they'll give you some for free when you get into the security queue
Victoria RedshawOctober 30, 2013
The queues for security are incredibly long and are staffed by unfriendly, unsmiling individuals. I will be travelling to Heathrow in order to fly next time, thank goodness.
Mark HenwoodFebruary 5, 2016
On crummy Vodafone and without signal in departures? There are dribbles of 4G available by the shuttle trains behind the Windmill (Wetherspoons)
Radim VaculíkJuly 26, 2017
Been here 10+ times
4 hours free Wi-Fi internet. Free plastic bags before security. Good restaurants choice in food court ✈️
CookieMarch 5, 2023
Jet2 staff were amazing and very helpful as soon as we walked in!
Kirk BaillieNovember 29, 2018
Been here 25+ times
Very nice and easy routes out of the airport! Baggage reclaim is quick too
Chris R (thechristophe)September 2, 2018
My least favourite airport in Europe.
Matt HopeFebruary 19, 2020
Been here 10+ times
Super busy super cheap. Have a pint in Wetherspoons any time of day.
Bilal Al MokaddemMay 12, 2018
We landed on time and immigration was fast but we had to wait 55 minutes to know on which belt our Baggage will come. That is disappointing at nice airports like Stansted.
John HydeFebruary 1, 2016
The new M&S is handy on the way home from any trip!
Dimitris KotsiosDecember 12, 2014
This airport is not so good ! Only 1 hr. wifi! There are many people sleeping there but they can't sleep because there are no chairs or place to sit! The cheapest way to go to the center is easybus!
eDreamsApril 16, 2012
After security check head to Pret A Manger where where you can enjoy a coffee as you watch the planes land and take off through the giant windows.
Luke MarshSeptember 25, 2014
Very modern and quick check in process of you have printed your own boarding pass 👌
David FilipDecember 9, 2016
Been here 5+ times
This is one of the most annoying airports ever.. A place where low cost airlines degrade you to a piece of luggage but at the same time will bully you into spending as much as possible on the site..
José FernandesDecember 17, 2014
Been here 10+ times
One day Stansted will be an airport of the 1st world and we will have a way to keep in transit inside Schengen space!!
Nas JacksonSeptember 29
Fairly nice experience but we had one guy come up to us and ask to see our tiny Spaniel pup. We said no and he just crouched down and went "exactly my problem", seeming to slowly weep
Andrew ClarkDecember 15, 2014
Get there even earlier than you think you need to. The queues through security are always huge.
Eirini ChAugust 10, 2018
Good airport. We had a belay so we walk around. Nice shops
Marco TeubnerMay 30, 2013
Been here 10+ times
Now again, the 20x20 plastic bags for toiletries in your hand luggage is available for free. http://twitter.com/Topfmodel
Adam QRAugust 17, 2014
You can park, collect your pickup and depart from the red zone car park in less than 25-minutes. Don't bother with the expensive pickup zone.
Sumeet KaeleyMay 21, 2023
Your holidays start from the airport. Always crowded, decent range of duty free shops and eateries.
Jake SmithJanuary 4, 2015
You can check into your flight using the automated kiosks - even if the departures board says for you to "wait".
Eirini KmNovember 13, 2017
Very organized airport. But don't be late, it's big and you need up to 15mins to go to gates.
Tengku ZahasmanAugust 29, 2011
Been here 25+ times
I love Stansted airport .. easy in, easy out. Everything centralized in one place so there's no confusing different terminals and whatnot ...
Jeremy ParsonsOctober 23, 2011
If you're heading on to the M11, the services off the roundabout include a small Waitrose: perfect if you're heading back to an empty fridge!
Erik BrockwellOctober 23, 2014
Save 20-30 min by using the e-passport line. Watch out for competing bus and train companies scattered through the airport.
Patricia WolmerFebruary 9, 2011
If you're planning to spend the night to catch an early flight, be sure to arrive around 10pm, otherwise all the good seats to sleep on will have already been taken!
LornaNovember 14, 2018
Been here 5+ times
Crammed with not enough seating, forced to walk through the shopping area, an airport that used to be ok and is now a tacky budget hub.
Tatsu PLOctober 9, 2013
Finally you can benefit from those new biometric passports and it saves you 10+ minutes in regular line
BonifacySeptember 4, 2013
Been here 10+ times
Don't take Terravision Coach. Pay couple of pounds more for National Express and save yourself some stress (and in my case £110 for missed flight)
Anastassia SuhJanuary 24, 2014
Been here 5+ times
1 hour of free WiFi avaliable. And if you need to charge your phone/laptop/netbook/etc there are sockets and charging points throughout all the airside.
Alistair MitchellMarch 25, 2010
Been here 50+ times
Don knock Stansted. Travel weekly from here and compared to Heathrow it is easily the best London airport. Although if anyone works in border control can you sort that out as it manned by numskulls
Eric FeldmanOctober 7, 2017
Come at least 3 hours before your flight. Took me 40 minutes to have a boarding pass, 15 minutes wating for my bag after passing him at the clearence machine and about 20 minutes running to my gate
Eskil VestreNovember 20, 2013
Been here 5+ times
Arrivals: don't wait in toilet lines before passport control. The queues are much shorter after. Also, if you're heading downtown by Stansted Express, just use their queue-free toilets at the platform
Matt BarberFebruary 20, 2017
Been here 10+ times
Cracking wetherspoons after the zoo of duty free stores
Claire KingJune 13, 2018
Been here 10+ times
Decent airport with lots of shops and choices to eat. Total con that you have to pay £3.50 for up to 10 mins drop off!
RichardNovember 5, 2012
Been here 50+ times
If you're going from gates 1-19, get on at the end of the transit train, not the front. It will save you time when you get off at the station.
Darius KalinauskasJanuary 6, 2015
Been here 5+ times
Internet works great near burger king and leon plus there are less people here :)
Mark ClulowSeptember 28, 2015
Arrive with LOTS of time to spare. They charge £3 just to drop people off now which results in a massive queue out front. Secondly, pay £5 for fast track security lane once inside to save an hour.
Freddie DaniellsJanuary 19, 2013
Efficient service at STN airport and yet another on time flight with Ryanair (despite the snow)! What's not to love.
Fundació MiesJuly 25, 2014
Winner of European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award 1990.
Robin MolnarOctober 25, 2019
This is not an airport, it's a bloody shopping mall that is attached to an airport. I need you guys to understand that while travelling from A to B all I want is to get from A to B. That's it.
Marielle CoronaSeptember 17, 2013
If you need to charge your phone there's a charging booth right outside of the American Apparel store.
Sarah KertonOctober 28, 2014
Make sure you visit the visa desk if you are flying Ryanair or they kick off at the gate.