Airport History – Stansted Airport Car Parking from SkyParkSecure
History of Stansted Airport
The Beginning:
AD 100-200: Roman burial site.
1942: The runway was built by USAAF.
1944: D-Day, Bombers from Stansted led more than 600 aircraft over the beaches of France.
1966: Newly-created British Airports Authority took control.
1970: The new terminal was extended to handle increasing numbers of passengers.
1978: The Government White Paper 'Airport Policy' proposed major expansion of Stansted.
1980: British Airport Authority submitted planning application to Uttlesford District Council to develop the airport.
1985: Following a public enquiry lasting 258 days, the Government gives permission for development to about 15 million passengers a year (mppa). An early motion by 75 MPs led to a compromise of phased development to 8 and then 15 million passengers with a cap on the number of take-offs and landings by passenger aircraft.
April 1986: work started on the new airport.
March 1991: The Queen opened the £400 million new terminal, aprons and taxiways at Stansted, which increased the airport's capacity from two mppa to eight million.
June 1999: permission was granted to go to Phase 2.
July 1999: Parliament raises Passenger Air Transport Movement (PATM) cap to 185,000 a year.
January 2000: work on Phase 2 commences and public consultation begins on expansion to about 25 mppa.
July 2002: Government's South East and East of England Regional Air Services study includes Stansted in the future of aviation in the south-east over the next 30 years.
September 2002: planning permission granted by Uttlesford District council to expand to 25 mppa.
January 2003: Stansted agreed £30 million package of community benefits and environmental safeguards.
