Stansted - Second runway on course for 2015

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BAA News release

Stansted - Second runway on course for 2015
11 March 2008

Greater choice and opportunity for millions of air travellers comes a step closer today as BAA submits its Generation 2 (G2) planning applications for the development of a second runway at Stansted Airport.

The proposal is the result of four years of intensive and rigorous planning work to deliver this key milestone of the Government’s Air Transport White Paper. Stansted is to be the location for the first new runway in the South East of England for over 50 years. The two-runway, twoterminal airport is expected to be open in 2015, serving 68 million passengers a year in around 2030.

• Key features of the second runway development are:

- A second runway 3,048 metres long and 60 metres wide located parallel with and 2,200
metres to the east of the existing runway.

- A second terminal building located within walking distance of the existing terminal and public transport stations. The design of this 95,000m² building is intended to complement the existing terminal.

- A series of airport buildings needed for the construction and operation of the expanded airport, such as a new control tower, hotels, offices, freight forwarding, industrial and catering areas.

- Additional cargo and maintenance facilities, alongside the existing cargo operation.

- Energy, water and waste infrastructure designed to improve the efficiency of consumption of resources and manage carbon emissions at the airport.

- Enhancements to the airport’s railway station including a second rail tunnel and a fourth platform. Bus and coach station enhancement allowing more routes and frequency of services.

- Changes to access routes to the airport from the M11 and A120; replacing local roads that will be stopped or diverted because of the expanded airport development.

- Changes to airspace patterns and routes to accommodate aircraft movements to and from the expanded airport.