One busy passenger terminal on the west side, and a line of private terminals and hangars on the other. Which one you are using changes everything about how we meet you, so tell us early.
The airport
Why it matters
Stansted is one of the few London airports where a heavy jet can arrive at any hour, park in a hangar for a week and leave again without the runway or the slot becoming a conversation. That is why so many long-range aircraft are based here, and why a client whose aircraft lives at Stansted will use it even when another field is nearer the meeting.
For us the practical point is the geography. The private terminals sit away from the passenger terminal, on their own access roads and behind their own gates. A car sent to the wrong side of the field is twenty minutes from the right one. We confirm the terminal with the handling agent against your tail number before the day, not on the day.
We work regularly with Harrods Aviation at Stansted and with Inflite The Jet Centre. Where your operator uses one of the other handlers on the field we speak to them directly in the same way.
Journey times
| To | Quiet roads | Busy periods |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | 55 to 70 minutes | 75 to 110 minutes |
| Canary Wharf | 60 to 75 minutes | 80 to 115 minutes |
| Mayfair and the West End | 65 to 85 minutes | 90 to 130 minutes |
| Knightsbridge and Belgravia | 70 to 90 minutes | 95 to 135 minutes |
| Cambridge | 35 to 45 minutes | 45 to 65 minutes |
| Newmarket | 35 to 50 minutes | Longer on race days |
| Heathrow | 75 to 95 minutes | 100 to 140 minutes |
Realistic ranges, not promises. The M11 runs well until it meets the North Circular or the A12, and that is where the time is lost. We plan each journey for the hour you are actually travelling and tell you what to expect.
Private terminals
The car is timed to the tail number and waits where the handling agent tells us to wait.
Main terminal
Your chauffeur meets you inside the arrivals hall and walks you to the car.
Practicalities
Onward
Request a quote
Private terminal or main terminal, the date, and the tail or flight number if you have it. We reply with a clear price that includes the airport's charges. Nothing is booked or charged online.
Prefer to talk? +44 2030 048300 or WhatsApp, at any hour.
Questions people ask
Your operator or charter company decides, and it is usually on your trip sheet. Send us the tail number and we will confirm it with the handling agent ourselves.
Where the airport and the handling agent permit it for your movement. Otherwise the car is at the terminal door, a few steps away. We confirm the arrangement before you land.
Luton is usually the shorter drive to the West End and the north of London. Stansted suits the City, Canary Wharf, Essex and Cambridge, and it suits larger aircraft.
Tell us, or let the handler tell us, and the car moves with it. The operations desk is staffed around the clock.
Yes. See private jet charter.
