Passenger records tumble as busiest ever month rounds off a record-breaking summer at London Stansted

London Stansted recorded its busiest ever month in August, as it broke through the three million passenger barrier for the first time in its history.

 

The monthly total of 3.06 million passengers was an increase of 4.9% on the same month last year, and beat the previous highest ever monthly total of 2.97 million passengers set in August 2018.

 

Operational performance during the month remained good, with 99% of passengers passing safely through security in 15 minutes or less, and with an average queue time of less than 2 minutes 30 seconds during the main departure peaks.

 

August also saw Stansted record the busiest day in its history as more than 103,700 passengers were welcomed to the airport on 23 August.

 

Across the peak summer season between June and August, a total of 8.8 million passengers took advantage of the excellent choice, value and operational efficiency London Stansted offers, making it the busiest ever summer at the airport, and up by more than 400,000 passengers on the same period in 2023.

 

The most popular countries across the summer months were Spain, Italy and Turkey.

 

The 12-month total to the end of August stood at 29.26 million passengers, an increase of 7.8% on the previous year.

 

Gareth Powell, London Stansted’s Managing Director, said:

“This year London Stansted has been busier than ever before, and the peak summer season continued that upward trajectory as we welcomed a record-breaking number of passengers and experienced our busiest ever month in August, breaking through the three million passenger a month milestone for the first time in

our history.

 

“Also, we not only recorded our busiest ever single day in August, we actually broke the record on four separate occasions as passenger demand increased during the school holidays. 

“Across what was our busiest ever summer, and with record passenger demand driven by our extensive and growing route network, we remained fully focused on our commitment to deliver a strong and consistent level of customer service. This helped deliver a very reliable security performance which resulted in 99% of our passengers passing through security in 15 minutes or less, and an average security queue time of less than two minutes 30 seconds during our busiest departure periods of the day.

“We recognise our passengers really value a simple and efficient experience when using London Stansted, and I’m very proud that thanks to the hard work and dedication of all our teams right across the airport, including our airline and handling agent partners, we consistently achieved this aim throughout our record-breaking summer season.”