London Stansted Airport Reviews 

10,628
TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Looking at 215 reviews, most reviewers were let down by their experience overall. Customers frequently found the airport's facilities dirty, too small, and lacking adequate seating. Many people also considered car parking and drop-off fees excessively high and exploitative. Reviewers consistently reported long queues and slow security processing, often leading to concerns about missing flights. Additionally, numerous individuals described staff interactions as rude, unhelpful, and unprofessional. However, some customers noted positive experiences with staff, especially for special assistance, describing them as kind and professional. A few others appreciated efficient security processing and recent improvements in cleanliness and organization.

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Clients share negative opinions on the airport's location and overall experience, with many stating they will... See more

Staff

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Service

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Consumers find facilities to be negative, with many reporting a lack of seating in various areas, including... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Not enough seats, just an endless circle of people looking to snatch a spare seat, it’s like musical chairs on a grand scale. Security is sloooooooooooow. Car parks are a rip off (£210 for two days... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

MAG should be ashamed, this Aiprort, used to be fantastic, it has been ruined, lack of seating, facilities.More interested in making it an over priced shopping mall. To top it all off arrived this mo... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Stansted Airport is a hell hole. The terminal is too small for the number of passengers. The airport owners do not care, because they know as long as the budget airlines keep offering cheap flights fr... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible horrible money grabbing hell hole. Car parking charges to meet passengers such as unaccompanied children or elderly or assisted passengers extortionate. If I could give a minus star I would... See more


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Welcome to the Stone Age…

The ONLY Airport in my vast experience of travel (expat) which trashes my contact lenses storage liquid which is more than 100ml, stating it must be prescription based. NO CL liquid is that! They are 100% clueless.
ALL OTHER AIRPORTS just scan it in a machine and it’s OK.
Welcome to the Stone Age, Stanstead!

April 19, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst airport i have ever been too

Worst airport i have ever been too, no organisation from the staff, arrived 1 hour before gate closure and there was no urgency to fast track me and my partner from the staff as most airports in the world do to try and help you out. Now having to buy new tickets which is not convenient but something needs to change because i will never travel through this airport and i hope others are aware you should be here 10 hours before your flight to avoid any disappointment. The ryanair staff were helpful but the airport staff are very poor

April 17, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Nearly 2 years after the government set…

Nearly 2 years after the government set deadline... This pp excuse for an airport still has 100ml max liquids. The 4th busiest airport in the UK has the stench of Ineptitude...meanwhile Manchester and Edinburgh have managed it. Piss poor managemnet at Stansted

April 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Parking Rip Off

Just dropped off my daughter for an early flight. Price for stay of 1 minute now increased £10. A total rip off - just greed - nothing to do with congestion

April 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 2 out of 5 stars

ePassport Employee was shockingly rude!

Nice airport, but, the person you had manning the ePassport area needs to learn some Customer Service skills. The man was extremely rude and condescending to a lot of passengers last night. To have a person with that kind of attitude in a front line position like that is wrong. I'm surprised that nobody retaliated. His attitude was shocking.

April 12, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

How?

The 100 metres of road for drop off should be paved with gold. Simply an abuse of power for gain.

April 5, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dark pattern parking

Just went to pay for drop off parking (2days ago) and the payment window is only 1 day. If you’re going to remove the physical ability to pay then you should allow people a reasonable amount of time to pay. Can I contact anyone to pay - of course not. Parking fine coming my way. People working here should be embarrassed by this dark pattern used to maximise revenue. Their trust pilot score speaks for itself.

April 5, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Legalised robbery

Absolutely disgraceful, the removal of drop off payment at the barrier on existing has clearly increased their revenue enormously. Users are no longer given the option to pay at the time, this is clearly an excuse to issue extortionate fines for late payment. So instead of the normal substantial fee for a few minutes the late payment fine is £100, how is this permissible, it is absolutely daylight robbery.

March 21, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DISGUSTING

DISGUSTING. there is holes everywhere. Dirt all over the floor. It was over crowded. At security it was over full of people, no space to move. Bad organisation.

April 1, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely appalling experience at…

Absolutely appalling experience at Stansted Airport.

My perfume was confiscated without any clear explanation, and the situation was handled in a completely unprofessional manner. The staff member who took it was incredibly rude, dismissive, and had a condescending attitude from the start. Instead of properly explaining why my item was being taken, they barely said anything and made no effort to help or clarify the situation.

To make matters worse, when I later tried to retrieve my own property in person, I was told I would have to pay £15 just to get it back — which is outrageous considering it was taken from me in the first place. There was no clear guidance on how to recover it, no proper communication, just being brushed off and sent away like it didn’t matter.

This is completely unacceptable behavior from airport staff. Passengers deserve respect, clear information, and fair treatment — none of which were provided here.

Very disappointed and frustrated with how this was handled.

March 30, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

One of the worst scams places to be or to…

One of the worst places to be or to drop off someone is this airport or must airport in the UK they all the same which looks like run by mobs or mafia, £10 just to drive through shocking prices. And if you forget to pay in the 24 hour window the driver through be comes £70. This is modern time robbery.

March 29, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Queues through security

The queues to get through security on the 21st March were huge. Some passengers were very stressed and upset as they were going to miss their flights. The customer service agents said the airport was 'very busy' (really?) and there was nothing they could do. The process just didnt work. An initial queue to scan your boarding pass and then a huge crowd of passengers creating a massive bottleneck to get into line for security. It was very badly organised. Took well over an hour of queuing to get through resulting in a very stressful start to a journey. My gate was a very long walk ... fortunately I made it but im sure many others didnt .... and through no fault of their own.

March 21, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrific

Horrific! Tens of us lost our flights yesterday between 1.30 and 5pm. The security lines were huge with hundreds of passangers. Ot took over 1h to go through security. Other airports have staff call people likely to lose their flight but not at Stansted. Security takes even longer now because they check almost every bag even if theoretically you don'y have to take anything out of your bag. I kept telling them I am losing my flight. No use.

March 21, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I made a genuine mistake in booking, dont expect any sympathy

I made a genuine mistake in booking the car park for the wrong date. Contacted Stansted by telephone got a brief shrug off & told to use the feedback form. It takes 8 / 10 days to get a response. I didn't get any sympathy & further contact was useless. my mistake cost me £100. Don't expect any sympathy from the airport owners!

February 19, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

My wife's Raymond Weil gold and diamond…

My wife's Raymond Weil gold and diamond watch was in a zip pocket in her handbag. The only time the bag was not in her close possession was during security screening at Stansted. There is obviously a bent security staff member there.

January 5, 2026
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This company kept us waiting 50 minutes…

This company kept us waiting 50 minutes on our arrival and therefore cost us £18 entry fee. When I complained they offered to pay exit ticket on return.
On return once again waited 45 minutes even though I called as we touched down driver handed me ticket said it was paid but trying to get out it was not. Had to reverse out find machine and pay. Very rude unprofessional drivers and phone service. Our new vehicle obviously had been kept in a muddy field it was filthy with mud and driver seat well full of mud.
Please do not use this company.
This company should change their name to meet and cheat

March 9, 2026
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