Private Jet Charter at London Stansted Airport (STN)
Private Jets UK arranges private jet charter flights to and from London Stansted Airport (STN), the heavyweight of the capital's business aviation ring. When a trip is big, far or formal, Stansted is usually the answer: its 3,049 m runway is the longest of any London-area business airport, four competing FBOs handle everything from a Mustang to a VIP 747, and when US presidents visit Britain, this is where the aircraft parks. Our charter desk adds over 7,300 business jets to that infrastructure, thirty-five miles northeast of Central London with the airport's own slip roads onto the M11. All figures on this page are in pounds, with euro equivalents alongside.

How much is a private jet from Stansted? It depends on the aircraft first, then the route, slots, parking and extras. London's based fleet keeps positioning charges rare. A light jet to Paris starts near £3,200 one way. Geneva runs closer to £4,500, and a VIP airliner for a hundred passengers is quoted case by case, which at this airport is a normal Tuesday. Fill in the calculator below and a firm quote lands in your inbox, usually inside the hour. No obligation. Just check the contact details carefully, the numbers go to the address you type in.
Private jet prices from Stansted: UK and Ireland
Domestic work from Stansted runs north and west: Edinburgh and Manchester for business, East Midlands in forty minutes, Newmarket by helicopter in twelve. Starting prices below are for a light jet with recent one-way availability; a midsize or heavy jet on the same route costs more.
| Route | Flight time | Price, one way |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted - Edinburgh | 1 h 10 min | from £5,600 (~6,600 €) |
| Stansted - Glasgow | 1 h 10 min | from £5,700 (~6,700 €) |
| Stansted - Manchester | 0 h 50 min | from £5,000 (~5,900 €) |
| Stansted - Birmingham | 0 h 45 min | from £4,800 (~5,700 €) |
| Stansted - Leeds | 0 h 55 min | from £5,100 (~6,000 €) |
| Stansted - Newcastle | 1 h 00 min | from £5,300 (~6,300 €) |
| Stansted - Liverpool | 0 h 50 min | from £5,000 (~5,900 €) |
| Stansted - East Midlands | 0 h 40 min | from £4,600 (~5,400 €) |
| Stansted - Bristol | 0 h 45 min | from £4,900 (~5,800 €) |
| Stansted - Cardiff | 0 h 50 min | from £5,100 (~6,000 €) |
| Stansted - Jersey | 0 h 55 min | from £5,300 (~6,300 €) |
| Stansted - Belfast | 1 h 15 min | from £6,000 (~7,100 €) |
| Stansted - Dublin | 1 h 15 min | from £5,900 (~7,000 €) |
| Stansted - Aberdeen | 1 h 25 min | from £6,300 (~7,500 €) |
| Stansted - Inverness | 1 h 30 min | from £6,500 (~7,700 €) |
One-way availability moves daily, and Stansted's mix of based charter fleets and airliner operators throws up empty legs that other airports simply do not have. If your dates flex even slightly, ask what is repositioning this week. Checking costs nothing.

International private jet prices from Stansted
Stansted faces the Continent from London's northeast corner, which makes Amsterdam and Brussels fifty-minute hops and shaves time off everything toward Scandinavia, Berlin and Eastern Europe. The Mediterranean sits inside two and a half hours, as everywhere in the London system.
| Route | Flight time | Price, one way |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted - Amsterdam | 0 h 50 min | from £4,600 (~5,400 €) |
| Stansted - Brussels | 0 h 50 min | from £4,500 (~5,300 €) |
| Stansted - Paris (Le Bourget) | 0 h 55 min | from £4,400 (~5,200 €) |
| Stansted - Frankfurt | 1 h 15 min | from £5,900 (~7,000 €) |
| Stansted - Berlin | 1 h 35 min | from £7,000 (~8,300 €) |
| Stansted - Geneva | 1 h 35 min | from £6,000 (~7,100 €) |
| Stansted - Zurich | 1 h 35 min | from £6,400 (~7,600 €) |
| Stansted - Chambery (ski season) | 1 h 45 min | from £8,500 (~10,000 €) |
| Stansted - Munich | 1 h 40 min | from £7,200 (~8,500 €) |
| Stansted - Prague | 1 h 50 min | from £7,600 (~9,000 €) |
| Stansted - Milan | 1 h 50 min | from £7,100 (~8,400 €) |
| Stansted - Nice | 2 h 00 min | from £7,400 (~8,700 €) |
| Stansted - Cannes | 2 h 00 min | from £7,600 (~9,000 €) |
| Stansted - Barcelona | 2 h 05 min | from £7,800 (~9,200 €) |
| Stansted - Madrid | 2 h 15 min | from £8,400 (~9,900 €) |
| Stansted - Palma de Mallorca | 2 h 10 min | from £8,700 (~10,300 €) |
| Stansted - Ibiza | 2 h 10 min | from £8,600 (~10,200 €) |
| Stansted - Rome | 2 h 20 min | from £8,800 (~10,400 €) |
| Stansted - Malaga | 2 h 35 min | from £9,500 (~11,200 €) |
| Stansted - Athens | 3 h 20 min | from £14,000 (~16,500 €) |
| Stansted - Larnaca | 4 h 10 min | from £16,800 (~19,800 €) |

Long-haul charters from Stansted
This is the airport's home game. Three kilometres of runway release any jet with full tanks and a full cabin: no fuel stops, no payload penalties, no compromises on the hottest days. Ultra-long-range Gulfstreams and Globals depart for Asia and the US West Coast nonstop, and VIP-configured airliners, the true Stansted speciality, carry delegations and touring productions that no conventional business jet can hold.
Treat these figures as the order of magnitude only. A precise calculation is free, takes little time and reflects the aircraft actually available on your dates, which at Stansted includes cabin sizes the rest of London cannot offer.
Online Calculator
If you need a fast cost estimate for a private plane or aircraft charter from Stansted, use our online calculator. Fill in all the fields, add a note if a specific aircraft model interests you, and the figures will be sent to you by email or messenger. Please fill in the contact details carefully.
Our calculations are transparent. After receiving the request we prepare a clear offer where the costs and the final price are itemised. The exact amount is agreed in advance and written into the contract, so the final cost holds no surprises.
Examples of flights on private jets from Stansted
A visual comparison of one-way costs on typical routes, depending on the class of aircraft.
Light Jets (4 - 8 passengers):
- Stansted - Paris. One way. Approx: 0 h 55 min. From £3,200 (or 3,800 €);
- Stansted - Geneva. One way. Approx: 1 h 35 min. From £4,500 (or 5,300 €);
- Stansted - Nice. One way. Approx: 2 h 00 min. From £5,700 (or 6,700 €);
- Stansted - Palma de Mallorca. One way. Approx: 2 h 10 min. From £6,600 (or 7,800 €).
Mid Size Jets (7 - 9 passengers):
- Stansted - Paris. One way. Approx: 0 h 50 min. From £5,200 (or 6,100 €);
- Stansted - Geneva. One way. Approx: 1 h 30 min. From £6,800 (or 8,000 €);
- Stansted - Nice. One way. Approx: 1 h 55 min. From £8,400 (or 9,900 €);
- Stansted - Palma de Mallorca. One way. Approx: 2 h 05 min. From £9,600 (or 11,300 €).
Super Mid Size Jets (8 - 10 passengers):
- Stansted - Paris. One way. Approx: 0 h 50 min. From £6,700 (or 7,900 €);
- Stansted - Geneva. One way. Approx: 1 h 25 min. From £8,000 (or 9,400 €);
- Stansted - Nice. One way. Approx: 1 h 50 min. From £9,800 (or 11,600 €);
- Stansted - Palma de Mallorca. One way. Approx: 2 h 00 min. From £11,200 (or 13,200 €).
Large Cabin Jets and VIP airliners (10 - 100 passengers):
- Stansted - Paris. One way. Approx: 0 h 45 min. From £8,100 (or 9,600 €);
- Stansted - Geneva. One way. Approx: 1 h 20 min. From £9,700 (or 11,400 €);
- Stansted - Nice. One way. Approx: 1 h 45 min. From £12,300 (or 14,500 €);
- Stansted - Palma de Mallorca. One way. Approx: 1 h 55 min. From £14,100 (or 16,600 €);
- Stansted - New York. One way. Approx: 7 h 35 min (nonstop on ultra-long range). From £56,500 (or 66,700 €);
- Stansted - Dubai. One way. Approx: 6 h 55 min (nonstop). From £49,500 (or 58,400 €).

Also, we have prepared a table with typical hourly rates for the most popular aircraft:
| Type of aircraft | Capacity (persons) | Price (GBP per hour) |
|---|---|---|
| ✈ Cessna Citation Mustang | 4 | £1,550/h - £2,050/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Jet 1 & CJ1+ | 4-5 | £1,600/h - £2,100/h |
| ✈ Embraer Phenom 100 | 4 | £1,850/h - £2,200/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Jet 2 & CJ2+ | 6-7 | £1,950/h - £2,400/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Jet 3 | 7 | £2,100/h - £2,550/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Jet 4 | 7-8 | £2,200/h - £2,700/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation II & II/SP | 7-9 | £1,550/h - £2,050/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Bravo | 7-8 | £1,800/h - £2,200/h |
| ✈ Hawker Beechcraft 400XP | 6-7 | £1,950/h - £2,400/h |
| ✈ Embraer Phenom 300 | 6 | £2,050/h - £2,450/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Learjet 40XR | 6 | £2,100/h - £2,550/h |
| ✈ Raytheon Beechcraft Premier IA | 6 | £1,850/h - £2,300/h |
| ✈ Piaggio Avanti P180 & Avanti II | 6-7 | £1,850/h - £2,300/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Learjet 45 & 45XR | 6-8 | £2,400/h - £2,700/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Excel | 7-8 | £2,400/h - £2,700/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation XLS & XLS+ | 7-8 | £2,450/h - £3,150/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation Sovereign | 8-9 | £2,900/h - £3,550/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Learjet 60 & 60XR | 6-8 | £2,900/h - £3,550/h |
| ✈ Hawker 750, 800XP & 850XP | 8 | £3,000/h - £3,500/h |
| ✈ Hawker 900XP | 8 | £3,050/h - £3,550/h |
| ✈ Gulfstream G150 | 6-7 | £3,000/h - £3,400/h |
| ✈ Cessna Citation X | 8-9 | £3,000/h - £3,650/h |
| ✈ Dassault Falcon 50 & 50EX | 9-10 | £3,400/h - £3,900/h |
| ✈ Gulfstream G200 | 8-10 | £3,750/h - £4,150/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Challenger 300 | 8-9 | £3,800/h - £4,250/h |
| ✈ Dassault Falcon 2000, 2000EX & 2000LX | 8-10 | £4,250/h - £5,500/h |
| ✈ Dassault Falcon 900B | 12-14 | £4,600/h - £5,800/h |
| ✈ Dassault Falcon 900EX, 900DX & 900LX | 12-14 | £5,600/h - £6,400/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Challenger 600 & 601 | 9-14 | £4,000/h - £4,850/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Challenger 604 & 605 | 9-12 | £4,150/h - £4,700/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Challenger 850 | 12-15 | £4,500/h - £5,000/h |
| ✈ Embraer Legacy 600 & Legacy 650 | 12-13 | £4,150/h - £4,850/h |
| ✈ Gulfstream G300 | 10-13 | £4,700/h - £5,450/h |
| ✈ Dassault Falcon 7X | 13-15 | £5,950/h - £6,800/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Global Express | 12-15 | £5,500/h - £6,400/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Global XRS & Global 6000 | 12-15 | £6,100/h - £6,950/h |
| ✈ Bombardier Global 5000 | 9-14 | £5,850/h - £6,700/h |
| ✈ Gulfstream GIV-SP, G400 & G450 | 12-14 | £5,500/h - £6,650/h |
| ✈ Gulfstream GV, G500 & G550 | 12-16 | £5,950/h - £7,200/h |
| ✈ Embraer Lineage 1000 | 17-19 | £7,650/h - £9,350/h |
| ✈ Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) A318 Elite | 18-30 | £8,500/h - £11,050/h |
| ✈ Airbus Corporate Jet (ACJ) A319 | 18-30 | £9,350/h - £12,750/h |
| ✈ Boeing Business Jet BBJ1, BBJ2 & BBJ3 | 19-50 | £8,500/h - £17,000/h |
| ✈ Beechcraft King Air 90 & 90GTx | 5-6 | £1,200/h - £1,450/h |
| ✈ Beechcraft King Air 200 & 200GT | 7-8 | £1,300/h - £1,550/h |
| ✈ Beechcraft King Air 350 | 8-9 | £1,450/h - £1,850/h |
| ✈ Beechcraft 1900D | 18-19 | £2,200/h - £2,900/h |
The cost per hour indicated in the table is preliminary and does not constitute an offer. Exact prices are available from the managers of the company.
Four FBOs at Stansted: from private clients to Heads of State
No London airport gives business traffic more choice on the ground. Harrods Aviation runs two houses here: The Knightsbridge, dedicated to Heads of State flights, and The Brompton, tailored for private aviation, and when a state visit brings a presidential aircraft to Britain, this is the ramp it parks on. Inflite Jet Centre adds lounges that scale from two guests to two hundred, which tells you exactly what size of cabin calls here.

Universal Aviation and XJET, operating from the striking Diamond hangar, complete the set of four, and all clear customs and immigration on site with cars driving to the aircraft steps. The layout helps too: the business aviation terminals sit close beside the runway with their own taxiways, so corporate movements slip past the scheduled queue rather than joining it, even at the height of the morning wave.