A cikin shekara ta 1942, a lokacin rikici, sojojin saman Amurka sun gina titin jirgin sama a kan filayen Essex mara kyau, kusa da ƙauyen Stansted Mountfitchett. Etymology na 'Stansted' ya samo asali ne daga kalmar Anglo-Saxon ma'ana 'wuri mai dutse,' nadi mai yuwuwar rashin dacewa da ayyukan jirgin sama. Duk da haka, an kafa titin saukar jiragen sama, wanda ke nuna yadda filin jirgin ya fara ba da gudummawar yakin kawancen.
Stansted ya yi aiki a matsayin tushe ga masu tayar da bama-bamai masu nauyi kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ma'ajiyar kulawa da samar da kayayyaki da ke da alhakin gyarawa da gyare-gyare na Martin B-26 Marauder tagwayen bama-bamai. Musamman ma, a ranar D-Day a cikin 1944, jiragen sama da ke Stansted sun taka muhimmiyar rawa a cikin tawagar jiragen sama 600 da ke kula da rairayin bakin teku na Faransa da ta mamaye.
A cikin 1966, bayan kafa Hukumar Kula da Filayen Jiragen Sama ta Biritaniya, hukumar ta karɓi iko da Stansted. Nan da nan ya bayyana cewa filin jirgin saman yana shirin fitowa a matsayin wani muhimmin abu a cikin jirgin saman Burtaniya. An wajabta tsawaita tashar tasha ne bayan shekaru hudu kawai, kuma jim kadan bayan haka, a cikin 1974, gwamnati ta ba da shawarar wani gagarumin shirin fadadawa da nufin daukar nauyin fasinjoji miliyan 8, daga baya aka daidaita zuwa miliyan 15 a kowace shekara. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ƙarfin Stansted ya shaida ci gaba da yanayin sama. A shekara ta 2002, an sami izinin tsarawa don faɗaɗa ƙarfin filin jirgin don hidimar fasinjoji miliyan 25 a shekara, kuma zuwa watan Agustan 2007, matafiya miliyan 2.5 sun wuce ta ƙofofinsa a cikin wata guda. Bugu da ƙari, ya zuwa 2010, an ba da izini ga Stansted don ɗaukar jiragen sama na Code F, gami da babban Airbus A-380 da Boeing 747-8.
A cikin Oktoban 2024, ƙungiyar filayen tashi da saukar jiragen sama na Manchester ta sanar da wani gagarumin shirin haɓakawa da darajarsa ta kai fam biliyan 1.1, wanda za a aiwatar da shi na tsawon shekaru biyar. Wannan haɓakawa zai ƙunshi ƙarin fam miliyan 600 zuwa tashar fasinja, wanda zai haɗa ƙarin wuraren zama, da kuma zaɓin shaguna, gidajen abinci, da mashaya. Zaɓi don tsawaita tashar tashar da ake da ita maimakon gina sabo yana ba Stansted damar kiyaye matsayinsa a matsayin filin jirgin sama mai tashar jiragen ruwa guda ɗaya, fasalin da ake ganin yana da fa'ida don sauƙin tafiyar fasinja.
Bugu da ƙari, an tsara zauren tsaro don faɗaɗawa, gami da ƙarin ƙarin teburan rajista da sabbin motocin kwato kaya, tare da haɓaka hanyar taxi ta filin jirgin sama. Tare da mai da hankali kan dorewa, za a gina sabuwar gonar hasken rana mai karfin megawatt 14.3 a wurin don magance buƙatun wutar lantarki na Stansted. Filin jirgin saman a halin yanzu yana aiki da tukunyar jirgi na biomass kuma ya cimma daidaiton Carbon Trust Standard, tare da sanin matakin 3+ matsayin tsaka tsaki na carbon daga Majalisar Filin Jiragen Sama na Duniya.
Bayan kammala aikin, ana hasashen yawan fasinja na shekara-shekara a filin jirgin saman Stansted zai kai miliyan 43. Wannan matsayi na hasashen Stansted ya zarce miliyan 41 na Gatwick, ta haka ya kafa kansa a matsayin filin jirgin sama na biyu mafi yawan jama'a a Burtaniya, bayan Heathrow. Wannan ci gaban da ake tsammanin ba zato ba ne; Stansted ya ci gaba da saita sabbin lambobin fasinja a kowane wata a cikin 2024. Musamman, a ranar Juma'a, 23 ga Agusta, sama da fasinjoji 103,000 suka bi ta Stansted - rikodin na wancan watan - ya yi tasiri sosai sakamakon karuwar masu halarta da suka dawo daga kide-kiden Taylor Swift da aka gudanar a filin wasa na Wembley kusa a farkon wannan makon.
Gwamnati ta yi hasashen cewa fadadawar da ke tafe za ta ninka gudunmawar tattalin arzikin da tashar ke bayarwa a shekara ga tattalin arzikin Burtaniya, wanda zai kai fam biliyan biyu. Bugu da kari, ana hasashen wannan shirin zai samar da sabbin ayyuka kusan 2 sakamakon saka hannun jarin.
A cikin Maris 2024, British Airways sun koma aiki a Stansted a karon farko tun farkon barkewar cutar ta Covid, tare da hanyoyin zuwa Florence, Ibiza, da Nice. Koyaya, filin jirgin yana ba da zaɓi mafi girma, yana ba da jimillar madadin wurare 200 ga fasinjojinsa. Sabbin kamfanonin jiragen sama da suka shiga jerin sunayen Stansted a shekarar 2024 sun hada da jirgin saman Turkish-Jamus Sun Express da Royal Jordanian Airlines.
Tun daga farkonsa a matsayin titin jirgin sama na kore a 1942 zuwa matsayin da yake a yanzu a matsayin muhimmin sashi na sashin sufurin jiragen sama na Burtaniya, Stansted ya sami gagarumin sauyi cikin shekaru 82 da suka gabata. Masu sha'awar zirga-zirgar jiragen sama sun shirya don kallon abubuwan da ke faruwa tare da sha'awa yayin da sabon fadada ke buɗewa.
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