# List of long-term proposals received by Airports Commission

List of long-term proposals received by Airports Commission is a list of the long-term proposals submitted to the United Kingdom's (UK) Airports Commission in July 2013 which suggest solutions as to how the UK can maintain its global hub aviation status. In December 2013 the commission announced a short list of three proposals for further study during 2014. The commission announced its preferred solution in July 2015.

## Proposals

| Proponent | Proposal Name | Location | Extra Runways / Dispersed / Other | Cost (£ billion) |
| Aras Global | Heathrow Airport | Heathrow Airport | 2 | 8.5 |
| Avery Water Shabas | Take Crossrail to Stansted | Surface Access Options | Dispersed / Crossrail | 3 |
| Beckett Rankine | Goodwin Airport | Goodwin Sands | 4 - 6 | 39 (3 runways) |
| Birmingham Airport | Birmingham Airport | Birmingham Airport | 1 | 7 |
| Buro fur MEHR | Drive through airport | Various options | Other | 4.3 (Heathrow) |
| Exhaustless Inc | Exhaustless Takeoff System | Various options | Other | 4.5 (per airport) |
| Fairoaks Airport | Fairoaks Airport | Fairoaks Airport | 1 | n/a |
| First Class Partnerships | Stansted | Stansted Airport | 3 | 10 |
| Flagship Concepts | Euro International Britannic Airport | Foulness | 7 | 30 |
| Foster+Partners | Thames Hub Airport | Isle of Grain | 4 | 24 |
| Gatwick Airport | Gatwick Airport | Gatwick Airport | 1 | 5 - 9 |
| Greengauge 21 | Greengauge 21 | Surface access options | Dispersed - High Speed Rail | n/a |
| Grimshaw | London Hub City | London Hub City | Dispersed - High Speed Rail | n/a |
| Heathrow Hub | Heathrow Hub | Heathrow Airport | 2 | 12 |
| Heathrow Airport Ltd | Heathrow Airport | Heathrow Airport | 1 | 14 - 18 |
| Imperial College | London Aviation Hub | Dispersed London Hub | Dispersed | n/a |
| Infratil Airports London | Manston Airport | Manston Airport | 1 | 1 |
| Interlinking Transit Options | London Air Rail Rapid Transit System | Surface Access Options | Dispersed - Light Rapid Transit | n/a |
| International Aviation Advisory Group | Cliffe | Cliffe | 4 | 12 - 13 |
| Kent County Council | Dispersed | Dispersed London Hub | 2 | 7.5 |
| London Medway Airport | London Medway Airport | Cliffe | 4 | 30 |
| Make Architects | Stansted Airport | Stansted Airport | 3 | 18 |
| Manchester Airports Group | Stansted & Manchester | Stansted Airport & Manchester Airport | 1 | 2.5 - 4 |
| Metrotidal Tunnel and Thames Reach Airport | Metrotidal | Isle of Grain | 4 | 28 - 30 |
| MSP Solutions | Severnside | Severn Estuary | 1 | 5 |
| MSP Solutions | Stansted | Stansted Airport | 3 | 15 - 25 |
| Pleiade Associates | LOX | Oxfordshire | 4 | 18.2 |
| Policy Exchange | Heathrow | Heathrow Airport | 2 | 10 |
| Private Individual | n/a | East London | n/a | n/a |
| Private Individual | Gatwick & Lydd | Gatwick Airport & Lydd Airport | 3 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Heathrow | Heathrow Airport | 5 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Heathrow & Stansted | Heathrow Airport and Stansted Airport | 4 - 6 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Hub Airports | Hub Airports | 4 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Maplin | Maplin Sands | 4 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Midland Express Rail Link | MERLIN – Surface Access | 5 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Severn Estuary | Severn Estuary | 2 | 5 |
| Private Individual | MAGLEV | Surface Access Options | Dispersed - MAGLEV | 12.6 |
| Private Individual | London Thames Global Airport | Thurrock | 4 | n/a |
| Private Individual | Twyford | Twyford | n/a | n/a |
| Private Individual | Universal Hub | Universal Hub – Surface Access | Dispersed - Rail links | n/a |
| Private Individual | Walland Marsh | Walland Marsh | 4 | n/a |
| Private Individual2 | Heathrow | Heathrow Airport | 2 | n/a |
| Private Individual2 | Surface Access | Surface Access Options | Dispersed / High-speed underground railway | n/a |
| Progressive Aviation Group | RAF Croughton & Steventon | RAF Croughton & Steventon | 4 | 30 |
| Quaestus (Poppleton) Ltd | High Speed North | Surface Access Options | Dispersed - High-speed rail | n/a |
| Richmond Heathrow Campaign | Richmond Heathrow Campaign | Richmond & Kew | Dispersed - better use of existing capacity | n/a |
| Thames Estuary Research and Development Company | London Britannia Airport | Outer Thames Estuary | 6 | 47.3 |
| Transport for London | Inner Thames Estuary | Inner Thames Estuary | 4 | 68 |
| Transport for London | Outer Thames Estuary | Outer Thames Estuary | 4 | 84 |
| Transport for London | Stansted | Stansted Airport | 3 | 68 |
| Western Gateway Group | Western Gateway | Cardiff Airport | Dispersed / HS3 | 24.5 |
| Weston Williamson & Partners | Luton Airport | Luton Airport | 3 | 25 |