United Kingdom

London Stansted Airport

EGSS STN London, Essex

Live conditions Nautical twilight

Wind

130° / 9 kt

Visibility

6+ SM / 9.7+ km

Temp / Dew

11°C / 52°F · dew 9°C / 48°F

Altimeter

1010 hPa / 29.83 inHg

RWY 04 currently favored — 0.6 kt headwind from 130° / 9 kt

Local now

02:48 UTC

Sunrise

03:42

Sunset

20:13

Raw METAR + TAF
METAR EGSS 060220Z AUTO 13009KT 9999 -RA NCD 11/09 Q1010

TAF EGSS 052300Z 0600/0706 16008KT 9999 FEW040 TEMPO 0600/0607 8000 RA PROB30 TEMPO 0604/0607 4000 RADZ SHRA BKN008 TEMPO 0607/0610 3000 RADZ +RA BKN008 BECMG 0608/0611 20015G27KT TEMPO 0610/0622 7000 RA SHRA BKN014 PROB40 TEMPO 0616/0622 3000 +SHRA BECMG 0619/0622 26018G30KT BECMG 0622/0701 25012KT PROB40 0703/0706 BKN011
Updated 0 minutes ago

Quick facts

ICAO / IATA
EGSS / STN
Type
Large airport
Location
London, Essex, England, United Kingdom
Coordinates
51.884998, 0.235
Elevation
348 ft (106 m)
Mag variation
-2.17° W (per chart)
Runways
2 ends · longest 3,049 m / 10,003 ft

Runways

End TRUE MAG Length Width Surface ILS Glide Notes
04 044° 043° 3,049 m / 10,003 ft 46 m Asphalt displaced 295 m / 968 ft
22 224° 223° 3,049 m / 10,003 ft 46 m Asphalt

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Navaids

Ident Name Type Frequency
SSD Stansted NDB 429 kHz
BKY Barkway VOR-DME 116.25 MHz

Frequencies

Approach

Stansted Radar
120.625

ATIS

ATIS
127.175

Clearance

CLNC DEL
121.95

Other

DIRECTOR
136.2

Ground

Ground
121.725

Other

Director
136.2

Tower

Tower
123.8

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