// Station · 26m ago
EGSS
London Stansted Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 060° / 10 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 27°C / 13°C
ALTIM 30.18 inHg
ELEV 348 FT
51.8850°N / 0.2350°E
LOCATION · London, Essex, GB
WIND
060°10 kt
EGSS · 348 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
060°/10
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
27 / 13
ALTIM
30.18"
// Interpretation
VFR with moderate winds at 060°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
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METAR EGSS 111350Z AUTO 06010KT 9999 NCD 27/13 Q1022
EGSS · day 11 at 13:50 UTC · wind from 060° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 27°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 060° @ 10 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
WIND
060°10 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
04★
HDG 040°
H9 kt
X3 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 10,003'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
22
HDG 220°
T9 kt
X3 kt LEFT
—
Pattern altitude: 1,348 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL).
Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying.
// On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.
// Density altitude · ISA +12°C
1,500FT
+1,152 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -600 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV348 FT
OAT+27°C
ISA DELTA+12°C
PRESSURE ALT88 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at EGOM
(RAF Spadeadam, Spadeadam, elev 1,066 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+15%
-11%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+11%
-7%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+6%
-5%
Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)
03:53ZSUNRISE
12:05ZSOLAR NOON
20:17ZSUNSET
21:03ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:16Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 00m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:03Z (6h 47m)
DAY LENGTH16h 23m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE01:17Z
MOONSET17:41Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
EGGW
VFR
→
MVFR
22Z
London Luton Airport · Luton, Luton
- WIND
- 040° / 12 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 22 NM W
- AGE
- 26m ago
EGLC
VFR
London City Airport · London
- WIND
- 090° / 13 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM S
- AGE
- 26m ago
EGMC
VFR
London Southend Airport · Southend-on-Sea, Essex
- WIND
- 070° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM SE
- AGE
- 26m ago
EGUN
VFR
RAF Mildenhall · Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk
- WIND
- 010° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW210
- DIST
- 30 NM N
- AGE
- 21m ago
EGUW
VFR
Wattisham Airfield · Ipswich, Suffolk
- WIND
- 050° / 13 ktG23
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 30 NM NE
- AGE
- 26m ago
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