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What runway is London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) using right now?

London Stansted Airport active runway and live wind: landing and departure 04. Confidence METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. Updated Tue 27 Oct, 11:34 local.

METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTIONLand 04Dep 04

London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) is using landing and departure 04 right now. The badge is the confidence from the live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR and TAF wind vector, scored against every threshold.

Live METAR and TAF

NOAA METAR was unavailable, so the wind vector assumes calm air and prefers the longer runways.

Headwind, tailwind, and crosswind at EGSS

Every runway threshold at EGSS. Headwind is on the nose. Tailwind is the same component when the wind is on the tail. Positive crosswind in the source math is from the right.

ThresholdTrue hdgLengthHeadwindTailwindCrosswindFromRole
0444°10,003 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneLanding + departure
22224°10,003 ft0.0 kt0.0 kt0.0 ktNoneStandby
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What runway is London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) using right now?

As of the latest cycle local, London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) is using landing and departure 04. Confidence: METAR/TAF WIND VECTOR PREDICTION. London Stansted Airport active runway and live wind come from live NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (Unavailable) and TAF wind vector decomposition. 04 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Closed runways: none listed. Open the live interactive map at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/EGSS or turn on Telegram Runway Shift Alerts at https://planespottingmap.com/airport/EGSS#runway-alerts.

How do crosswinds affect runway selection at London Stansted Airport?

Aircraft land and depart into the wind. Headwind is the part of the wind along the runway heading. Crosswind is the part blowing across the pavement. A negative headwind is a tailwind. At London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) the live call is landing and departure 04 with METAR wind Unavailable. 04 shows 0.0 kt headwind, 0.0 kt tailwind, and calm crosswind (0.0 kt). Controllers switch runways when the opposite threshold offers more headwind, or when the crosswind on the runway in use climbs. The component table lists every EGSS threshold so you can see which end holds the headwind and which end is taking the tailwind.