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Notable Aircraft at STN Right Now

Widebodies, super-heavies, military traffic, and emergency squawks in the STN pattern right now. If there's anything worth noticing, it surfaces here first.

Widebody
5X 232
United Parcel Service Company
BOEING 767-300 · N351UP
Widebody
DHK4AW
Dhl Air Limited
BOEING 767-300 · G-DHLJ

STN Departures & Arrivals

Scheduled flights for today at London Stansted Airport with gate, terminal, and current status. Separate from the live radar above, which shows every aircraft in the sky whether or not it's on a public schedule.

Status Airline Flight Destination Sched Updated Gate
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Top Airlines at STN Right Now

7 aircraft tracked

Jet2 Com
2
Easyjet Uk
1
Ryanair
1
United Parcel Service Company
1
European Air Transport Leipzig
1
Dhl Air Limited
1
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Aircraft Types in the Pattern

BOEING 737-800 leads the STN pattern with 3 aircraft right now, followed by BOEING 767-300 at 2. The mix is a fingerprint of the operation. Narrowbody-heavy points to domestic trunk service; widebodies signal long-haul arrivals and departures.

3
B738
BOEING 737-800
2
B763
BOEING 767-300
1
A21N
AIRBUS A-321neo
1
B752
BOEING 757-200

About London Stansted Airport

STN's busiest nonstop destination is SAW, at 82 flights a week. 347 scheduled destinations overall, served by 57 airlines. Based in London, Essex.

Elevation
348ft
Routes
347
Airlines
57
Busiest Route
STN → SAW
82x/week
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All Tracked Flights

Every aircraft currently inside the STN radar. Sort by any column. Click a row to open its tracker page with route arc, altitude profile, and live telemetry.

Callsign Route Type Dir Alt Speed Dist Squawk
LSLS 36UM B738 1,100 141kt 4nm 5227
U2U2 95YX A21N 35,000 424kt 11nm 7524
5X5X 232 B763 34,000 412kt 14nm 4131
FRFR 8549 B738 4,925 207kt 15nm 3556
LSLS 44T B738 36,000 408kt 20nm 7512
QYQY 76P B752 10,025 313kt 20nm 5753
DHK4AW B763 30,350 410kt 24nm 4164

Frequently Asked Questions

Aircraft positions refresh every 5 seconds. ADS-B is GPS-accurate, so what you see is within about 30 meters of the aircraft's real position.

Altitude. Red on the ground, through green, teal, and blue for mid-altitudes, into violet above 40,000 feet. At a glance you can tell who just took off, who is climbing through the pattern, and who is cruising overhead.

They are inside the STN radar radius but not landing or departing here. Passing through en route to another airport. We flag them so the numbers for STN traffic actually reflect STN traffic.

Click any aircraft on the map. You get its track line across the region and an altitude profile showing the climb, cruise, and descent.

A pulsing red circle indicates an emergency squawk: 7500 (hijack), 7600 (comm failure), or 7700 (general emergency). These are legally-required codes pilots set when something is wrong.

The radar shows live aircraft positions. Gate, terminal, and schedule status sit in the Board section above this one.

GPS-accurate via ADS-B, typically within 30 meters horizontally. Aircraft refresh every 5 to 10 seconds. When a signal drops (mountain terrain, certain oceanic corridors), the marker holds the last-known position instead of disappearing.