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Mount Pleasant airport at Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands)
Mount Pleasant airport is located near Mount Pleasant, with Mare Harbour Rancho at 6mi↑, Rincon Grande Settlement at 26mi↑, Stanley at 27mi↑, Falkland Islands (Malouines / Islas Malvinas) at 31mi↑, Kaiken at 408mi↑, Río Grande at 410mi↑, Puerto Williams at 434mi↑, Puerto Deseado at 435mi↑,→ See also Northernmost airports in Falkland Islands and Southernmost airports in Falkland Islands
→ See also airports in Falkland Islands
aerial view of Mount Pleasant airport
Airport code
- ICAO code : EGYP
- IATA code : MPN
- Local code : -
Elevation : 74 m = 243ft
→ See also Highest airports in Falkland Islands and Lowest airports in Falkland Islands
Runways
- runway 10/28 : 2590m = 8497ft
- runway 05/23 : 1525m = 5003ft
→ See also Airports with Longest runways in Falkland Islands
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Aviation weather for Mount Pleasant airport EGYP MPN
METAR for Mount Pleasant airport EGYP MPN
EGYP 261920Z AUTO 29020KT //// // FEW022/// OVC031/// 09/05 Q1009
Decoded METAR for Mount Pleasant airport EGYP MPN
METAR issued by EGYP on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 19:20 UTC. This is an automatically generated METAR, Warning : this METAR is out of date, issued 3 hours and 27 minutes ago.
visibility is = .
The temperature is 9°C = 48°F, dew point is 5°C = 41°F. The air is very humid : relative air humidity is 76%.
QNH is 1009hPa = 29.8inHg
Wind 37km/h = 20kt, direction is 290°.
Clouds : few clouds at 2200ft = 670m. overcast at 3100ft = 940m.
TAF for Mount Pleasant airport EGYP MPN
EGYP 261616Z 2618/2718 25018KT 9999 SCT040 PROB30 TEMPO 2618/2624 27018G28KT 7000 SHRA SCT022TCU BECMG 2700/2703 29018G28KT PROB40 TEMPO 2700/2706 28028G38KT 6000 RA BKN020 PROB30 TEMPO 2706/2718 SHRA BKN018 BECMG 2715/2718 24020G30KT
Decoded TAF for Mount Pleasant airport EGYP MPN
TAF issued by EGYP on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 16:16 UTC, issued 6 hours and 31 minutes. weather forecast for 24 hours, weather forecast updated every 6 hours.
from Wednesday, February 26, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Wednesday, February 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
2618/2718 25018KT 9999 SCT040
wind 18kt = 33km/h, direction is 250°
Visibility is greater than 10km = greater than 6mi.
scattered clouds at 4000ft = 1220m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Wednesday, February 26, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Wednesday, February 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2618/2624 27018G28KT 7000 SHRA SCT022TCU
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 270°
Visibility is 7km = 4mi.
shower rain
scattered clouds at 2200ft = 670m
becoming from Wednesday, February 26, 2025 à 03:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 15:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2700/2703 29018G28KT
wind 18kt = 33km/h with gusts at 28kt = 52km/h, direction is 290°
probability of 40% to have temporarily from Wednesday, February 26, 2025 à 00:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 06:00 heure UTC
PROB40 TEMPO 2700/2706 28028G38KT 6000 RA BKN020
wind 28kt = 52km/h with gusts at 38kt = 70km/h, direction is 280°
Visibility is 6km = 4mi.
rain
broken at 2000ft = 610m
probability of 30% to have temporarily from Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 06:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
PROB30 TEMPO 2706/2718 SHRA BKN018
shower rain
broken at 1800ft = 550m
becoming from Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 18:00 heure TU to Thursday, February 27, 2025 à 18:00 heure UTC
BECMG 2715/2718 24020G30KT
wind 20kt = 37km/h with gusts at 30kt = 56km/h, direction is 240°
NOTAM for Mount Pleasant airport
Around Mount Pleasant airport at Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands)
near
- Hotels in Mare Harbour Rancho
- Renaissance Philadelphia Downtown Hotel (Philadelphia) at 6420mi↑
- MoMA (New York) at 6465mi↑
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao (Bilbao) at 7358mi↑
- Eureka! Zientzia Museoa (San Sebastiàn) at 7385mi↑
- Hotel NH Collection San Sebastián Aránzazu (San Sebastián) at 7386mi↑
- Sercotel Codina (San Sebastian) at 7386mi↑
- Hotel de Londres y de Inglaterra (San Sebastian) at 7387mi↑
- San Sebastian at 7387mi↑
- Aquarium de Donostia-San Sebastián (San Sebastian) at 7387mi↑
- Station de montagne Iraty at 7396mi↑
- Station de montagne Somport / Candanchú at 7396mi↑
- Col du Somport at 7396mi↑
- for Mount Pleasant airport at 0mi↑
- for Lively Island airport at 12mi↑
- for Walker Creek airport at 17mi↑
nearest airports to Mount Pleasant airport at Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands)
- Lively Island airport ( FK-0022) at 12mi↑
- Walker Creek airport ( FK-0025) at 17mi↑defunct airport
- Goose Green airport ( FK-0005) at 23mi↑
- Douglas Station airport ( FK-0024) at 26mi↑
- Salvador airport ( FK-0020) at 27mi↑
- Port Stanley airport (SFAL PSY ) at 30mi↑METAR NOTAM
- Bleaker Island airport ( FK-0027) at 30mi↑
- San Carlos airport ( FK-0021) at 31mi↑defunct airport
- Port San Carlos Landing Strip airport ( FK-0008) at 33mi↑
- North Arm airport ( FK-0019) at 44mi↑
- Sea Lion Lodge Airstrip airport ( FK-0003) at 50mi↑
- Sea Lion Island Airstrip airport ( FK-0034) at 52mi↑
→ See also Former airports in Falkland Islands
Data sources
- Infos générales : AVWX, France FFPLUM
- METAR : AVWX
- TAF : AVWX
- Météo générale : Openweathermap et AVWX
- NOTAM : FAA
- VAC : France DGAC/SIA, Espagne ENAIRE, Belgique SKEYES
- Aerial maps : Google Maps, Microsoft Bing ou OpenStreetMap