Sweden · elevation 1236 ft AMSL
· 63.1286, 14.8028
Optand Airfield is an airport with the ICAO code ESNM. Country: Sweden. OurAirports classifies it as a small airport. Its ICAO code starts with the ES prefix, which marks airports in Sweden. No IATA code is assigned, which is typical for airports without scheduled traffic. The airport reference point sits at 63°07'43"N, 14°48'10"E, at an elevation of 1,236 ft (377 m) above sea level. The applicable time zone is Europe/Stockholm.
Aerial imagery showing the runway and apron layout - the zoom is matched to the longest runway.
| Threshold | Course | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 150° | 750 m (2,460 ft) | 40 m (131 ft) | grass |
| 33 | 330° | |||
| 18 | 180° | 1,000 m (3,282 ft) | 18 m (59 ft) | asphalt |
| 36 | 360° | |||
| 18R | 180° | 879 m (2,884 ft) | 30 m (98 ft) | grass |
| 36L | 360° |
The course is derived from the runway designator (number × 10), not from a survey - the actual magnetic bearing can differ by a few degrees.
Declared distances (TORA, TODA, ASDA, LDA) are published in the national AIP - they are not part of this table.
According to OurAirports data (compiled from AIP and FAA sources), Optand Airfield has 3 runways: 15/33 - 750 m long (2,460 ft), 40 m wide, grass surface; 18/36 - 1,000 m long (3,282 ft), 18 m wide, asphalt surface; 18R/36L - 879 m long (2,884 ft), 30 m wide, grass surface.
The longest of them is 18/36, at 1,000 m.
The airport combines paved and grass surfaces: 1 paved and 2 grass runways.
The thresholds are oriented as follows: 15/33 on 150° and 330° magnetic, 18/36 on 180° and 360° magnetic, 18R/36L on 180° and 360° magnetic. A threshold designator is its magnetic heading divided by ten (ICAO Annex 14), so the runway axis can be read straight off the numbers.
For the 15/33 axis, wind from the south-west (around 240°) or from the north-east (around 60°) blows perpendicular to the runway and produces the largest crosswind component. Wind from around 150° or 330° acts along the runway, as a headwind or a tailwind. The decoder on this page computes those components automatically from the current METAR.
Weather reports for Optand Airfield are published under the ICAO code ESNM. A METAR is an observation of current conditions, usually issued every 30 or 60 minutes; a TAF is a forecast for the airport area, typically covering 9 to 30 hours.
The decoder breaks the ESNM report down into its parts: wind direction and speed including gusts and variability, visibility (including CAVOK and directional minimum visibility), weather phenomena by WMO code, cloud layers with their bases, temperature and dew point, QNH pressure, and the resulting flight category - VFR, MVFR, IFR or LIFR - using FAA thresholds.
Not every airport issues its own reports; many smaller airfields have no weather station. If no current data is available for ESNM, check the nearby airports listed below.
Reports always use UTC (the Z suffix). The Europe/Stockholm zone is GMT+01:00 in winter and GMT+02:00 in summer - that is the shift to apply to the time in the report to get local time at the airport.
The closest airports in the database, measured in a straight line from the reference point, are Åre Östersund Airport (ESNZ, 17 km), Graftavallen Airfield (ESUO, 42 km), Hallviken Airfield (ESNA, 75 km). When no report is available for ESNM, they usually give the best approximation of conditions in the area.
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