// Station · 22m ago

EGCC

Manchester Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 21°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 257 FT

53.3494°N / 2.2795°W

LOCATION · Manchester, Greater Manchester, GB

WIND

080°10 kt

EGCC · 257 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

21 / 11

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 080°/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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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGCC 251750Z AUTO 08010KT 040V110 9999 NCD 21/11 Q1013

EGCC · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 080° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 21°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

080°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

05L★ HDG 050° H9 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,000'

05R HDG 050° H9 kt X5 kt RIGHT 10,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

23R HDG 230° T9 kt X5 kt LEFT —

23L HDG 230° T9 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,257 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 +7°C

1,000FT

+743 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV257 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+7°C PRESSURE ALT263 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

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL10,863 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

05:07ZSUNRISE

12:12ZSOLAR NOON

19:18ZSUNSET

19:55ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:55Z (1h 43m) DAY LENGTH14h 10m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:13Z MOONSET05:24Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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