// Station · 34m ago

EGDM

MoD Boscombe Down

CAT VFR

WIND 280° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 18°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.83 inHg

ELEV 407 FT

51.1522°N / 1.7474°W

LOCATION · Salisbury, Wiltshire, GB

WIND

280°9 kt

EGDM · 407 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

280°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

18 / 13

ALTIM

29.83"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 280°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 10,000 ft. 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 EGDM 182220Z AUTO 28009KT 9999 OVC100/// 18/13 Q1010

EGDM · day 18 at 22:20 UTC · wind from 280° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.83" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 280° @ 9 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 3 CAUTION

WIND

280°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23★ HDG 230° H6 kt X7 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,538'

23N HDG 230° H6 kt X7 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 78%

35 HDG 350° H3 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 89%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

17 HDG 170° T3 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X7 kt LEFT —

05N HDG 050° T6 kt X7 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,407 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 +4°C

1,000FT

+593 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV407 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT502 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL9,498 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

04:59ZSUNRISE

12:12ZSOLAR NOON

19:25ZSUNSET

20:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT22:54Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:02Z (past) DAY LENGTH14h 26m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION32% MOONRISE09:33Z MOONSET00:00Z FULL MOON IN9 days

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