// Station · 31m ago
EGFF
Cardiff International Airport
CAT VFR
WIND 080° / 14 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 24°C / 16°C
ALTIM 30.24 inHg
ELEV 220 FT
51.3967°N / 3.3433°W
LOCATION · Cardiff, GB
WIND
080°14 kt
EGFF · 220 FT
© OSM · CartoDB
// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 11Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
080°/14
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
24 / 16
ALTIM
30.24"
// Interpretation
VFR with brisk winds at 080°/14 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.
Loading TAF forecast narrative…
// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →// Raw observation METAR string + decoded
METAR EGFF 271120Z AUTO 08014KT 9999 NCD 24/16 Q1024
EGFF · day 27 at 11:20 UTC · wind from 080° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 080° @ 14 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
WIND
080°14 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
12★
HDG 120°
H11 kt
X9 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 7,723'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
30
HDG 300°
T11 kt
X9 kt RIGHT
—
Pattern altitude: 1,220 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 +9°C
1,000FT
+780 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -400 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV220 FT
OAT+24°C
ISA DELTA+9°C
PRESSURE ALT-99 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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)
04:08ZSUNRISE
12:11ZSOLAR NOON
20:15ZSUNSET
20:59ZCIVIL END
CURRENT11:51Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 24m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:59Z (9h 08m)
DAY LENGTH16h 06m
Waxing Gibbous
ILLUMINATION83%
MOONRISE12:53Z
MOONSET05:00Z
FULL MOON IN4 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 4 shown · 60 NM radius
EGGD
VFR
Bristol Airport · Bristol
- WIND
- 090° / 12 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 24 NM E
- AGE
- 31m ago
EGDY
VFR
RNAS Yeovilton · Yeovil, Somerset
- WIND
- 110° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 35 NM SE
- AGE
- 31m ago
EGTE
VFR
Exeter International Airport · Exeter, Devon
- WIND
- 110° / 13 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW040
- DIST
- 40 NM S
- AGE
- 31m ago
EGBJ
VFR
Gloucestershire Airport · Staverton, Gloucestershire
- WIND
- 090° / 8 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 53 NM NE
- AGE
- 31m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
© OpenStreetMap · CartoDB · OpenAIP
//
Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.
Get METAR Deck →