// Station · 25m ago

EGHQ

Cornwall Airport Newquay

CAT VFR

WIND 320° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 23°C / 17°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 390 FT

50.4406°N / 4.9954°W

LOCATION · Newquay, GB

WIND

320°9 kt

EGHQ · 390 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

320°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW006

T / Td

23 / 17

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 320°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 600 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 EGHQ 131120Z 32009KT 290V350 9999 FEW006 23/17 Q1022

EGHQ · day 13 at 11:20 UTC · wind from 320° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 600 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 320° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

320°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

30★ HDG 300° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

12 HDG 120° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,390 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 +8°C

1,100FT

+710 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV390 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT130 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

+11%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-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)

FEW006

Few · base 600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,006 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:06ZSUNRISE

12:26ZSOLAR NOON

19:46ZSUNSET

20:22ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:45Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING8h 00m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:22Z (8h 37m) DAY LENGTH14h 39m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE05:14Z MOONSET19:54Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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