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// 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
N
WIND
320°9 kt
EGHQ · 390 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

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
N
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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 12,006 FT FEW006 EGHQ ELEV · 390 FT
// 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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