// Station · 7h 36m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

EGKA

Brighton City Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 210° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,800 ft

T/Td 17°C / 17°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 7 FT

50.8356°N / 0.2972°W

LOCATION · Brighton, East Sussex, GB

WIND

210°8 kt

EGKA · 7 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN028

LAYERS

SCT006 BKN028

T / Td

17 / 17

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,800 ft. Moderate winds at 210°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 600 ft, and broken at 2,800 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGKA 121850Z 21008KT 9999 SCT006 BKN028 17/17 Q1015

EGKA · day 12 at 18:50 UTC · wind from 210° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 600 ft · broken layer at 2,800 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 17°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 8 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

210°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

20★ HDG 200° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,385'

24 HDG 240° H7 kt X4 kt LEFT 2,621'

13 HDG 130° H1 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

31 HDG 310° T1 kt X8 kt LEFT —

06 HDG 060° T7 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

02 HDG 020° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,007 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 +2°C

200FT

+193 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV7 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-46 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGKK (London Gatwick Airport, London, elev 202 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN028

Broken · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT006

Scattered · base 600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,800 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,593 ft VFR MARGIN-200 ft

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

06:21ZSUNRISE

11:48ZSOLAR NOON

17:15ZSUNSET

17:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 48m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:48Z (15h 21m) DAY LENGTH10h 54m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:45Z MOONSET18:39Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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