// Station · 11m ago

EGKK

London Gatwick Airport

CAT LIFR

WIND 210° / 5 kt

VIS 3.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 400 ft

T/Td 16°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

WX BR

ELEV 202 FT

51.1487°N / 0.1857°W

LOCATION · London, GB

WIND

210°5 kt

EGKK · 202 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/5

VIS

3.0 SM

CEILING

BKN004

LAYERS

BKN004

T / Td

16 / 15

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 400 ft. Light winds at 210°/5 kt, visibility 3.0 SM, broken at 400 ft. Reported weather: mist (BR). Mist is water droplets thinning visibility to between 5/8 and 6 SM — the moist, lighter cousin of fog. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGKK 130220Z 21005KT 190V250 4800 BR BKN004 16/15 Q1015

EGKK · day 13 at 02:20 UTC · wind from 210° at 5 kt · visibility 3.0 SM · broken layer at 400 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg · weather: mist (BR)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 5 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

210°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

26R★ HDG 260° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,402'

26L HDG 260° H3 kt X4 kt LEFT 10,883'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

08L HDG 080° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

08R HDG 080° T3 kt X4 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,202 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 +1°C

300FT

+98 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV202 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT149 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGVP (Middle Wallop Airfield, Middle Wallop, Hampshire, elev 297 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN004

Broken · base 400 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING400 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER400 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,283 ft VFR MARGIN-2,600 ft

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

06:21ZSUNRISE

11:48ZSOLAR NOON

17:14ZSUNSET

17:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:31Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 43m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:48Z (15h 16m) DAY LENGTH10h 53m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:45Z MOONSET18:38Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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