// Station · 10m ago

EGPK

Glasgow Prestwick Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 180° / 16 kt

VIS 4.3 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.50 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 65 FT

55.5015°N / 4.5772°W

LOCATION · Prestwick, South Ayrshire, GB

WIND

180°16 kt

EGPK · 65 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 02Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/16

VIS

4.3 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW041

T / Td

17 / 15

ALTIM

29.50"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 4.3 SM. Brisk winds at 180°/16 kt, visibility 4.3 SM, a few at 4,100 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). 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 EGPK 130220Z AUTO 18016KT 7000 -RA FEW041/// 17/15 Q0999

EGPK · day 13 at 02:20 UTC · wind from 180° at 16 kt · visibility 4.3 SM · a few clouds at 4,100 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.50" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 16 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

180°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

20★ HDG 200° H15 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,253'

12 HDG 120° H8 kt X14 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 88%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

30 HDG 300° T8 kt X14 kt LEFT —

02 HDG 020° T15 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,065 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 +3°C

800FT

+735 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +1,200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV65 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT485 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGPT (Perth/Scone Airport, Perth, Perth and Kinross, elev 397 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

FEW041

Few · base 4,100 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,651 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:45ZSUNRISE

12:05ZSOLAR NOON

17:26ZSUNSET

18:03ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 56m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:03Z (15h 33m) DAY LENGTH10h 41m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:09Z MOONSET18:50Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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