// Station · 8h 13m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

EGSC

Cambridge City Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 170° / 10 kt

VIS 5.0 SM

CEILING BKN at 1,200 ft

T/Td 16°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 47 FT

52.2050°N / 0.1750°E

LOCATION · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB

WIND

170°10 kt

EGSC · 47 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

170°/10

VIS

5.0 SM

CEILING

BKN012

LAYERS

BKN012

T / Td

16 / 14

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,200 ft. Moderate winds at 170°/10 kt, visibility 5.0 SM, broken at 1,200 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 EGSC 121650Z 17010KT 8000 BKN012 16/14 Q1013

EGSC · day 12 at 16:50 UTC · wind from 170° at 10 kt · visibility 5.0 SM · broken layer at 1,200 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 170° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

170°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H5 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,444'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T5 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,047 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

200FT

+153 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV47 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT53 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN012

Broken · base 1,200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,128 ft VFR MARGIN-1,800 ft

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

06:21ZSUNRISE

11:46ZSOLAR NOON

17:12ZSUNSET

17:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 08m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:46Z (16h 42m) DAY LENGTH10h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:42Z MOONSET18:33Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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