// Station · 8h 14m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

EGTC

Cranfield Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 700 ft

T/Td 17°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 360 FT

52.0722°N / 0.6167°W

LOCATION · Cranfield, Central Bedfordshire, GB

WIND

180°7 kt

EGTC · 360 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN007

LAYERS

BKN007

T / Td

17 / 15

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 700 ft. Light winds at 180°/7 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 700 ft. Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGTC 121650Z 18007KT 140V210 9999 BKN007 17/15 Q1012

EGTC · day 12 at 16:50 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 700 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H6 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 5,902'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T6 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,360 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

700FT

+340 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV360 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT396 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGNM (Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds, West Yorkshire, elev 681 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

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)

BKN007

Broken · base 700 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,946 ft VFR MARGIN-2,300 ft

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

06:24ZSUNRISE

11:49ZSOLAR NOON

17:15ZSUNSET

17:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:49Z (16h 44m) DAY LENGTH10h 51m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:45Z MOONSET18:36Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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