// Station · 7h 52m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

EGTC

Cranfield Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 270° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 8°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 360 FT

52.0722°N / 0.6167°W

LOCATION · Cranfield, Central Bedfordshire, GB

WIND

270°12 kt

EGTC · 360 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

270°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW046

T / Td

17 / 8

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 270°/12 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,600 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGTC 161720Z 27012KT 9999 FEW046 17/08 Q1017

EGTC · day 16 at 17:20 UTC · wind from 270° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,600 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 270° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

270°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

21★ HDG 210° H6 kt X10 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,902'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

03 HDG 030° T6 kt X10 kt LEFT —

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 +2°C

500FT

+140 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV360 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT248 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGGW (London Luton Airport, Luton, Luton, elev 526 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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)

FEW046

Few · base 4,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,946 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:41ZSUNRISE

11:58ZSOLAR NOON

18:15ZSUNSET

18:49ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 03m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:49Z (17h 37m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION28% MOONRISE09:54Z MOONSET22:29Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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