// Station · 25m ago

EGUB

RAF Benson

CAT VFR

WIND 210° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 14°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 226 FT

51.6144°N / 1.0960°W

LOCATION · Wallingford, Oxfordshire, GB

WIND

210°9 kt

EGUB · 226 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

210°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW033

T / Td

14 / 10

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 210°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,300 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 EGUB 170050Z AUTO 21009KT 9999 FEW033/// 14/10 Q1014

EGUB · day 17 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 210° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,300 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 210° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

210°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

19★ HDG 190° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,981'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

01 HDG 010° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,226 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

100FT

-126 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV226 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT203 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGBJ (Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, Gloucestershire, elev 101 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

FEW033

Few · base 3,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL7,297 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:43ZSUNRISE

12:00ZSOLAR NOON

18:17ZSUNSET

18:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:51Z (17h 35m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION28% MOONRISE09:56Z MOONSET22:30Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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