// Station · 22m ago

EGUB

RAF Benson

CAT VFR

WIND 080° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 8°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 226 FT

51.6144°N / 1.0960°W

LOCATION · Wallingford, Oxfordshire, GB

WIND

080°10 kt

EGUB · 226 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

080°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW100

T / Td

24 / 8

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 080°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 10,000 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 251750Z AUTO 08010KT 9999 FEW100/// 24/08 Q1011

EGUB · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 080° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 10,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

080°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

01★ HDG 010° H3 kt X9 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 5,981'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

19 HDG 190° T3 kt X9 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 +10°C

1,400FT

+1,174 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV226 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+10°C PRESSURE ALT291 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGOM (RAF Spadeadam, Spadeadam, elev 1,066 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+14%

-10%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+10%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+6%

-4%

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)

FEW100

Few · base 10,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,347 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:06ZSUNRISE

12:08ZSOLAR NOON

19:09ZSUNSET

19:45ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:12Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING56m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:45Z (1h 32m) DAY LENGTH14h 02m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:12Z MOONSET05:15Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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