// Station · 12m ago

EGVA

RAF Fairford

CAT IFR

WIND 220° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 700 ft

T/Td 15.9°C / 14.1°C

ALTIM 29.93 inHg

ELEV 286 FT

51.6836°N / 1.7892°W

LOCATION · Fairford, Gloucestershire, GB

WIND

220°7 kt

EGVA · 286 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC007

LAYERS

OVC007

T / Td

16 / 14

ALTIM

29.93"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 700 ft. Light winds at 220°/7 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast 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.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGVA 130055Z AUTO 22007KT 9999 OVC007 16/14 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP138 T01590141 $

EGVA · day 13 at 00:55 UTC · wind from 220° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 700 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.93" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1013.8 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

220°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H4 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,994'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T4 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,286 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

400FT

+114 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV286 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT274 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGHC (Land's End Airport, Land's End, Cornwall, elev 398 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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)

OVC007

Overcast · base 700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,316 ft VFR MARGIN-2,300 ft

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

06:28ZSUNRISE

11:54ZSOLAR NOON

17:20ZSUNSET

17:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:54Z (16h 46m) DAY LENGTH10h 52m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:49Z MOONSET18:41Z FULL MOON IN13 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →