// Station · 2h 23m ago · STALE

EGVA

RAF Fairford

CAT MVFR

WIND 240° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,500 ft

T/Td 13.7°C / 8.7°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 286 FT

51.6836°N / 1.7892°W

LOCATION · Fairford, Gloucestershire, GB

WIND

240°9 kt

EGVA · 286 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN025

LAYERS

FEW017 BKN025 OVC032

T / Td

14 / 9

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,500 ft. Moderate winds at 240°/9 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,700 ft, broken at 2,500 ft, and overcast at 3,200 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGVA 162255Z AUTO 24009KT 9999 FEW017 BKN025 OVC032 14/09 A3000 RMK AO2 SLP162 T01370087 $

EGVA · day 16 at 22:55 UTC · wind from 240° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · broken layer at 2,500 ft · overcast at 3,200 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg · automated station w/ precipitation discriminator · sea-level pressure 1016.2 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

240°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

27★ HDG 270° H8 kt X4 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,994'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

09 HDG 090° T8 kt X4 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

100FT

-186 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV286 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT204 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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC032

Overcast · base 3,200 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN025

Broken · base 2,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,205 ft VFR MARGIN-500 ft

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

05:46ZSUNRISE

12:03ZSOLAR NOON

18:20ZSUNSET

18:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 01m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:53Z (17h 35m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION28% MOONRISE09:59Z MOONSET22:33Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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