// Station · 1h 23m ago · STALE

EGVA

RAF Fairford

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 28.3°C / 8.5°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 286 FT

51.6836°N / 1.7892°W

LOCATION · Fairford, Gloucestershire, GB

WIND

100°9 kt

EGVA · 286 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 14Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT065

T / Td

28 / 9

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 100°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 6,500 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 EGVA 251455Z 10009KT 9999 SCT065 28/09 A2985 RMK AO2A SLP110 T02830085 57010 $

EGVA · day 25 at 14:55 UTC · wind from 100° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 6,500 ft · temp 28°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg · sea-level pressure 1011.0 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

100°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H9 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,994'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T9 kt X2 kt LEFT —

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 +14°C

2,000FT

+1,714 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV286 FT OAT+28°C ISA DELTA+14°C PRESSURE ALT354 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 2,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,714 ft above EGVA's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

SCT065

Scattered · base 6,500 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER6,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,579 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:09ZSUNRISE

12:10ZSOLAR NOON

19:12ZSUNSET

19:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:48Z (3h 30m) DAY LENGTH14h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:11Z MOONSET05:14Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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