// Station · 29m ago

EGWU

RAF Northolt

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 10,000 ft

T/Td 14°C / 9°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 124 FT

51.5530°N / 0.4182°W

LOCATION · Northolt, Greater London, GB

WIND

250°8 kt

EGWU · 124 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 23Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC100

LAYERS

OVC100

T / Td

14 / 9

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 10,000 ft. Moderate winds at 250°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 10,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 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 EGWU 162350Z AUTO 25008KT 9999 OVC100/// 14/09 Q1015

EGWU · day 16 at 23:50 UTC · wind from 250° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 10,000 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 8 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

250°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

25★ HDG 250° H8 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 5,545'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

07 HDG 070° T8 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,124 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

-0FT

-124 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV124 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT71 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGSD (Great Yarmouth - North Denes Heliport, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, elev 6 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-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)

OVC100

Overcast · base 10,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING10,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER10,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL7,195 ft VFR MARGIN+7,000 ft

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

05:40ZSUNRISE

11:57ZSOLAR NOON

18:14ZSUNSET

18:48ZCIVIL END

CURRENT00:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 54m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:48Z (18h 28m) DAY LENGTH12h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION27% MOONRISE09:52Z MOONSET22:26Z FULL MOON IN10 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 →