// Station · 28m ago

EGXC

RAF Coningsby

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 17 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 25 FT

53.0930°N / 0.1660°W

LOCATION · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, GB

WIND

090°17 kt

EGXC · 25 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW032

T / Td

21 / 12

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 090°/17 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,200 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 EGXC 251550Z 09017KT 9999 FEW032 21/12 Q1014 RMK BLU

EGXC · day 25 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 090° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,200 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 17 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H16 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,003'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T16 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,025 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 +6°C

700FT

+675 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV25 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT2 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGNM (Leeds Bradford Airport, Leeds, West Yorkshire, elev 681 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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)

FEW032

Few · base 3,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,631 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:59ZSUNRISE

12:04ZSOLAR NOON

19:09ZSUNSET

19:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:46Z (3h 28m) DAY LENGTH14h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:02Z MOONSET05:11Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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