// Station · 23m ago
EGXW
RAF Waddington
CAT MVFR
WIND 060° / 12 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING BKN at 1,600 ft
T/Td 20°C / 15°C
ALTIM 30.24 inHg
ELEV 231 FT
53.1662°N / 0.5238°W
LOCATION · Lincoln, Lincolnshire, GB
WIND
060°12 kt
EGXW · 231 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 17Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
060°/12
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
BKN016
LAYERS
BKN016
T / Td
20 / 15
ALTIM
30.24"
// Interpretation
MVFR — ceiling 1,600 ft. Moderate winds at 060°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 1,600 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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METAR EGXW 111750Z AUTO 06012KT 9999 BKN016/// 20/15 Q1024
EGXW · day 11 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 060° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 1,600 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 060° @ 12 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
WIND
060°12 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
1 usable
02★
HDG 020°
H9 kt
X8 kt RIGHT
PRIMARY · 9,642'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
1 ends
20
HDG 200°
T9 kt
X8 kt LEFT
—
Pattern altitude: 1,231 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 +5°C
500FT
+269 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -900 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV231 FT
OAT+20°C
ISA DELTA+5°C
PRESSURE ALT-88 FT
// Performance equivalent
Operating here right now feels like operating at EGGW
(London Luton Airport, Luton, Luton, elev 526 ft)
on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact
MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL
CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+5%
-4%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+4%
-2%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+2%
-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.
// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)
03:49ZSUNRISE
12:08ZSOLAR NOON
20:27ZSUNSET
21:16ZCIVIL END
CURRENT18:13Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 13m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:16Z (3h 02m)
DAY LENGTH16h 37m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION10%
MOONRISE01:21Z
MOONSET17:59Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
EGYD
VFR
RAF Cranwell · Sleaford, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 050° / 12 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 8 NM S
- AGE
- 23m ago
EGYE
—
RAF Barkston Heath · Grantham, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 050° / 12 kt
- VIS
- —
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 12 NM S
- AGE
- 23m ago
EGXC
MVFR
RAF Coningsby · Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 050° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN016
- DIST
- 14 NM E
- AGE
- 23m ago
EGNJ
MVFR
Humberside Airport · Grimsby, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 050° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- BKN014
- DIST
- 25 NM N
- AGE
- 23m ago
EGXT
VFR
RAF Wittering · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- WIND
- 050° / 14 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 33 NM S
- AGE
- 23m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
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