// Station · 29m ago

EGYD

RAF Cranwell

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 18 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 218 FT

53.0273°N / 0.4931°W

LOCATION · Sleaford, Lincolnshire, GB

WIND

090°18 kt

EGYD · 218 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/18

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

21 / 10

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 090°/18 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 EGYD 251550Z 09018KT 9999 FEW040 21/10 Q1014 NOSIG RMK BLU BLU

EGYD · day 25 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 090° at 18 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 18 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

090°18 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

08★ HDG 080° H18 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,831'

08R HDG 080° H18 kt X3 kt RIGHT 2,354'

01 HDG 010° H3 kt X18 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

19 HDG 190° T3 kt X18 kt LEFT —

26 HDG 260° T18 kt X3 kt LEFT —

26L HDG 260° T18 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,218 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

1,000FT

+782 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV218 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT195 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGOM (RAF Spadeadam, Spadeadam, elev 1,066 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+10%

-7%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+7%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,824 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:01ZSUNRISE

12:05ZSOLAR NOON

19:10ZSUNSET

19:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:19Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:47Z (3h 27m) DAY LENGTH14h 09m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:03Z MOONSET05:12Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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