// Station · 14m ago
EGYD
RAF Cranwell
CAT VFR
WIND 060° / 11 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING CLR
T/Td 24°C / 14°C
ALTIM 30.24 inHg
ELEV 218 FT
53.0273°N / 0.4931°W
LOCATION · Sleaford, Lincolnshire, GB
WIND
060°11 kt
EGYD · 218 FT
© OSM · CartoDB
// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…
METRIC
NOW · 13Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
060°/11
VIS
6+ SM
CEILING
CLR
LAYERS
—
T / Td
24 / 14
ALTIM
30.24"
// Interpretation
VFR with moderate winds at 060°/11 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.
Loading TAF forecast narrative…
// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →// Raw observation METAR string + decoded
METAR EGYD 111350Z AUTO 06011KT 9999 NCD 24/14 Q1024
EGYD · day 11 at 13:50 UTC · wind from 060° at 11 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 24°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg
// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind
Wind 060° @ 11 kt
3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 1 CAUTION
WIND
060°11 kt
HEADWIND
CAUTION · HIGH XW
AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS
3 usable
08★
HDG 080°
H10 kt
X4 kt LEFT
PRIMARY · 6,831'
08R
HDG 080°
H10 kt
X4 kt LEFT
2,354'
01
HDG 010°
H7 kt
X8 kt RIGHT
⚠ HIGH XW · 73%
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID
3 ends
19
HDG 190°
T7 kt
X8 kt LEFT
—
26
HDG 260°
T10 kt
X4 kt RIGHT
—
26L
HDG 260°
T10 kt
X4 kt RIGHT
—
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 +9°C
1,000FT
+782 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS
↘ -1,000 FT
24h AGO18h12h6hNOW
FIELD ELEV218 FT
OAT+24°C
ISA DELTA+9°C
PRESSURE ALT-101 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.
// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported
// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)
03:50ZSUNRISE
12:08ZSOLAR NOON
20:26ZSUNSET
21:15ZCIVIL END
CURRENT14:04Z
DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 21m
VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:15Z (7h 10m)
DAY LENGTH16h 35m
Waning Crescent
ILLUMINATION11%
MOONRISE01:14Z
MOONSET17:50Z
FULL MOON IN18 days
// Nearest reporting stations · 5 shown · 60 NM radius
EGYE
—
RAF Barkston Heath · Grantham, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 060° / 12 kt
- VIS
- —
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 5 NM SW
- AGE
- 14m ago
EGXW
VFR
RAF Waddington · Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 040° / 13 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 8 NM N
- AGE
- 14m ago
EGXC
VFR
→
MVFR
17Z
RAF Coningsby · Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- WIND
- 050° / 10 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- FEW022
- DIST
- 12 NM E
- AGE
- 14m ago
EGXT
VFR
RAF Wittering · Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
- WIND
- 050° / 14 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 25 NM S
- AGE
- 14m ago
EGNX
VFR
→
MVFR
19Z
East Midlands Airport · Nottingham, Leicestershire
- WIND
- 050° / 11 kt
- VIS
- 6+ SM
- CEILING
- CLR
- DIST
- 32 NM W
- AGE
- 14m ago
// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay
© OpenStreetMap · CartoDB · OpenAIP
//
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 →