Gloucestershire Airport

EGBJ · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 69 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 160° Gloucestershire Airport 9/27
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

2 kt

8 kt
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CAVOK
METAR EGBB 081020Z 16008KT CAVOK 17/10 Q1029

METAR Gloucestershire Airport - EGBJ/GLO

Gloucestershire Airport is a midsized airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 51.89320 and longitude -2.16553. The airport has 2 runways: 9/27 and 4/22. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGBJ. The airport's IATA code is GLO. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Birmingham International Airport on May 8, 2024 11:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 160° with a speed of 8 kt.

The weather is CAVOK. That means there are no clouds below 5,000 ft or the MSA (minimum safe altitude), whichever is higher. This also means that no cumulonimbus or towering cumulus clouds have been observed and the visibility is 10 km or more or more. Furthermore, there can't be fog, precipitation nor other significant weather.

The temperature and wind chill are 17 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 64%. The air pressure at sea level is 1029 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:25 and sets at 20:45. This applies to Gloucestershire Airport, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

On this airport you can find flying schools. Companies on this airport are Staverton Flying School, Cotswold Aero Club Limited and Clifton Aviation.

Experiences

Go to Vliegles.nl to find flying lessons, skydives and other flying experiences. Browse the page for all available activities near Gloucestershire Airport. You can also use the search function to find specific flying lessons, skydives or other flying experiences near your place.

Do not use for flight planning
The airport may be closed or require prior permission. True headings and the coordinates of runway ends may be an estimation. Magnetic headings are calculated from true headings using the WMM 2020 model.

Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
9/27 086°-266° 8 kt 2 kt 96 %
4/22 035°-215° 7 kt 5 kt 82 %

The direction with the greatest headwind component is highlighted and used for crosswind calculation. This does not necessarily mean this direction is in use.

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 17 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 64%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:21
Midday
13:03
Sunset
20:45 (9:19h)

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