Sturgate Airfield

EGCS · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 26 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 190° Sturgate Airfield 9/27
Wind: 17 kt, 5 beaufort

4 kt

16 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,100
METAR EGXW 280950Z 19017KT 9999 FEW021 08/03 Q0976 TEMPO SCT022 RMK BLU TEMPO WHT

METAR Sturgate Airfield - EGCS

Sturgate Airfield is a small airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 53.38098 and longitude -0.68703. The airport has 2 runways: 9/27 and 14/32. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGCS. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for RAF Waddington on March 28, 2024 09:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 190° with a speed of 17 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,100 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 2 °C. The dew point is 3 °C, the relative humidity is 71%. The air pressure at sea level is 976 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,200 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:44 and sets at 18:31. This applies to Sturgate Airfield, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +0 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

Companies

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Experiences

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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° 16 kt 4 kt 97 %
14/32 142°-322° 13 kt 11 kt 74 %

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

Clouds

2,100 ft FEW Few clouds
2,200 ft SCT Temporary Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 3 °C
Rel. humidity 71%
Wind chill 2 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Remarks

TEMPO

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:43
Midday
12:07
Sunset
18:30 (8:02h)

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