Sturgate Airfield

EGCS · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 41 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 300° Sturgate Airfield 9/27
Wind: 19 kt, 5 beaufort

16 kt

11 kt
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METAR EGYD 281020Z AUTO 30019KT 9999 RA OVC008/// 05/04 Q1000

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 Cranwell on April 28, 2024 11:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 300° with a speed of 19 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 800 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 800 ft.

Current weather is rain. The temperature is 5 °C, with a wind chill of -2 °C. The dew point is 4 °C, the relative humidity is 93%. The air pressure at sea level is 1000 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:33 and sets at 20:27. This applies to Sturgate Airfield, 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

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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° 11 kt 16 kt 56 %
14/32 142°-322° 7 kt 18 kt 37 %

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

800 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Rain
Temperature 5 °C
Dewpoint 4 °C
Rel. humidity 93%
Wind chill -2 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:33
Midday
12:59
Sunset
20:25 (8:27h)

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