MoD Boscombe Down Airport

EGDM · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 42 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 290° MoD Boscombe Down Airport 5/23
Wind: 9 kt, 3 beaufort

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OVC 200
METAR EGDM 020250Z AUTO 29009KT 1700 +RA OVC002/// 11/11 Q1001

METAR MoD Boscombe Down Airport - EGDM

MoD Boscombe Down Airport is a midsized airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 51.15313 and longitude -1.74104. The airport has 2 runways: 5/23 and 17/35. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGDM. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for MoD Boscombe Down Airport on May 2, 2024 03:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 290° with a speed of 9 kt.

Visibility is 1.7 km.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 200 ft.

Current weather is heavy rain. The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is 11 °C, the relative humidity is 100%. The air pressure at sea level is 1001 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:36 and sets at 20:31. This applies to MoD Boscombe Down 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

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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 %
5/23 050°-230° 8 kt 5 kt 87 %
17/35 167°-347° 8 kt 5 kt 84 %

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

200 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Heavy rain
Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint 11 °C
Rel. humidity 100%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:36 (1:23h)
Midday
13:03
Sunset
20:31

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