Leuchars Station Airfield

EGQL · Scotland, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 230° Leuchars Station Airfield 8/26
Wind: 7 kt, 3 beaufort

6 kt

4 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 500
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,400
METAR EGQL 291050Z 23007KT 9999 -DZ FEW005 SCT014 07/06 Q0979 RMK GRN

METAR Leuchars Station Airfield - EGQL/ADX

Leuchars Station Airfield is a midsized airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 56.37495 and longitude -2.86411. The airport has 2 runways: 8/26 and 4/22. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGQL. The airport's IATA code is ADX. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Leuchars Station Airfield on March 29, 2024 10:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 230° with a speed of 7 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 500 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,400 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is light drizzle. The temperature is 7 °C, with a wind chill of 3 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 93%. The air pressure at sea level is 979 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 18:44. This applies to Leuchars Station 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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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 %
8/26 083°-263° 4 kt 6 kt 54 %
4/22 036°-216° 2 kt 7 kt 24 %

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

500 ft FEW Few clouds
1,400 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light drizzle
Temperature 7 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 93%
Wind chill 3 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:47
Midday
12:16
Sunset
18:44 (7:38h)

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