RAF Fairford

EGVA · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 48 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 040° RAF Fairford 9/27
Wind: 8 kt, 3 beaufort

5 kt

6 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
OVC 5,200
METAR EGUB 261720Z AUTO 04008KT 9999 OVC052/// 11/02 Q1003

METAR RAF Fairford - EGVA/FFD

RAF Fairford is a midsized airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 51.68350 and longitude -1.79000. The airport has one runway: 9/27. The ICAO airport code of this field is EGVA. The airport's IATA code is FFD. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for RAF Benson on April 26, 2024 18:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 040° with a speed of 8 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are overcast clouds at an altitude of 5,200 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 5,200 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is 2 °C, the relative humidity is 54%. The air pressure at sea level is 1003 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 20:23. This applies to RAF Fairford, 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 %
9/27 089°-269° 6 kt 5 kt 75 %

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

5,200 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint 2 °C
Rel. humidity 54%
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:44
Midday
13:02
Sunset
20:20 (1:22h)

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