RAF Fairford

EGVA · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 310° RAF Fairford 9/27
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

4 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 2,300
METAR EGVN 012050Z 31006KT 9000 HZ BKN023 13/12 Q1006 BECMG 7000 BR

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 Brize Norton on May 1, 2024 21:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 310° with a speed of 6 kt.

Visibility is 9 km.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 2,300 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,300 ft.

Current weather is haze. The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1006 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Becoming

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 7 km. Significant weather: mist.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:37 and sets at 20:31. 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° 4 kt 5 kt 66 %

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

2,300 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Haze
Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:36 (7:11h)
Midday
13:03
Sunset
20:30

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