RAF Fairford

EGVA · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 77 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 250° RAF Fairford 9/27
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

10 kt

4 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 3,500
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 5,500
METAR EGVO 251050Z 25011KT 9999 FEW035 BKN055 10/01 Q1004 NOSIG RMK BLU BLU

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 Odiham on April 25, 2024 11:50, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 250° with a speed of 11 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 3,500 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 5,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 5,500 ft.

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 6 °C. The dew point is 1 °C, the relative humidity is 54%. The air pressure at sea level is 1004 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:48 and sets at 20:21. 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 10 kt 33 %

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

3,500 ft FEW Few clouds
5,500 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 1 °C
Rel. humidity 54%
Wind chill 6 °C
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:46
Midday
13:01
Sunset
20:16 (7:51h)

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