Drachten Airfield

EHDR · Friesland, Netherlands

The METAR station used is 28 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction of Wind direction to Wind direction 290° Drachten Airfield 7/25
Wind: 12 kt, 4 beaufort

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Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,500
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,700
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BKN 3,400
METAR EHLW 190833Z AUTO 29012KT 260V330 9999 -RA FEW015CB SCT017 BKN034 09/06 Q1005 WHT TEMPO 4000 SHRAGS FEW012 SCT015 SCT020CB

METAR Drachten Airfield - EHDR

Drachten Airfield is a small airport in Friesland, Netherlands. The airport is located at latitude 53.11835 and longitude 6.12995. The airport has one runway: 7/25. The ICAO airport code of this field is EHDR. The airport is in the Amsterdam FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Leeuwarden Air Base on April 19, 2024 10:33, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 290° with a speed of 12 kt. The wind direction varies between 260° and 330°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,500 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,700 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 3,400 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 3,400 ft.

Current weather is light rain. The temperature is 9 °C, with a wind chill of 4 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 1005 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 4 km. Significant weather: showers rain small hail. few clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,500 ft and scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 2,000 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:25 and sets at 20:43. This applies to Drachten Airfield, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

The only known company on this field is Dutch-Houses BV.

Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
7/25 077°-257° 7 kt 10 kt 54 %

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

1,500 ft FEW Few clouds cumulonimbus
1,700 ft SCT Scattered clouds
3,400 ft BKN Broken clouds
1,200 ft FEW Temporary Few clouds
1,500 ft SCT Temporary Scattered clouds
2,000 ft SCT Temporary Scattered clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light rain
Temperature 9 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Wind chill 4 °C
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:27
Midday
13:36
Sunset
20:44 (9:43h)

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