Drachten Airfield

EHDR · Friesland, Netherlands

The METAR station used is 28 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 220° Drachten Airfield 7/25
Wind: 11 kt, 4 beaufort

9 kt

7 kt
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0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Cloud Cloud
FEW 800
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 1,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,400
Cloud Cloud
FEW 1,500
METAR EHLW 281237Z AUTO 22011KT 9999 DZRA FEW008 SCT010 BKN014 FEW015CB 08/06 Q0984 GRN TEMPO FEW010 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 March 28, 2024 13:37, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 220° with a speed of 11 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 800 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,000 ft, broken clouds at an altitude of 1,400 ft and few clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,400 ft.

Current weather is drizzle rain. The temperature is 8 °C, with a wind chill of 3 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 87%. The air pressure at sea level is 984 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. few clouds at an altitude of 1,000 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 06:17 and sets at 19:03. This applies to Drachten Airfield, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.

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 9 kt 60 %

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

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

Temperature & Weather

Weather Drizzle rain
Temperature 8 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 87%
Wind chill 3 °C
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:18
Midday
12:41
Sunset
19:05 (5:15h)

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