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 320° Drachten Airfield 7/25
Wind: 24 kt, 6 beaufort

11 kt

21 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 2,200
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 2,700
METAR EHLW 191129Z AUTO 32024KT 270V360 9999 FEW022 SCT027 10/06 Q1006 BLU TEMPO 33024G32KT 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 13:29, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 320° with a speed of 24 kt. The wind direction varies between 270° and 360°.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 2,200 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,700 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature is 10 °C, with a wind chill of 4 °C. The dew point is 6 °C, the relative humidity is 76%. The air pressure at sea level is 1006 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    The wind is from direction 330° with a speed of 24 kt. Wind gusts expected of 32 kt. 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° 21 kt 11 kt 89 %

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

2,200 ft FEW Few clouds
2,700 ft SCT Scattered 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

Temperature 10 °C
Dewpoint 6 °C
Rel. humidity 76%
Wind chill 4 °C
Kp-index 4 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:27
Midday
13:36
Sunset
20:44 (7:04h)

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