Porthtowan Airfield

GB-0060 · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 360° Porthtowan Airfield 3/21
Wind: 10 kt, 3 beaufort

9 kt

5 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 800
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SCT 1,500
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BKN 2,000
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OVC 10,000
METAR EGDR 020820Z 36010KT 9999 -RA FEW008 SCT015 BKN020 OVC100 09/08 Q1006 TEMPO 6000 -RA -SHRA FEW008 SCT012 RMK WHT TEMPO GRN

METAR Porthtowan Airfield - GB-0060

Porthtowan Airfield is a small airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 50.28505 and longitude -5.22842. The airport has one runway: 3/21. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0060 as reference. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for RNAS Culdrose on May 2, 2024 09:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 360° with a speed of 10 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 800 ft, scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,500 ft, broken clouds at an altitude of 2,000 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 10,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 2,000 ft.

Current weather is light rain. The temperature is 9 °C, with a wind chill of 5 °C. The dew point is 8 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1006 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Temporary

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 6 km. Significant weather: light rain, light showers rain. few clouds at an altitude of 800 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:53 and sets at 20:42. This applies to Porthtowan Airfield, 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 %
3/21 029°-209° 5 kt 9 kt 48 %

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
1,500 ft SCT Scattered clouds
2,000 ft BKN Broken clouds
10,000 ft OVC Overcast clouds
800 ft FEW Temporary Few clouds
1,200 ft SCT Temporary Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light rain
Temperature 9 °C
Dewpoint 8 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Wind chill 5 °C
Kp-index 3 (0-9)

Remarks

TEMPO

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:54
Midday
13:17
Sunset
20:41 (10:39h)

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