Thornhill Airfield

GB-0482 · Scotland, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 76 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 240° Thornhill Airfield 5/23
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

6 kt

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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 200
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OVC 700
METAR EGPK 042220Z 24006KT 5000 BR BKN002 OVC007 11/10 Q1007

METAR Thornhill Airfield - GB-0482

Thornhill Airfield is a small airport in Scotland, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 56.14829 and longitude -4.18543. The airport has 2 runways: 5/23 and 12/30. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0482 as reference. The airport is in the Scottish FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Glasgow Prestwick Airport on May 4, 2024 23:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 240° with a speed of 6 kt.

Visibility is 5 km.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 200 ft and overcast clouds at an altitude of 700 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 200 ft.

Current weather is mist. The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 94%. The air pressure at sea level is 1007 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:23 and sets at 21:03. This applies to Thornhill 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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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 %
5/23 056°-236° 6 kt 7 %
12/30 107°-287° 4 kt 4 kt 73 %

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

200 ft BKN Broken clouds
700 ft OVC Overcast clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Mist
Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 94%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:28 (5:44h)
Midday
13:15
Sunset
21:02

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