Ridgewell Glider Field

GB-0538 · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 28 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 120° Ridgewell Glider Field 5/23
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

1 kt

4 kt
Change
0 ft 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
Nil cloud detected
METAR EGSS 100220Z AUTO 12004KT 7000 NCD 11/09 Q1024

METAR Ridgewell Glider Field - GB-0538

Ridgewell Glider Field is a small airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 52.04792 and longitude 0.55615. The airport has one runway: 5/23. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0538 as reference. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for London Stansted Airport on May 10, 2024 03:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 4 kt.

Visibility is 7 km.

There are nil cloud detected. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 11 °C. The dew point is 9 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1024 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:10 and sets at 20:37. This applies to Ridgewell Glider Field, 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 %
5/23 052°-232° 4 kt 1 kt 93 %

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

- NCD Nil cloud detected

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 11 °C
Dewpoint 9 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:12 (1:37h)
Midday
12:55
Sunset
20:38

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