Ridgewell Glider Field

GB-0538 · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 40 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 100° Ridgewell Glider Field 5/23
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

2 kt

2 kt
Change
0 ft 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 12,000
METAR EGUL 100655Z 10003KT 9999 SCT120 15/10 A3024 RMK AO2A SLP244 T01490101 FZRANO $

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 RAF Lakenheath on May 10, 2024 07:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 100° with a speed of 3 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 12,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

The temperature and wind chill are 15 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 72%. 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° 2 kt 2 kt 74 %

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

12,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 14.9 °C
Dewpoint 10.1 °C
Rel. humidity 72%
Kp-index 2 (0-9)

Remarks

AO2AAutomatic weather station that can determine the type of precipitation. The measurements are checked by a human.
SLP244Sea level pressure is 1024.4 hPa (30.25 inHg)
T01490101Temperature is 14.9 °C (58.8 °F), dew point is 10.1 °C (50.2 °F)
$This weather station needs maintenance
FZRANO

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:08
Midday
12:54
Sunset
20:39 (11:46h)

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