Ridgewell Glider Field

GB-0538 · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 35 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 110° Ridgewell Glider Field 5/23
Wind: 4 kt, 2 beaufort

2 kt

3 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 20,000
METAR EGUN 100855Z 11004KT 9000 HZ BKN200 18/12 A3025

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 Mildenhall on May 10, 2024 09:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 110° with a speed of 4 kt.

Visibility is 9 km.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 20,000 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 20,000 ft.

Current weather is haze. The temperature and wind chill are 18 °C. The dew point is 12 °C, the relative humidity is 68%. 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° 3 kt 2 kt 85 %

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

20,000 ft BKN Broken clouds

Temperature & Weather

Weather Haze
Temperature 18 °C
Dewpoint 12 °C
Rel. humidity 68%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:09
Midday
12:54
Sunset
20:39 (9:46h)

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