Ridgewell Glider Field

GB-0538 · England, United Kingdom

The METAR station used is 29 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 120° Ridgewell Glider Field 5/23
Wind: 3 kt, 1 beaufort

1 kt

3 kt
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0 ft 6,000 12,000 18,000 24,000 30,000
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 25,000
METAR EGUW 100620Z 12003KT 7000 HZ SCT250 14/11 Q1024 BECMG 9999 NSW RMK WHT BECMG BLU

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 Wattisham Airfield on May 10, 2024 07:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 120° with a speed of 3 kt.

Visibility is 7 km.

There are scattered clouds at an altitude of 25,000 ft. No ceiling has been observed.

Current weather is haze. The temperature and wind chill are 14 °C. The dew point is 11 °C, the relative humidity is 82%. The air pressure at sea level is 1024 hPa (QNH).

Trends

  • Becoming

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 10 km or more. no significant weather is observed.

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 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

25,000 ft SCT Scattered clouds
- NSW Becoming No significant weather is observed

Temperature & Weather

Weather Haze
Temperature 14 °C
Dewpoint 11 °C
Rel. humidity 82%
Kp-index 1 (0-9)

Remarks

BECMG

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:08
Midday
12:52
Sunset
20:36 (12:55h)

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