Thornton Watlass Airstrip UL

GB-0726 · England, United Kingdom

Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 200° Thornton Watlass Airstrip UL 17/35
Wind: 6 kt, 2 beaufort

5 kt

3 kt
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Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 1,600
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 3,100
METAR EGXE 041320Z AUTO 20006KT 9999 BKN016/// SCT031/// 12/10 Q1008

METAR Thornton Watlass Airstrip UL - GB-0726

Thornton Watlass Airstrip UL is a small airport in England, United Kingdom. The airport is located at latitude 54.26170 and longitude -1.63890. The airport has one runway: 17/35. This airport has no ICAO code, we use GB-0726 as reference. The airport is in the London FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for RAF Leeming Air Base on May 4, 2024 14:20, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 200° with a speed of 6 kt.

Visibility is 10 km or more.

There are broken clouds at an altitude of 1,600 ft and scattered clouds at an altitude of 3,100 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 1,600 ft.

The temperature and wind chill are 12 °C. The dew point is 10 °C, the relative humidity is 88%. The air pressure at sea level is 1008 hPa (QNH).

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 05:21 and sets at 20:45. This applies to Thornton Watlass Airstrip UL, 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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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 %
17/35 169°-349° 3 kt 5 kt 52 %

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

1,600 ft BKN Broken clouds
3,100 ft SCT Scattered clouds

Temperature & Weather

Temperature 12 °C
Dewpoint 10 °C
Rel. humidity 88%
Kp-index 0 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
05:20
Midday
13:02
Sunset
20:44 (6:02h)

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