Glider Field Castricum

NL-0029 · North Holland, Netherlands

The METAR station used is 26 km away from the airport
Compass
Wind direction of Wind direction 260° Glider Field Castricum 16/34
Wind: 13 kt, 4 beaufort


13 kt
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Cloud Cloud
FEW 400
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
BKN 600
Cloud Cloud Cloud Cloud
SCT 4,500
METAR EHAM 021855Z 26013KT 2500 -SHRA BR FEW004 BKN006 SCT045CB 13/13 Q1001 RETSRA BECMG 4000 BR

METAR Glider Field Castricum - NL-0029

Glider Field Castricum is a gliderfield in North Holland, Netherlands. The airport is located at latitude 52.53457 and longitude 4.62819. The airport has one runway: 16/34. This airport has no ICAO code, we use NL-0029 as reference. The airport is in the Amsterdam FIR.

This aviation weather observation was made for Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on May 2, 2024 20:55, local time.

Airport observations

The wind is from direction 260° with a speed of 13 kt.

Visibility is 2.5 km.

There are few clouds at an altitude of 400 ft, broken clouds at an altitude of 600 ft and scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 4,500 ft. The ceiling, broken or more, is 600 ft.

Current weather is light showers rain, mist. The temperature and wind chill are 13 °C. The dew point is 13 °C, the relative humidity is 100%. The air pressure at sea level is 1001 hPa (QNH). Recently it was thunderstorms rain.

Trends

  • Becoming

    Little or no wind from a variable direction. The visibility becomes 4 km. Significant weather: mist.

Daylight period

Today the sun rises at 06:06 and sets at 21:10. This applies to Glider Field Castricum, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +2 hour. Daylight saving time is currently in progress.

Companies

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Experiences

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Runways

Id Heading Crosswind Headwind Crosswind %
16/34 168°-348° 13 kt 100 %

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

400 ft FEW Few clouds
600 ft BKN Broken clouds
4,500 ft SCT Scattered clouds cumulonimbus

Temperature & Weather

Weather Light showers rain
mist
Recent Thunderstorms rain
Temperature 13 °C
Dewpoint 13 °C
Rel. humidity 100%
Kp-index 5 (0-9)

Daylight period

Sunrise
06:06 (8:51h)
Midday
13:37
Sunset
21:08

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