Bicester Airfield

Today at Bicester Airfield: 0.0 kt at 07:00, a working band to 1300 ft. August is the busiest month here.

Soaring forecast for Bicester Airfield

0.0 kt at the best hour, to 1,300 ft

Climb rate and the top of the working band, by hour (UTC).
Hour	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Climb (kt)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Strong (kt)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Band top (ft)	900	800	1,000	800	800	400	1,100	300	1,300	1,200	800	1,200	1,000	1,000

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Climb is what a standard-class glider would average in a thermal. Heights are above sea level.

Position: 51.9164°N 1.1305°W
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Before you launch at Bicester Airfield

What the record at Bicester Airfield holds for a pilot who plans a flight.
Check	What the record holds
Pick the month	The share of days whose best flight reached 300 km is 6% or more from May to August.
Pick the hour	The climbs peak at 13:00 UTC, and half of them fall between 12:00 and 14:00 UTC.
Read the wind	A north-west wind gives 3.2 kt here and a west wind 2.9 kt.
Plan the band	In July the band top reaches 5,600 ft above sea level, the highest of the year.

The flying year at Bicester Airfield

The flying year at Bicester Airfield.
Month	Median climb (kt)	Median band top (ft)	Good days	Climbs (UTC)
Mar	2.9	4950	0%	12:00–14:00
Apr	3.2	5300	4%	11:00–15:00
May	3.1	5350	14%	11:00–15:00
Jun	2.9	5400	9%	11:00–15:00
Jul	3.2	5600	20%	11:00–15:00
Aug	2.9	5300	8%	11:00–15:00
Sep	2.8	4850	0%	11:00–14:00
Oct	2.1	4100	0%	11:00–14:00

A good day is a day whose best flight reached 300 km of track.

The shape of a soaring day at Bicester Airfield

The climbs peak at 13:00 UTC. Half of them fall between 12:00 and 14:00 UTC.

The share of the climbs that each hour of the day holds.
Hour (UTC)	Share of the climbs
09:00	0.3%
10:00	3.3%
11:00	13.0%
12:00	23.4%
13:00	25.4%
14:00	20.8%
15:00	10.5%
16:00	2.8%
17:00	0.4%
18:00	0.1%

How often a turn becomes a climb at Bicester Airfield

51% of the turns at Bicester Airfield become a climb. A pilot who stays in a turn found lift. A pilot who leaves after 1 turn did not. The best hour is 14:00 UTC, at 53%.

The share of the turns at Bicester Airfield that become a climb, by the hour of the day.
Hour (UTC)	Turns that become a climb
10:00	49%
11:00	52%
12:00	52%
13:00	52%
14:00	53%
15:00	46%
16:00	39%
17:00	19%

The total carries the club as well as the air. Read the hours.

The wind sectors at Bicester Airfield

The climb at Bicester Airfield is strongest when the wind comes from the north-west, at 3.2 kt. A sector mixes the wind with the season, because some winds are more common in some months.

What the record at Bicester Airfield holds, by the wind sector of the day.
Wind from	Median climb (kt)	Median band top (ft)	Good days	Median wind (kt)
N (north)	3.1	5000	9%	7
NE (north-east)	3.1	5200	13%	7
E (east)	3.0	5750	13%	6
SE (south-east)	3.0	6100	4%	6
S (south)	3.0	5700	8%	7
SW (south-west)	2.9	5300	10%	8
W (west)	2.9	5050	7%	8
NW (north-west)	3.2	5200	16%	7

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Sites near Bicester Airfield

The soaring sites nearest to Bicester Airfield.
Site	Distance (km)	Direction
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield	13	to the north-west
Shenington Gliding Club	30	to the north-west
London Gliding Club	41	to the east
Wycombe Air Park	41	to the south-east
Stratford-upon-Avon Gliding Club	53	to the north-west
Bidford Airfield	55	to the north-west