Darlton Gliding Club

Today at Darlton Gliding Club: 2.4 kt at 10:00, a working band to 1600 ft, soarable 09:00 to 10:00. June is the busiest month here.

Soaring forecast for Darlton Gliding Club

2.4 kt at the best hour, to 1,600 ft · soarable 09:00–10:00 UTC

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	2.3	2.4	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	5.3	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Band top (ft)	1,000	1,100	1,200	1,000	1,000	800	1,100	1,500	800	1,200	900	1,100	1,600	1,300

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

Position: 53.2464°N 0.8577°W
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Before you launch at Darlton Gliding Club

What the record at Darlton Gliding Club 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 0% or more from April to September.
Pick the hour	The climbs peak at 12:00 UTC, and half of them fall between 11:00 and 13:00 UTC.
Read the wind	A east wind gives 2.9 kt here and a north-east wind 1.8 kt.
Plan the band	In July the band top reaches 5,500 ft above sea level, the highest of the year.

The flying year at Darlton Gliding Club

The flying year at Darlton Gliding Club.
Month	Median climb (kt)	Median band top (ft)	Good days	Climbs (UTC)
Apr	2.4	5150	0%	11:00–14:00
May	1.9	5100	0%	10:00–14:00
Jun	1.8	4600	4%	09:00–14:00
Jul	2.3	5500	0%	10:00–14:00
Aug	2.9	5100	6%	11:00–14:00
Sep	3.1	4900	0%	12:00–14:00

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

The shape of a soaring day at Darlton Gliding Club

The climbs peak at 12:00 UTC. Half of them fall between 11:00 and 13:00 UTC.

The share of the climbs that each hour of the day holds.
Hour (UTC)	Share of the climbs
09:00	3.4%
10:00	10.8%
11:00	19.6%
12:00	22.1%
13:00	19.5%
14:00	13.5%
15:00	6.3%
16:00	2.3%
17:00	1.4%
18:00	0.9%

How often a turn becomes a climb at Darlton Gliding Club

33% of the turns at Darlton Gliding Club 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 12:00 UTC, at 41%.

The share of the turns at Darlton Gliding Club that become a climb, by the hour of the day.
Hour (UTC)	Turns that become a climb
09:00	8%
10:00	25%
11:00	36%
12:00	41%
13:00	35%
14:00	36%
15:00	22%
16:00	20%

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

The wind sectors at Darlton Gliding Club

The climb at Darlton Gliding Club is strongest when the wind comes from the east, at 2.9 kt. A sector mixes the wind with the season, because some winds are more common in some months.

What the record at Darlton Gliding Club holds, by the wind sector of the day.
Wind from	Median climb (kt)	Median band top (ft)	Good days	Median wind (kt)
NE (north-east)	1.8	4650	0%	8
E (east)	2.9	5550	0%	7
SE (south-east)	2.6	5550	0%	6
S (south)	2.0	5100	0%	6
SW (south-west)	2.2	5600	0%	8
W (west)	2.1	4900	8%	7
NW (north-west)	2.6	5000	0%	6

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Sites near Darlton Gliding Club

The soaring sites nearest to Darlton Gliding Club.
Site	Distance (km)	Direction
Kirton-in-Lindsey Glider Field	30	to the north-east
Saltby Glider Field	47	to the south
Burn Airfield	58	to the north
Camphill Airfield	58	to the west
Pocklington Airfield	76	to the north
Husbands Bosworth Airfield	91	to the south