Gransden Lodge Airfield

Today at Gransden Lodge Airfield: 2.6 kt at 09:00, a working band to 1500 ft, soarable 09:00 to 10:00. May is the busiest month here.

Soaring forecast for Gransden Lodge Airfield

2.6 kt at the best hour, to 1,500 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	2.6	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	5.7	5.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Band top (ft)	800	1,000	1,300	1,000	1,100	800	1,100	1,300	800	800	800	1,300	1,500	1,100

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

Position: 52.1806°N 0.1137°W
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Before you launch at Gransden Lodge Airfield

What the record at Gransden Lodge 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 21% 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 wind gives 3.0 kt here and a south wind 2.6 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 Gransden Lodge Airfield

The flying year at Gransden Lodge Airfield.
Month	Median climb (kt)	Median band top (ft)	Good days	Climbs (UTC)
Mar	2.9	4900	0%	12:00–15:00
Apr	2.9	5050	21%	11:00–15:00
May	2.7	5150	27%	10:00–15:00
Jun	2.6	5150	27%	10:00–16:00
Jul	3.0	5600	37%	10:00–16:00
Aug	2.7	5200	22%	11:00–15:00
Sep	2.5	4900	11%	11:00–15:00
Oct	2.1	4050	0%	11:00–15:00

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

The shape of a soaring day at Gransden Lodge 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	1.0%
10:00	6.5%
11:00	16.0%
12:00	22.2%
13:00	22.9%
14:00	18.3%
15:00	9.5%
16:00	2.5%
17:00	0.6%
18:00	0.4%

How often a turn becomes a climb at Gransden Lodge Airfield

49% of the turns at Gransden Lodge 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 12:00 UTC, at 51%.

The share of the turns at Gransden Lodge Airfield that become a climb, by the hour of the day.
Hour (UTC)	Turns that become a climb
09:00	37%
10:00	46%
11:00	50%
12:00	51%
13:00	51%
14:00	49%
15:00	44%
16:00	37%
17:00	21%
18:00	4%

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

The wind sectors at Gransden Lodge Airfield

The climb at Gransden Lodge Airfield is strongest when the wind comes from the north, at 3.0 kt. A sector mixes the wind with the season, because some winds are more common in some months.

What the record at Gransden Lodge 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)	3.0	4800	21%	7
NE (north-east)	2.8	5050	24%	7
E (east)	2.9	5450	27%	6
SE (south-east)	2.8	5800	33%	5
S (south)	2.6	5700	22%	7
SW (south-west)	2.6	5150	20%	8
W (west)	2.8	5050	27%	8
NW (north-west)	2.9	5200	28%	7

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Sites near Gransden Lodge Airfield

The soaring sites nearest to Gransden Lodge Airfield.
Site	Distance (km)	Direction
London Gliding Club	46	to the south-west
Rattlesden Airfield	67	to the east
Wormingford Glider Field	68	to the south-east
Husbands Bosworth Airfield	69	to the north-west
Bicester Airfield	76	to the south-west
Hinton-in-the-Hedges Airfield	77	to the west