Lasham Airfield

Today at Lasham Airfield: 0.0 kt at 07:00, a working band to 1000 ft. May is the busiest month here.

Soaring forecast for Lasham Airfield

0.0 kt at the best hour, to 1,000 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)	600	600	600	700	1,000	300	400	400	400	300	300	300	300	400

Open the map at Lasham Airfield

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

Position: 51.1880°N 1.0312°W
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Before you launch at Lasham Airfield

What the record at Lasham 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 31% or more from April 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 3.0 kt here and a south-west wind 2.6 kt.
Plan the band	In July the band top reaches 5,450 ft above sea level, the highest of the year.

The flying year at Lasham Airfield

The flying year at Lasham Airfield.
Month	Median climb (kt)	Median band top (ft)	Good days	Climbs (UTC)
Feb	3.0	4100	0%	12:00–15:00
Mar	2.9	4450	24%	12:00–15:00
Apr	3.0	4950	39%	10:00–16:00
May	2.7	4950	31%	10:00–16:00
Jun	2.7	5050	36%	10:00–16:00
Jul	3.0	5450	45%	10:00–16:00
Aug	2.8	4900	37%	10:00–16:00
Sep	2.7	4750	20%	11:00–15:00
Oct	2.3	4050	5%	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 Lasham 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
08:00	0.1%
09:00	1.4%
10:00	7.2%
11:00	15.4%
12:00	20.3%
13:00	20.9%
14:00	18.0%
15:00	11.0%
16:00	4.2%
17:00	1.1%
18:00	0.4%

How often a turn becomes a climb at Lasham Airfield

49% of the turns at Lasham 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 13:00 UTC, at 51%.

The share of the turns at Lasham Airfield that become a climb, by the hour of the day.
Hour (UTC)	Turns that become a climb
08:00	22%
09:00	38%
10:00	46%
11:00	48%
12:00	50%
13:00	51%
14:00	51%
15:00	48%
16:00	42%
17:00	26%
18:00	5%

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

The wind sectors at Lasham Airfield

The climb at Lasham Airfield is strongest when the wind comes from the north-west, 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 Lasham 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)	2.9	4700	39%	7
NE (north-east)	2.8	5000	30%	7
E (east)	2.9	6000	42%	7
SE (south-east)	2.8	5500	23%	5
S (south)	2.7	5100	30%	7
SW (south-west)	2.6	4800	25%	8
W (west)	2.8	4800	34%	8
NW (north-west)	3.0	4950	52%	7

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Sites near Lasham Airfield

The soaring sites nearest to Lasham Airfield.
Site	Distance (km)	Direction
Rivar Hill Glider Field	39	to the north-west
Southdown Gliding Club	49	to the south-east
Wycombe Air Park	50	to the north
RAF Keevil	76	to the west
Bicester Airfield	81	to the north
London Gliding Club	83	to the north-east