Does this mean that only R21 is closed due to snow, or the whole airport?
EGKB 181850Z 04009KT 1800 SN OVC005 M02/M03 Q1009 R21/SNOCLO
I think it is actually an incorrect METAR. SNOCLO is meant to mean the entire airport. It should be R/SNOCLO. I think they mean R21///99// which means runway 21 closed due to snow contamination.
The METAR now says EGKB 182120Z 05007KT 8000 -SN SCT015 BKN022 M01/M02 Q1010 RESN R88/4900//
so they didn’t just close the airport for the whole day (like Shoreham did today). I would have been surprised to see Biggin closed due to the small amount of snow we had, given the high net worth client bizjet traffic.
Peter wrote:
The METAR now says EGKB 182120Z 05007KT 8000 -SN SCT015 BKN022 M01/M02 Q1010 RESN R88/4900//
That means all runways dry snow 51-100% coverage less than 1mm
I have both landed and departed from a properly snow covered runway at Goose Bay. The braking action was moderate, but with such a long runway no problem. I suspect that 2mm of snow might be worse.
