// Station · 34m ago

DAAG

Houari Boumediene Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 1 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 24°C / 21°C

ALTIM 29.94 inHg

ELEV 82 FT

36.6939°N / 3.2145°E

LOCATION · Algiers, DZ

WIND

060°1 kt

DAAG · 82 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/1

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW020

T / Td

24 / 21

ALTIM

29.94"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 060°/1 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR DAAG 180400Z 06001KT 9999 FEW020 24/21 Q1014

DAAG · day 18 at 04:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 1 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 21°C · altimeter 29.94" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 1 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

060°1 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

05 HDG 050° —CALM —— 11,483'

23 HDG 230° —CALM —— 11,483'

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 11,483'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 11,483'

Pattern altitude: 1,082 ft MSL (1,000 ft AGL). Verify pattern direction and altitude with the chart supplement before flying. // On calm winds (<3 kt), all runways are usable — favor the longest or whatever the pattern calls for.

// Density altitude · ISA +9°C

1,200FT

+1,118 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV82 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT59 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at DAAD (Bou Saada Airport, Ouled Sidi Brahim, elev 1,506 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

Approximate using ~10% perf loss / 1,000 ft DA for normally aspirated, scaled by powerplant type. Verify with your aircraft's POH for accurate numbers — especially above 5,000 ft DA where these rules of thumb diverge. Severity rating assumes a standard altimeter setting (29.92" Hg / 1013 hPa); a non-standard setting shifts the effective altitude by roughly 1,000 ft per 1" Hg of deviation.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL12,203 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

05:08ZSUNRISE

11:52ZSOLAR NOON

18:36ZSUNSET

19:04ZCIVIL END

CURRENT04:34Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:04Z (14h 29m) DAY LENGTH13h 28m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION24% MOONRISE09:05Z MOONSET22:34Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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