// Station · 26m ago

EDBC

Cochstedt Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 16°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

ELEV 599 FT

51.8564°N / 11.4203°E

LOCATION · Hecklingen, DE

WIND

240°8 kt

EDBC · 599 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

16 / 15

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 240°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 EDBC 290050Z AUTO 24008KT CAVOK 16/15 Q1011

EDBC · day 29 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 240° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

240°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

25★ HDG 250° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 8,202'

25G HDG 250° H8 kt X1 kt LEFT 2,625'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

07 HDG 070° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

07G HDG 070° T8 kt X1 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,599 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 +2°C

900FT

+301 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV599 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT664 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDVK (Kassel Airport, Calden, elev 820 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL8,680 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+1)

04:22ZSUNRISE

11:16ZSOLAR NOON

18:11ZSUNSET

18:46ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:46Z (17h 30m) DAY LENGTH13h 48m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE17:09Z MOONSET06:58Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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