// Station · 18m ago

EDLW

Dortmund Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 11°C / 7°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 425 FT

51.5183°N / 7.6122°E

LOCATION · Dortmund, DE

WIND

160°9 kt

EDLW · 425 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120

T / Td

11 / 7

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 160°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 12,000 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 EDLW 130050Z AUTO 16009KT 9999 // FEW120/// 11/07 Q1021

EDLW · day 13 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 160° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H2 kt X9 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,562'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T2 kt X9 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,425 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 -4°C

-200FT

-625 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV425 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT195 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDLV (Weeze (Niederrhein) Airport, Weeze, elev 106 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-0%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+0%

-0%

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)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL5,981 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:50ZSUNRISE

11:16ZSOLAR NOON

16:43ZSUNSET

17:16ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:16Z (16h 08m) DAY LENGTH10h 52m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:11Z MOONSET18:04Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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