// Station · 7m ago

EDXW

Westerland Sylt Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 3,600 ft

T/Td 18°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 51 FT

54.9132°N / 8.3405°E

LOCATION · Sylt, DE

WIND

310°14 kt

EDXW · 51 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN036

LAYERS

FEW020 BKN036

T / Td

18 / 12

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 3,600 ft. Brisk winds at 310°/14 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 2,000 ft, and broken at 3,600 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 EDXW 151550Z 31014KT 9999 FEW020 BKN036 18/12 Q1016

EDXW · day 15 at 15:50 UTC · wind from 310° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,000 ft · broken layer at 3,600 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 14 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

32★ HDG 320° H14 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,955'

24 HDG 240° H5 kt X13 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 93%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

06 HDG 060° T5 kt X13 kt LEFT —

14 HDG 140° T14 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,051 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 +3°C

300FT

+249 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV51 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT-31 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDHK (Kiel-Holtenau Airport, Kiel, elev 102 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN036

Broken · base 3,600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW020

Few · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING3,600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER3,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,142 ft VFR MARGIN+600 ft

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

04:02ZSUNRISE

11:32ZSOLAR NOON

19:02ZSUNSET

19:44ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:44Z (3h 47m) DAY LENGTH15h 00m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION6% MOONRISE05:56Z MOONSET20:57Z FULL MOON IN12 days

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