// Station · 3m ago

EFKU

Kuopio Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 350° / 14 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 13°C / -2°C

ALTIM 29.50 inHg

ELEV 323 FT

63.0071°N / 27.7978°E

LOCATION · Kuopio / Siilinjärvi, FI

WIND

350°14 kt

EFKU · 323 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

350°/14

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

13 / -2

ALTIM

29.50"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 350°/14 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 EFKU 271150Z AUTO 35014KT 330V040 CAVOK 13/M02 Q0999

EFKU · day 27 at 11:50 UTC · wind from 350° at 14 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 13°C / dewpoint -2°C · altimeter 29.50" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 350° @ 14 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

350°14 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

33★ HDG 330° H13 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,186'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

15 HDG 150° T13 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,323 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 -1°C

700FT

+377 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV323 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT743 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EFRO (Rovaniemi Airport, Rovaniemi, elev 642 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-2%

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.

// 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 LEVEL6,889 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

00:35ZSUNRISE

10:07ZSOLAR NOON

19:39ZSUNSET

—CIVIL END

CURRENT11:53Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS— DAY LENGTH19h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE09:20Z MOONSET04:24Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of EFKU.

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