// Station · 14m ago

EGAC

George Best Belfast City Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 200° / 15 kt

VIS 4.3 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 17°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.53 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 15 FT

54.6181°N / 5.8725°W

LOCATION · Belfast, GB

WIND

200°15 kt

EGAC · 15 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

200°/15

VIS

4.3 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW036

T / Td

17 / 15

ALTIM

29.53"

// Interpretation

MVFR — visibility 4.3 SM. Brisk winds at 200°/15 kt, visibility 4.3 SM, a few at 3,600 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGAC 130050Z AUTO 20015KT 7000 -RA FEW036 17/15 Q1000

EGAC · day 13 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 200° at 15 kt · visibility 4.3 SM · a few clouds at 3,600 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.53" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 200° @ 15 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

200°15 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

22★ HDG 220° H14 kt X5 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,001'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

04 HDG 040° T14 kt X5 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,015 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

700FT

+685 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV15 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT405 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGAA (Belfast International Airport, Belfast, elev 268 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. 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)

FEW036

Few · base 3,600 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL8,601 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:49ZSUNRISE

12:10ZSOLAR NOON

17:32ZSUNSET

18:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:08Z (17h 04m) DAY LENGTH10h 43m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:09Z MOONSET18:53Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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