// Station · 24m ago

EGPA

Kirkwall Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 130° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 14°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 50 FT

58.9579°N / 2.9051°W

LOCATION · Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, GB

WIND

130°10 kt

EGPA · 50 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

130°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW015

T / Td

14 / 12

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 130°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,500 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 EGPA 251750Z 13010KT 9999 FEW015 14/12 Q1020

EGPA · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 130° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,500 ft · temp 14°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 130° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

130°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H10 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 2,222'

09 HDG 090° H8 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 60%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T8 kt X6 kt LEFT —

32 HDG 320° T10 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,050 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

-300FT

-350 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV50 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT-151 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGPR (Barra Airport, Eoligarry, elev 5 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)

FEW015

Few · base 1,500 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL7,121 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:54ZSUNRISE

12:15ZSOLAR NOON

19:36ZSUNSET

20:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:14Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:21Z (2h 07m) DAY LENGTH14h 41m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:00Z MOONSET05:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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