// Station · 16m ago

EGPA

Kirkwall Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 19 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 14°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.38 inHg

ELEV 50 FT

58.9579°N / 2.9051°W

LOCATION · Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, GB

WIND

160°19 kt

EGPA · 50 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/19

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

14 / 12

ALTIM

29.38"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 160°/19 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 EGPA 130050Z AUTO 16019KT 9999 NCD 14/12 Q0995

EGPA · day 13 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 160° at 19 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 14°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.38" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 19 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

160°19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

14★ HDG 140° H18 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,222'

09 HDG 090° H6 kt X18 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 95%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

27 HDG 270° T6 kt X18 kt LEFT —

32 HDG 320° T18 kt X6 kt LEFT —

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 +0°C

600FT

+550 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV50 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA+0°C PRESSURE ALT588 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGPT (Perth/Scone Airport, Perth, Perth and Kinross, elev 397 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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 · 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 LEVEL7,121 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:44ZSUNRISE

11:59ZSOLAR NOON

17:13ZSUNSET

17:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:06Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 06m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:54Z (16h 47m) DAY LENGTH10h 29m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:05Z MOONSET18:34Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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