// Station · 32m ago

EGPA

Kirkwall Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 100° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 600 ft

T/Td 11°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.71 inHg

WX -RA

ELEV 50 FT

58.9579°N / 2.9051°W

LOCATION · Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, GB

WIND

100°13 kt

EGPA · 50 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 04Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN006

LAYERS

BKN006 OVC013

T / Td

11 / 10

ALTIM

29.71"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 600 ft. Brisk winds at 100°/13 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 600 ft, and overcast at 1,300 ft. Reported weather: light rain (-RA). Would deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGPA 180450Z AUTO 10013KT 9999 -RA BKN006/// OVC013/// 11/10 Q1006

EGPA · day 18 at 04:50 UTC · wind from 100° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 600 ft · overcast at 1,300 ft · temp 11°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.71" Hg · weather: light rain (-RA)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 13 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

100°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

09★ HDG 090° H13 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,690'

14 HDG 140° H10 kt X8 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 62%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

32 HDG 320° T10 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

27 HDG 270° T13 kt X2 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 -3°C

-200FT

-250 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV50 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT263 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC013

Overcast · base 1,300 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN006

Broken · base 600 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING600 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL5,606 ft VFR MARGIN-2,400 ft

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

04:38ZSUNRISE

12:16ZSOLAR NOON

19:55ZSUNSET

20:43ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 32m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:43Z (15h 20m) DAY LENGTH15h 17m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE08:37Z MOONSET23:54Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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