// Station · 14m ago

EGPB

Sumburgh Airport

CAT IFR

WIND 160° / 24 kt

VIS 4.3 SM

CEILING OVC at 500 ft

T/Td 13°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.44 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

59.8789°N / 1.2956°W

LOCATION · Lerwick, Shetland, GB

WIND

160°24 kt

EGPB · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/24

VIS

4.3 SM

CEILING

OVC005

LAYERS

OVC005

T / Td

13 / 12

ALTIM

29.44"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — ceiling 500 ft. Strong winds at 160°/24 kt, visibility 4.3 SM, overcast at 500 ft. 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 EGPB 130050Z AUTO 16024KT 7000 OVC005/// 13/12 Q0997

EGPB · day 13 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 160° at 24 kt · visibility 4.3 SM · overcast at 500 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.44" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 24 kt

3 USABLE · 3 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

160°24 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

15★ HDG 150° H24 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 4,672'

09 HDG 090° H8 kt X23 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 96%

24H HDG 240° H4 kt X24 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 3 ends

06H HDG 060° T4 kt X24 kt RIGHT —

27 HDG 270° T8 kt X23 kt LEFT —

33 HDG 330° T24 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,020 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

400FT

+380 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT499 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

+4%

-3%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+3%

-2%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-1%

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)

OVC005

Overcast · base 500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL6,586 ft VFR MARGIN-2,500 ft

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

06:39ZSUNRISE

11:52ZSOLAR NOON

17:05ZSUNSET

17:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 00m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:47Z (16h 42m) DAY LENGTH10h 25m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:00Z MOONSET18:26Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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