// Station · 21m ago

EGPB

Sumburgh Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 240° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 12°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.45 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

59.8789°N / 1.2956°W

LOCATION · Lerwick, Shetland, GB

WIND

240°6 kt

EGPB · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 13Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW010

T / Td

12 / 9

ALTIM

30.45"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 240°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,000 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 EGPB 271350Z COR 24006KT 9999 FEW010 12/09 Q1031 NOSIG

EGPB · day 27 at 13:50 UTC · wind from 240° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,000 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.45" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 6 kt

4 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

240°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 4 usable

24H★ HDG 240° H6 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 1,781'

27 HDG 270° H5 kt X3 kt LEFT 4,915'

15 HDG 150° H0 kt X6 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

33 HDG 330° H0 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

09 HDG 090° T5 kt X3 kt RIGHT —

06H HDG 060° T6 kt X0 kt — —

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 -4°C

-1,000FT

-1,020 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-4°C PRESSURE ALT-505 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -1,000 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,020 ft above EGPB's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW010

Few · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,081 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:05ZSUNRISE

12:03ZSOLAR NOON

21:02ZSUNSET

22:17ZCIVIL END

CURRENT14:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 50m VFR NIGHT BEGINS22:17Z (8h 06m) DAY LENGTH17h 56m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION84% MOONRISE11:54Z MOONSET05:51Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of EGPB.

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