// Station · 21m ago

EGPC

Wick John O'Groats Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 120° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 14°C / 12°C

ALTIM 30.12 inHg

ELEV 126 FT

58.4589°N / 3.0931°W

LOCATION · Wick, GB

WIND

120°9 kt

EGPC · 126 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

14 / 12

ALTIM

30.12"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 120°/9 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 EGPC 251750Z AUTO 12009KT 9999 NCD 14/12 Q1020

EGPC · day 25 at 17:50 UTC · wind from 120° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 14°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 30.12" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

120°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

13★ HDG 130° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

31 HDG 310° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,126 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

-200FT

-326 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV126 FT OAT+14°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT-75 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 · 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 LEVEL7,197 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:56ZSUNRISE

12:16ZSOLAR NOON

19:35ZSUNSET

20:19ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:19Z (2h 08m) DAY LENGTH14h 38m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:03Z MOONSET05:41Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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