// Station · 7m ago

EGPE

Inverness Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 16 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 13°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.56 inHg

ELEV 31 FT

57.5425°N / 4.0475°W

LOCATION · Inverness, GB

WIND

250°16 kt

EGPE · 31 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 09Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/16

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW030

T / Td

13 / 7

ALTIM

29.56"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 250°/16 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 3,000 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 EGPE 130950Z 25016KT 9999 FEW030 13/07 Q1001

EGPE · day 13 at 09:50 UTC · wind from 250° at 16 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.56" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 16 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

250°16 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

23★ HDG 230° H15 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,194'

29 HDG 290° H12 kt X10 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 63%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

11 HDG 110° T12 kt X10 kt RIGHT —

05 HDG 050° T15 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,031 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

+169 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV31 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT391 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGPD (Aberdeen International Airport, Aberdeen, elev 215 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL6,597 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:46ZSUNRISE

12:03ZSOLAR NOON

17:20ZSUNSET

17:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT09:57Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 23m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:59Z (8h 02m) DAY LENGTH10h 34m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION5% MOONRISE08:25Z MOONSET18:59Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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