// Station · 5m ago

EGPL

Benbecula Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 240° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 1,100 ft

T/Td 13°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.68 inHg

ELEV 19 FT

57.4811°N / 7.3628°W

LOCATION · Balivanich, GB

WIND

240°12 kt

EGPL · 19 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN011

LAYERS

FEW003 BKN011

T / Td

13 / 12

ALTIM

29.68"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 1,100 ft. Moderate winds at 240°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 300 ft, and broken at 1,100 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR EGPL 180550Z AUTO 24012KT 9999 FEW003/// BKN011/// 13/12 Q1005

EGPL · day 18 at 05:50 UTC · wind from 240° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 300 ft · broken layer at 1,100 ft · temp 13°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 12 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

240°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

24★ HDG 240° H12 kt X0 kt — PRIMARY · 6,027'

17 HDG 170° H4 kt X11 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 92%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

35 HDG 350° T4 kt X11 kt LEFT —

06 HDG 060° T12 kt X0 kt — —

Pattern altitude: 1,019 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

100FT

+81 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV19 FT OAT+13°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT261 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EGEP (Papa Westray Airport, Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, elev 91 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+1%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-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)

BKN011

Broken · base 1,100 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW003

Few · base 300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING1,100 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,100 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL6,585 ft VFR MARGIN-1,900 ft

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

05:01ZSUNRISE

12:34ZSOLAR NOON

20:07ZSUNSET

20:52ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:55Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 11m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:52Z (14h 56m) DAY LENGTH15h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE09:02Z MOONSET00:07Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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