// Station · 8m ago

EHVK

Volkel Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 070° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 17,000 ft

T/Td 24°C / 11°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 72 FT

51.6572°N / 5.7078°E

LOCATION · Uden, NL

WIND

070°8 kt

EHVK · 72 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC170

LAYERS

OVC170

T / Td

24 / 11

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 17,000 ft. Moderate winds at 070°/8 kt, visibility 6+ SM, overcast at 17,000 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 EHVK 251655Z AUTO 07008KT 9999 OVC170 24/11 Q1013 BLU

EHVK · day 25 at 16:55 UTC · wind from 070° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · overcast at 17,000 ft · temp 24°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID

WIND

070°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

06L★ HDG 060° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 9,922'

06R HDG 060° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT 9,931'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

24R HDG 240° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

24L HDG 240° T8 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,072 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 +9°C

1,200FT

+1,128 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV72 FT OAT+24°C ISA DELTA+9°C PRESSURE ALT78 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 1,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,128 ft above EHVK's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

OVC170

Overcast · base 17,000 ft AGL · 8 oktas

// Computed

CEILING17,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER17,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL12,193 ft VFR MARGIN+14,000 ft

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

04:39ZSUNRISE

11:40ZSOLAR NOON

18:42ZSUNSET

19:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 38m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:18Z (2h 14m) DAY LENGTH14h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:43Z MOONSET04:46Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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