// Station · 17m ago

EIDL

Donegal Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 13 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 30 FT

55.0442°N / 8.3410°W

LOCATION · Donegal, IE

WIND

140°13 kt

EIDL · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/13

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW042

T / Td

20 / 14

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 140°/13 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,200 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 EIDL 251600Z 14013KT 9999 FEW042 20/14 Q1013

EIDL · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 13 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,200 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 13 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°13 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

20★ HDG 200° H7 kt X11 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,908'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

02 HDG 020° T6 kt X11 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,030 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 +5°C

600FT

+570 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT36 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EIKN (Ireland West Airport Knock, Charlestown, elev 665 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-2%

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)

FEW042

Few · base 4,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,131 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC-1)

05:27ZSUNRISE

12:37ZSOLAR NOON

19:46ZSUNSET

20:26ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING3h 28m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:26Z (4h 08m) DAY LENGTH14h 19m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE15:29Z MOONSET05:49Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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