// Station · 6h 37m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

EIDL

Donegal Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 190° / 19 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING OVC at 2,700 ft

T/Td 17°C / 15°C

ALTIM 29.44 inHg

ELEV 30 FT

55.0442°N / 8.3410°W

LOCATION · Donegal, IE

WIND

190°19 kt

EIDL · 30 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/19

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

OVC027

LAYERS

FEW019 OVC027

T / Td

17 / 15

ALTIM

29.44"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,700 ft. Brisk winds at 190°/19 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,900 ft, and overcast at 2,700 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 EIDL 121830Z 19019KT 9999 FEW019 OVC027 17/15 Q0997

EIDL · day 12 at 18:30 UTC · wind from 190° at 19 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,900 ft · overcast at 2,700 ft · temp 17°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 29.44" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 19 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°19 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

20★ HDG 200° H19 kt X3 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 4,908'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

02 HDG 020° T19 kt X3 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 +3°C

900FT

+870 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV30 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT509 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

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

OVC027

Overcast · base 2,700 ft AGL · 8 oktas

FEW019

Few · base 1,900 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,700 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL8,616 ft VFR MARGIN-300 ft

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

06:59ZSUNRISE

12:20ZSOLAR NOON

17:42ZSUNSET

18:18ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:07Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:18Z (17h 11m) DAY LENGTH10h 42m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE08:20Z MOONSET19:03Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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