// Station · 32m ago

EIKY

Kerry Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 16°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 112 FT

52.1809°N / 9.5238°W

LOCATION · Farranfore, IE

WIND

250°9 kt

EIKY · 112 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW028

T / Td

20 / 16

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 250°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,800 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 EIKY 131730Z 25009KT 9999 FEW028 20/16 Q1019

EIKY · day 13 at 17:30 UTC · wind from 250° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,800 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 16°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

250°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

26★ HDG 260° H9 kt X2 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,562'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

08 HDG 080° T9 kt X2 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,112 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

500FT

+388 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV112 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT-59 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EICK (Cork International Airport, Cork, elev 502 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+5%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-2%

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)

FEW028

Few · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,213 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:10ZSUNRISE

12:35ZSOLAR NOON

19:00ZSUNSET

19:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:35Z (1h 32m) DAY LENGTH12h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE07:42Z MOONSET20:33Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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