// Station · 30m ago

ENCN

Kristiansand Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 310° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18°C / -1°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 57 FT

58.2042°N / 8.0854°E

LOCATION · Kristiansand(Kjevik), NO

WIND

310°6 kt

ENCN · 57 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

310°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / -1

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 310°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 ENCN 271020Z 31006KT 260V360 CAVOK 18/M01 Q1024

ENCN · day 27 at 10:20 UTC · wind from 310° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint -1°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 310° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

310°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

03★ HDG 030° H1 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,677'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

21 HDG 210° T1 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,057 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 +2°C

0FT

-57 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV57 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT-262 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ENZV (Stavanger Airport, Sola, Stavanger, elev 29 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+0%

-0%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+0%

-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.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL9,148 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:41ZSUNRISE

11:26ZSOLAR NOON

20:10ZSUNSET

21:15ZCIVIL END

CURRENT10:50Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING9h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS21:15Z (10h 24m) DAY LENGTH17h 28m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE11:24Z MOONSET04:53Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of ENCN.

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