// Station · 14m ago

ENCN

Kristiansand Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 8 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 11°C / 4°C

ALTIM 29.65 inHg

ELEV 57 FT

58.2042°N / 8.0854°E

LOCATION · Kristiansand(Kjevik), NO

WIND

300°8 kt

ENCN · 57 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/8

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

11 / 4

ALTIM

29.65"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 300°/8 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 170050Z AUTO 30008KT 230V350 9999 NCD 11/04 Q1004

ENCN · day 17 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 300° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 11°C / dewpoint 4°C · altimeter 29.65" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 8 kt

2 USABLE · 0 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

300°8 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

03★ HDG 030° H0 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 6,677'

21 HDG 210° H0 kt X8 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

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 -3°C

-100FT

-157 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV57 FT OAT+11°C ISA DELTA-3°C PRESSURE ALT329 FT

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

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

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. 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 · 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 LEVEL5,613 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:02ZSUNRISE

11:23ZSOLAR NOON

17:45ZSUNSET

18:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 40m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:24Z (17h 20m) DAY LENGTH12h 42m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION28% MOONRISE09:15Z MOONSET21:58Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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