// Station · 11m ago

EPKT

Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 100° / 9 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 12°C / 11°C

ALTIM 30.09 inHg

ELEV 995 FT

50.4760°N / 19.0807°E

LOCATION · Katowice, PL

WIND

100°9 kt

EPKT · 995 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

100°/9

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW048

T / Td

12 / 11

ALTIM

30.09"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 100°/9 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,800 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 EPKT 251800Z 10009KT 9999 FEW048 12/11 Q1019

EPKT · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 100° at 9 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,800 ft · temp 12°C / dewpoint 11°C · altimeter 30.09" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 9 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

100°9 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H8 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,499'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T8 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,995 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 -1°C

700FT

-295 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV995 FT OAT+12°C ISA DELTA-1°C PRESSURE ALT824 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EPRZ (Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, Jasionka, elev 693 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+7%

-5%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+5%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+3%

-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)

FEW048

Few · base 4,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL7,056 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:48ZSUNRISE

10:47ZSOLAR NOON

17:46ZSUNSET

18:21ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:11Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:21Z (9m) DAY LENGTH13h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:54Z MOONSET03:52Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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