// Station · 18d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

ESIA

Karlsborg Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 17 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 8°C

ALTIM 29.68 inHg

ELEV 308 FT

58.5138°N / 14.5071°E

LOCATION · Karlsborg, SE

WIND

250°17 kt

ESIA · 308 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 11Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW052

T / Td

20 / 8

ALTIM

29.68"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 250°/17 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 5,200 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 ESIA 101120Z AUTO 25017KT 9999 FEW052/// 20/08 Q1005

ESIA · day 10 at 11:20 UTC · wind from 250° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 5,200 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 17 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

250°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

24★ HDG 240° H17 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,472'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

06 HDG 060° T17 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,308 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 +6°C

1,300FT

+992 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV308 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT550 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ESND (Sveg Airport, Sveg, elev 1,178 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+13%

-9%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+9%

-6%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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)

FEW052

Few · base 5,200 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER5,200 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,409 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:54ZSUNRISE

11:04ZSOLAR NOON

18:14ZSUNSET

18:57ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING16h 58m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:57Z (17h 41m) DAY LENGTH14h 19m

Waning Gibbous

ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE16:41Z MOONSET07:01Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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