// Station · 32m ago

ESMQ

Kalmar Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 20°C / 14°C

ALTIM 29.77 inHg

ELEV 17 FT

56.6855°N / 16.2876°E

LOCATION · Kalmar, SE

WIND

250°12 kt

ESMQ · 17 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 10Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW028

T / Td

20 / 14

ALTIM

29.77"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 250°/12 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 ESMQ 101050Z 25012KT 9999 FEW028 20/14 Q1008 RERA

ESMQ · day 10 at 10:50 UTC · wind from 250° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,800 ft · temp 20°C / dewpoint 14°C · altimeter 29.77" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 12 kt

3 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

250°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 3 usable

23★ HDG 230° H11 kt X4 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 2,179'

16 HDG 160° H0 kt X12 kt RIGHT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

34 HDG 340° H0 kt X12 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T11 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,017 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

800FT

+783 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV17 FT OAT+20°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT171 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ESSF (Hultsfred Airport, Hultsfred, elev 366 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+8%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

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)

FEW028

Few · base 2,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,118 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:13ZSUNRISE

11:01ZSOLAR NOON

18:49ZSUNSET

19:35ZCIVIL END

CURRENT11:22Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING7h 26m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:35Z (8h 12m) DAY LENGTH15h 35m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION9% MOONRISE00:54Z MOONSET16:30Z FULL MOON IN18 days

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