// Station · 4m ago

ESPE

Vidsel Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 190° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 16,000 ft

T/Td 16°C / 7°C

ALTIM 30.15 inHg

ELEV 597 FT

65.8753°N / 20.1499°E

LOCATION · Vidsel, SE

WIND

190°5 kt

ESPE · 597 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

190°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN160

LAYERS

SCT050 BKN160

T / Td

16 / 7

ALTIM

30.15"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 16,000 ft. Light winds at 190°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, scattered at 5,000 ft, and broken at 16,000 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 ESPE 131220Z AUTO 19005KT 120V250 9999 SCT050/// BKN160/// 16/07 Q1021

ESPE · day 13 at 12:20 UTC · wind from 190° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 16,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 30.15" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 190° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

190°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

11★ HDG 110° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,316'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

29 HDG 290° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,597 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

600FT

+3 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV597 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT367 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ESUP (Pajala Airport, Pajala, elev 542 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+6%

-4%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+4%

-3%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+2%

-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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN160

Broken · base 16,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT050

Scattered · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING16,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER16,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL8,678 ft VFR MARGIN+13,000 ft

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

02:11ZSUNRISE

10:45ZSOLAR NOON

19:20ZSUNSET

20:39ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 55m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:39Z (8h 14m) DAY LENGTH17h 08m

New Moon

ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE02:20Z MOONSET19:29Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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