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// Station · 25m ago

ESPE

Vidsel Air Base
CAT VFR
WIND 100° / 4 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 8°C / 8°C
ALTIM 30.03 inHg
ELEV 597 FT
65.8753°N / 20.1499°E
LOCATION · Vidsel, SE
N
WIND
100°4 kt
ESPE · 597 FT
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// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC
NOW · 00Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
100°/4
 
 
 
VIS
6+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW068
 
 
 
T / Td
8 / 8
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.03"
 
 
 

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 100°/4 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 6,800 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 ESPE 290050Z AUTO 10004KT 9999 FEW068/// 08/08 Q1017

ESPE · day 29 at 00:50 UTC · wind from 100° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 6,800 ft · temp 8°C / dewpoint 8°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 100° @ 4 kt
ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM
N
WIND
100°4 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends
11 HDG 110° CALM 7,316'
29 HDG 290° CALM 7,316'
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 -6°C

-200FT
-797 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV597 FT OAT+8°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT485 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ESPA (Luleå Airport, Luleå, elev 65 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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 4,637 FT FEW068 ESPE ELEV · 597 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
FEW068
Few · base 6,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING HIGHEST LAYER6,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL4,637 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:05ZSUNRISE
10:41ZSOLAR NOON
18:18ZSUNSET
19:18ZCIVIL END
CURRENT01:15Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING17h 02m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:18Z (18h 02m) DAY LENGTH15h 12m
Waning Gibbous
ILLUMINATION99% MOONRISE15:52Z MOONSET07:05Z FULL MOON IN29 days

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