// Station · 6m ago

ESSL

Linköping City Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 300° / 17 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 17°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.03 inHg

ELEV 172 FT

58.4049°N / 15.6845°E

LOCATION · Linköping, SE

WIND

300°17 kt

ESSL · 172 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 12Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

300°/17

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

17 / 1

ALTIM

30.03"

// Interpretation

VFR with brisk winds at 300°/17 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and no reported cloud layers. 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 ESSL 271250Z 30017KT CAVOK 17/01 Q1017

ESSL · day 27 at 12:50 UTC · wind from 300° at 17 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 17°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.03" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 300° @ 17 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

300°17 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

29★ HDG 290° H17 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 7,004'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

11 HDG 110° T17 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,172 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

300FT

+128 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -200 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV172 FT OAT+17°C ISA DELTA+2°C PRESSURE ALT60 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ESCF (Malmen Air Base, Linköping, elev 308 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-1%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+1%

-1%

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.

// Cloud layers · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL8,758 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

02:09ZSUNRISE

10:55ZSOLAR NOON

19:41ZSUNSET

20:47ZCIVIL END

CURRENT12:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING6h 45m VFR NIGHT BEGINS20:47Z (7h 50m) DAY LENGTH17h 31m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION83% MOONRISE10:56Z MOONSET04:28Z FULL MOON IN4 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of ESSL.

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