// Station · 35m ago

ETAD

Spangdahlem Air Base

CAT LIFR

WIND 260° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 200 ft

T/Td 19°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.86 inHg

ELEV 1,197 FT

49.9765°N / 6.6984°E

LOCATION · Trier, DE

WIND

260°7 kt

ETAD · 1,197 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 22Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

260°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN002

LAYERS

BKN002 BKN008 OVC015

T / Td

19 / 18

ALTIM

29.86"

// Interpretation

LIFR — ceiling 200 ft. Light winds at 260°/7 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 200 ft, broken at 800 ft, and overcast at 1,500 ft. LIFR is the lowest standard category. Would improve to IFR above 500 ft and 1 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI ETAD 182228Z 26007KT 9999 BKN002 BKN008 OVC015 19/18 A2986 RMK AO2A RAE20DZB20E27 SLP099

ETAD · day 18 at 22:28 UTC · wind from 260° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 200 ft · broken layer at 800 ft · overcast at 1,500 ft · temp 19°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.86" Hg · sea-level pressure 1009.9 mb

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 260° @ 7 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

260°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

23★ HDG 230° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 10,007'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

05 HDG 050° T6 kt X4 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,197 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

2,000FT

+803 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,197 FT OAT+19°C ISA DELTA+6°C PRESSURE ALT1,253 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDFH (Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen), elev 1,649 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

OVC015

Overcast · base 1,500 ft AGL · 8 oktas

BKN008

Broken · base 800 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

BKN002

Broken · base 200 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING200 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER1,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~100% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL10,793 ft VFR MARGIN-2,800 ft

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

04:28ZSUNRISE

11:38ZSOLAR NOON

18:48ZSUNSET

19:24ZCIVIL END

CURRENT23:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:24Z (past) DAY LENGTH14h 20m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION32% MOONRISE09:03Z MOONSET23:23Z FULL MOON IN9 days

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