// Station · 9m ago

ETHA

Altenstadt Army Airfield

CAT VFR

WIND 250° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 1°C / 0°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

WX VCFG

ELEV 2,425 FT

47.8355°N / 10.8712°E

LOCATION · Altenstadt, DE

WIND

250°3 kt

ETHA · 2,425 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 06Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

250°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW120

T / Td

1 / 0

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 250°/3 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 12,000 ft. Reported weather: fog in the vicinity (VCFG). Fog is water droplets suspended at the surface with visibility under 5/8 SM; it typically burns off with daytime heating or a pickup in wind. 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 ETHA 130620Z 25003KT 9999 VCFG FEW120 01/00 Q1025 BLU+BLU+

ETHA · day 13 at 06:20 UTC · wind from 250° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 12,000 ft · temp 1°C / dewpoint 0°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg · weather: fog in the vicinity (VCFG)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 250° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

250°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 2,297'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 2,297'

Pattern altitude: 3,425 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 -10°C

900FT

-1,525 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV2,425 FT OAT+1°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT2,077 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDQA (Bamberg-Breitenau Airfield, Bamberg, elev 811 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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)

FEW120

Few · base 12,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER12,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL2,930 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:33ZSUNRISE

11:03ZSOLAR NOON

16:34ZSUNSET

17:05ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING10h 05m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:05Z (10h 36m) DAY LENGTH11h 01m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE07:05Z MOONSET18:06Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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