// Station · 45m ago

ETHB

Bückeburg Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 150° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 9°C / 5°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 230 FT

52.2785°N / 9.0822°E

LOCATION · Bückeburg, DE

WIND

150°5 kt

ETHB · 230 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

150°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT320

T / Td

9 / 5

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 150°/5 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 32,000 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 ETHB 130020Z 15005KT 9999 SCT320 09/05 Q1022 BLU+

ETHB · day 13 at 00:20 UTC · wind from 150° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 32,000 ft · temp 9°C / dewpoint 5°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 150° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

150°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H2 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,010'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T2 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,230 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

-800FT

-1,030 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV230 FT OAT+9°C ISA DELTA-6°C PRESSURE ALT-30 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field -800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's -1,030 ft above ETHB's actual elevation.

// 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

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

SCT320

Scattered · base 32,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER32,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL4,775 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:45ZSUNRISE

11:11ZSOLAR NOON

16:36ZSUNSET

17:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:05Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:10Z (16h 05m) DAY LENGTH10h 50m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:06Z MOONSET17:57Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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