// Station · 56m ago

ETHB

Bückeburg Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 12 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 22,000 ft

T/Td 23°C / 7°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 230 FT

52.2785°N / 9.0822°E

LOCATION · Bückeburg, DE

WIND

090°12 kt

ETHB · 230 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/12

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN220

LAYERS

FEW050 BKN220

T / Td

23 / 7

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 22,000 ft. Moderate winds at 090°/12 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 5,000 ft, and broken at 22,000 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 251520Z 09012KT 9999 FEW050 BKN220 23/07 Q1015 BLU+BLU+

ETHB · day 25 at 15:20 UTC · wind from 090° at 12 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 22,000 ft · temp 23°C / dewpoint 7°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 12 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°12 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

08★ HDG 080° H12 kt X2 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,010'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

26 HDG 260° T12 kt X2 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 +8°C

1,200FT

+970 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV230 FT OAT+23°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT177 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at ETAD (Spangdahlem Air Base, Trier, elev 1,197 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+12%

-8%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+8%

-5%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+5%

-4%

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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN220

Broken · base 22,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING22,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER22,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL11,846 ft VFR MARGIN+19,000 ft

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

04:24ZSUNRISE

11:27ZSOLAR NOON

18:30ZSUNSET

19:06ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 13m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:06Z (2h 50m) DAY LENGTH14h 05m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:26Z MOONSET04:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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