// Station · 13m ago

ETHL

Laupheim Air Base

CAT IFR

WIND 240° / 2 kt

VIS 2.5 SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 2°C / 1°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

WX VCFG

ELEV 1,766 FT

48.2203°N / 9.9100°E

LOCATION · Laupheim, DE

WIND

240°2 kt

ETHL · 1,766 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

240°/2

VIS

2.5 SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW320

T / Td

2 / 1

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

IFR conditions — visibility 2.5 SM. Light winds at 240°/2 kt, visibility 2.5 SM, a few at 32,000 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 deteriorate to LIFR below 500 ft ceiling or 1 SM, or improve to MVFR above 1,000 ft and 3 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

SPECI ETHL 130150Z 24002KT 4000 VCFG FEW320 02/01 Q1024 GRN

ETHL · day 13 at 01:50 UTC · wind from 240° at 2 kt · visibility 2.5 SM · a few clouds at 32,000 ft · temp 2°C / dewpoint 1°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg · weather: fog in the vicinity (VCFG)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 240° @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

240°2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 4 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 5,400'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 5,400'

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 1,968'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 1,968'

Pattern altitude: 2,766 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

200FT

-1,566 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,766 FT OAT+2°C ISA DELTA-10°C PRESSURE ALT1,447 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDFM (Mannheim-City Airport, Mannheim, elev 308 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact ENHANCED

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+2%

-1%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+1%

-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. 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)

FEW320

Few · base 32,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER32,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL2,776 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:37ZSUNRISE

11:07ZSOLAR NOON

16:38ZSUNSET

17:09ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:03Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 34m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:09Z (15h 06m) DAY LENGTH11h 00m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:00Z MOONSET18:01Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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