// Station · 36m ago

ETHN

Niederstetten Army Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 6 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 5°C / 2°C

ALTIM 30.24 inHg

ELEV 1,536 FT

49.3916°N / 9.9567°E

LOCATION · Niederstetten, DE

WIND

140°6 kt

ETHN · 1,536 FT

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

METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/6

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW320

T / Td

5 / 2

ALTIM

30.24"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/6 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 32,000 ft. Would shift to MVFR if the ceiling drops to 3,000 ft or visibility below 5 SM.

Loading TAF forecast narrative…

SOURCES · NOAA Aviation Weather Center METAR (TAF loading…)

// Want this glance-able on 10 airports? METAR Deck →

// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR ETHN 130120Z 14006KT 9999 FEW320 05/02 Q1024 BLU+

ETHN · day 13 at 01:20 UTC · wind from 140° at 6 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 32,000 ft · temp 5°C / dewpoint 2°C · altimeter 30.24" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 6 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

140°6 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

07★ HDG 070° H2 kt X6 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,320'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

25 HDG 250° T2 kt X6 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 2,536 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

300FT

-1,236 FT BELOW FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,536 FT OAT+5°C ISA DELTA-8°C PRESSURE ALT1,217 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

+3%

-2%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+2%

-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 LEVEL4,061 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:38ZSUNRISE

11:07ZSOLAR NOON

16:36ZSUNSET

17:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:56Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 39m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:08Z (15h 11m) DAY LENGTH10h 57m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE07:01Z MOONSET17:59Z FULL MOON IN13 days

// Nearest reporting stations

Loading nearest reporting stations…

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

AIRSPACE

// Want this on your Stream Deck? METAR Deck shows real-time category and conditions for any 10 airports — built by the team that ships this page.

Get METAR Deck →