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// ETHN · Niederstetten Army Air Base · Niederstetten

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ETHN

Niederstetten Army Air Base
CAT VFR
WIND 080° / 8 kt
VIS 6+ SM
CEILING Few/scattered only
T/Td 18°C / 3°C
ALTIM 30.30 inHg
ELEV 1,536 FT
49.3916°N / 9.9567°E
LOCATION · Niederstetten, DE
N
WIND
080°8 kt
ETHN · 1,536 FT
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METRIC
NOW · 23Z
+6H
+12H
+18H
WIND
080°/8
 
 
 
VIS
6+ SM
 
 
 
CEILING
—
 
 
 
LAYERS
FEW380
 
 
 
T / Td
18 / 3
 
 
 
ALTIM
30.30"
 
 
 

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// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 080°/8 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 38,000 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 ETHN 122320Z 08008KT 9999 FEW380 18/03 Q1026 BLU+

ETHN · day 12 at 23:20 UTC · wind from 080° at 8 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 38,000 ft · temp 18°C / dewpoint 3°C · altimeter 30.30" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 080° @ 8 kt
1 USABLE · 1 AVOID
N
WIND
080°8 kt
HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND
HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable
07★ HDG 070° H8 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 3,320'
TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends
25 HDG 250° T8 kt X1 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 +5°C

1,800FT
+264 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV
// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…
FIELD ELEV1,536 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+5°C PRESSURE ALT1,158 FT
// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDTM (Mengen-Hohentengen Airfield, Mengen, elev 1,818 ft) on a standard ISA day.
// Aircraft performance impact MINOR
TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE
Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee
+18%
-13%
Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney
+13%
-8%
Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2
+7%
-5%

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

FT 0 5k 10k 15k 20k 25k FRZ LVL · 10,627 FT FEW380 ETHN ELEV · 1,536 FT
// Reported layers (highest → lowest)
FEW380
Few · base 38,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas
// Computed
CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER38,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL10,627 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:09ZSUNRISE
11:26ZSOLAR NOON
18:43ZSUNSET
19:19ZCIVIL END
CURRENT00:23Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING18h 19m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:19Z (18h 55m) DAY LENGTH14h 33m
New Moon
ILLUMINATION0% MOONRISE03:54Z MOONSET18:28Z FULL MOON IN15 days

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