// Station · 57m ago

ETHN

Niederstetten Army Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND VRB / 2 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 4,500 ft

T/Td 16°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,536 FT

49.3916°N / 9.9567°E

LOCATION · Niederstetten, DE

WIND

VRB2 kt

ETHN · 1,536 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

VRB/2

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN045

LAYERS

FEW010 BKN045

T / Td

16 / 13

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 4,500 ft. Light winds at variable/2 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,000 ft, and broken at 4,500 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 251520Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW010 BKN045 16/13 Q1015 BLU BLU

ETHN · day 25 at 15:20 UTC · wind variable at 2 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,000 ft · broken layer at 4,500 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind VRB @ 2 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

VRB2 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

07 HDG 070° —CALM —— 3,320'

25 HDG 250° —CALM —— 3,320'

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 +4°C

2,000FT

+464 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,536 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,483 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

+20%

-14%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+14%

-9%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+8%

-6%

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)

BKN045

Broken · base 4,500 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW010

Few · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING4,500 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER4,500 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,617 ft VFR MARGIN+1,500 ft

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

04:26ZSUNRISE

11:23ZSOLAR NOON

18:20ZSUNSET

18:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING2h 03m VFR NIGHT BEGINS18:54Z (2h 37m) DAY LENGTH13h 53m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:29Z MOONSET04:23Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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