// Station · 6m ago

ETHS

Faßberg Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 160° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 15°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

ELEV 245 FT

52.9194°N / 10.1858°E

LOCATION · Faßberg, DE

WIND

160°3 kt

ETHS · 245 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 07Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

160°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW050 BKN080

T / Td

15 / 12

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Light winds at 160°/3 kt, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 5,000 ft, and broken at 8,000 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 ETHS 170720Z 16003KT 9999 FEW050 BKN080 15/12 Q1012 BLU BLU TEMPO WHT

ETHS · day 17 at 07:20 UTC · wind from 160° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 5,000 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 160° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

160°3 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 6 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 8,005'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 8,005'

09L HDG 090° —CALM —— 3,281'

27R HDG 270° —CALM —— 3,281'

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 1,312'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 1,312'

Pattern altitude: 1,245 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 +1°C

300FT

+55 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV245 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+1°C PRESSURE ALT281 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDVE (Braunschweig-Wolfsburg Airport, Braunschweig, elev 295 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 · 2 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

FEW050

Few · base 5,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~83% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL7,821 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

04:04ZSUNRISE

11:24ZSOLAR NOON

18:44ZSUNSET

19:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT07:26Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 17m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:23Z (11h 56m) DAY LENGTH14h 39m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION17% MOONRISE07:19Z MOONSET21:59Z FULL MOON IN11 days

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