// Station · 42m ago

ETSB

Büchel Air Base

CAT —

WIND 120° / 4 kt

VIS —

CEILING —

T/Td 15°C / 12°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 1,568 FT

50.1738°N / 7.0633°E

LOCATION · Alflen, DE

WIND

120°4 kt

ETSB · 1,568 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

120°/4

VIS

—

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

15 / 12

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 120°/4 kt. Visibility unreported and no reported cloud layers. 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 ETSB 251620Z AUTO 12004KT //// // ////// 15/12 Q1015 ///

ETSB · day 25 at 16:20 UTC · wind from 120° at 4 kt · temp 15°C / dewpoint 12°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 120° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

120°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

03 HDG 030° —CALM —— 8,225'

21 HDG 210° —CALM —— 8,225'

Pattern altitude: 2,568 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 +3°C

1,900FT

+332 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↘ -300 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV1,568 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+3°C PRESSURE ALT1,515 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at EDFH (Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen), elev 1,649 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+19%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-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 · clear · no layers reported

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

CLR

No reported cloud layers — clear sky from surface to reporting ceiling.

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER— TOTAL COVERAGEclear FREEZING LEVEL9,144 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+0)

04:36ZSUNRISE

11:35ZSOLAR NOON

18:33ZSUNSET

19:08ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING1h 31m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:08Z (2h 05m) DAY LENGTH13h 56m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE14:40Z MOONSET04:37Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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