// Station · 17m ago

ETSB

Büchel Air Base

CAT VFR

WIND 220° / 3 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 7,000 ft

T/Td 16°C / 13°C

ALTIM 29.91 inHg

ELEV 1,568 FT

50.1738°N / 7.0633°E

LOCATION · Alflen, DE

WIND

220°3 kt

ETSB · 1,568 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

220°/3

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN070

LAYERS

BKN070

T / Td

16 / 13

ALTIM

29.91"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 7,000 ft. Light winds at 220°/3 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 7,000 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 ETSB 180520Z 22003KT 9999 BKN070 16/13 Q1013 BLU BLU

ETSB · day 18 at 05:20 UTC · wind from 220° at 3 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 7,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 29.91" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 220° @ 3 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

220°3 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 +4°C

2,100FT

+532 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,568 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT1,574 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

+21%

-15%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+15%

-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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN070

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

// Computed

CEILING7,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER7,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL9,649 ft VFR MARGIN+4,000 ft

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

04:26ZSUNRISE

11:37ZSOLAR NOON

18:47ZSUNSET

19:23ZCIVIL END

CURRENT05:37Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 10m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:23Z (13h 45m) DAY LENGTH14h 21m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION25% MOONRISE08:25Z MOONSET22:47Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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