// Station · 10h 17m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

FTTC

Abeche Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 040° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 40°C / 13°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 1,788 FT

13.8470°N / 20.8443°E

LOCATION · Abeche, TD

WIND

040°10 kt

FTTC · 1,788 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

040°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW040

T / Td

40 / 13

ALTIM

—

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 040°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 4,000 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 FTTC 161500Z 04010KT 9999 FEW040 40/13 Q////

FTTC · day 16 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 040° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 4,000 ft · temp 40°C / dewpoint 13°C

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 040° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

040°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

09★ HDG 090° H6 kt X8 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 9,186'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

27 HDG 270° T6 kt X8 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 2,788 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 +29°C

5,200FT

+3,412 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,788 FT OAT+40°C ISA DELTA+29°C PRESSURE ALT1,788 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 5,200 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +3,412 ft above FTTC's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+52%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+21%

-16%

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)

FEW040

Few · base 4,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER4,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL21,990 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

04:26ZSUNRISE

10:32ZSOLAR NOON

16:38ZSUNSET

16:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING15h 21m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:59Z (15h 42m) DAY LENGTH12h 11m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION28% MOONRISE08:40Z MOONSET20:51Z FULL MOON IN10 days

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