// Station · 13m ago

GABS

Modibo Keita International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 140° / 4 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 33°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.85 inHg

WX TS

ELEV 1,247 FT

12.5335°N / 7.9499°W

LOCATION · Bamako, ML

WIND

140°4 kt

GABS · 1,247 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 18Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

140°/4

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT014 FEW030

T / Td

33 / 22

ALTIM

29.85"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 140°/4 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 1,400 ft, and a few at 3,000 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm (TS). 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 GABS 251800Z 14004KT 120V180 9999 TS SCT014 FEW030CB 33/22 Q1011 NOSIG

GABS · day 25 at 18:00 UTC · wind from 140° at 4 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 1,400 ft · a few clouds at 3,000 ft · temp 33°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.85" Hg · weather: thunderstorm (TS)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 140° @ 4 kt

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

140°4 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

06 HDG 060° —CALM —— 10,498'

24 HDG 240° —CALM —— 10,498'

Pattern altitude: 2,247 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 +21°C

3,800FT

+2,553 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,247 FT OAT+33°C ISA DELTA+21°C PRESSURE ALT1,312 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 3,800 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +2,553 ft above GABS's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+38%

-27%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+27%

-17%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+15%

-11%

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)

FEW030

Few · base 3,000 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

SCT014

Scattered · base 1,400 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER3,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL17,914 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

06:22ZSUNRISE

12:35ZSOLAR NOON

18:48ZSUNSET

19:10ZCIVIL END

CURRENT18:13Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING35m VFR NIGHT BEGINS19:10Z (56m) DAY LENGTH12h 26m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE16:28Z MOONSET04:55Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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