// Station · 28d ago · STALE · HARD STALE

GAKL

Kidal Airport

CAT —

WIND CALM

VIS —

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 25°C / 25°C

ALTIM 29.88 inHg

WX TS

ELEV 1,496 FT

18.4330°N / 1.4170°E

LOCATION · Kidal, ML

WIND

—calm

GAKL · 1,496 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 05Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

—

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT010 FEW018

T / Td

25 / 25

ALTIM

29.88"

// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility unreported and scattered at 1,000 ft, and a few at 1,800 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 GAKL 150500Z TS SCT010 FEW018CB 25/25 Q1012 BECMG 4000 TSRA

GAKL · day 15 at 05:00 UTC · winds calm · scattered layer at 1,000 ft · a few clouds at 1,800 ft · temp 25°C / dewpoint 25°C · altimeter 29.88" Hg · weather: thunderstorm (TS)

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

CALMcalm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

09 HDG 090° —CALM —— 6,234'

27 HDG 270° —CALM —— 6,234'

Pattern altitude: 2,496 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 +13°C

3,100FT

+1,604 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV1,496 FT OAT+25°C ISA DELTA+13°C PRESSURE ALT1,532 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 3,100 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +1,604 ft above GAKL's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+31%

-22%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+22%

-14%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+12%

-9%

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)

FEW018

Few · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

SCT010

Scattered · base 1,000 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,800 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~48% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL14,122 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

05:48ZSUNRISE

11:41ZSOLAR NOON

17:34ZSUNSET

17:56ZCIVIL END

CURRENT06:30Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING11h 04m VFR NIGHT BEGINS17:56Z (11h 26m) DAY LENGTH11h 46m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION4% MOONRISE07:20Z MOONSET19:06Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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