// Station · 16m ago

HESH

Sharm El Sheikh International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 40°C / 10°C

ALTIM 29.68 inHg

ELEV 191 FT

27.9773°N / 34.3947°E

LOCATION · Sharm El Sheikh, EG

WIND

360°10 kt

HESH · 191 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

40 / 10

ALTIM

29.68"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 360°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM 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 HESH 251600Z 36010KT CAVOK 40/10 Q1005 NOSIG

HESH · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 360° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 40°C / dewpoint 10°C · altimeter 29.68" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 10 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 2 CAUTION

WIND

360°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

04L★ HDG 040° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT PRIMARY · 10,108'

04R HDG 040° H8 kt X6 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 60%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

22R HDG 220° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

22L HDG 220° T8 kt X6 kt RIGHT —

Pattern altitude: 1,191 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 +26°C

3,500FT

+3,309 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV191 FT OAT+40°C ISA DELTA+26°C PRESSURE ALT433 FT

// Performance equivalent Your aircraft will perform as if it's at a field 3,500 ft high on a standard ISA day — that's +3,309 ft above HESH's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+35%

-25%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+25%

-16%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+14%

-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 · 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 LEVEL20,393 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+2)

03:18ZSUNRISE

09:46ZSOLAR NOON

16:13ZSUNSET

16:37ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:16Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:37Z (20m) DAY LENGTH12h 54m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:21Z MOONSET02:15Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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