// Station · 1h 29m ago · STALE

HESX

Sphinx International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 060° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 18°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.00 inHg

ELEV 510 FT

30.1082°N / 30.8957°E

LOCATION · Al Jiza, EG

WIND

060°5 kt

HESX · 510 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 01Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

060°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

18 / 15

ALTIM

30.00"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 060°/5 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 HESX 130100Z 06005KT CAVOK 18/15 Q1016 NOSIG

HESX · day 13 at 01:00 UTC · wind from 060° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 18°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.00" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 060° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

060°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34L★ HDG 340° H1 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,975'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16R HDG 160° T1 kt X5 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,510 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

900FT

+390 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV510 FT OAT+18°C ISA DELTA+4°C PRESSURE ALT428 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HECW (Cairo West Air Base, Cairo, elev 557 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MINOR

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+9%

-6%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+6%

-4%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+4%

-3%

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 LEVEL9,601 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:57ZSUNRISE

09:43ZSOLAR NOON

15:29ZSUNSET

15:53ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:29Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 00m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:53Z (13h 24m) DAY LENGTH11h 31m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE05:21Z MOONSET16:53Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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