// Station · 17m ago

HESX

Sphinx International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 360° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING CLR

T/Td 34°C / 18°C

ALTIM 29.80 inHg

ELEV 510 FT

30.1082°N / 30.8957°E

LOCATION · Al Jiza, EG

WIND

360°10 kt

HESX · 510 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

360°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

CLR

LAYERS

—

T / Td

34 / 18

ALTIM

29.80"

// 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 HESX 251600Z 36010KT CAVOK 34/18 Q1009 NOSIG

HESX · day 25 at 16:00 UTC · wind from 360° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · temp 34°C / dewpoint 18°C · altimeter 29.80" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 360° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

360°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

34L★ HDG 340° H9 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 11,975'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

16R HDG 160° T9 kt X3 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 +20°C

3,100FT

+2,590 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV510 FT OAT+34°C ISA DELTA+20°C PRESSURE ALT634 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 +2,590 ft above HESX's actual elevation.

// Aircraft performance impact SIGNIFICANT

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 · 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 LEVEL17,682 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:30ZSUNRISE

10:00ZSOLAR NOON

16:29ZSUNSET

16:54ZCIVIL END

CURRENT16:17Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING12m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:54Z (37m) DAY LENGTH12h 58m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:33Z MOONSET02:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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