// Station · 2h 2m ago · STALE

HKEM

Embu Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 15°C / 13°C

ALTIM — inHg

ELEV 4,150 FT

0.5748°S / 37.4970°E

LOCATION · Embu, KE

WIND

000°0 kt

HKEM · 4,150 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 00Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW017

T / Td

15 / 13

ALTIM

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// Interpretation

VFR with winds calm. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 1,700 ft. 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 HKEM 130000Z 00000KT 9999 FEW017 15/13

HKEM · day 13 at 00:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · temp 15°C / dewpoint 13°C

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind CALM

ALL USABLE · WINDS CALM

WIND

000°calm

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

ALL RUNWAYS · CALM WINDS 2 ends

14 HDG 140° —CALM —— 5,246'

32 HDG 320° —CALM —— 5,246'

Pattern altitude: 5,150 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 +8°C

5,100FT

+950 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV4,150 FT OAT+15°C ISA DELTA+8°C PRESSURE ALT4,150 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HKKG (Kakamega Airport, Kakamega, elev 5,020 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+51%

-36%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+36%

-23%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+20%

-15%

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 · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER1,700 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL11,726 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:13ZSUNRISE

09:17ZSOLAR NOON

15:21ZSUNSET

15:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT02:02Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING13h 18m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:42Z (13h 39m) DAY LENGTH12h 07m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:36Z MOONSET16:44Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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