// Station · 18m ago

HKJK

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

CAT MVFR

WIND 070° / 5 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 2,000 ft

T/Td 21°C / 13°C

ALTIM 30.18 inHg

ELEV 5,330 FT

1.3189°S / 36.9282°E

LOCATION · Nairobi, KE

WIND

070°5 kt

HKJK · 5,330 FT

// Current + 24h forecast · METAR loaded · TAF loading…

METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

070°/5

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN020

LAYERS

BKN020

T / Td

21 / 13

ALTIM

30.18"

// Interpretation

MVFR — ceiling 2,000 ft. Light winds at 070°/5 kt, visibility 6+ SM, broken at 2,000 ft. Would drop to IFR below 1,000 ft ceiling or 3 SM visibility, or rise back to VFR above 3,000 ft and 5 SM.

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// Raw observation METAR string + decoded

METAR HKJK 111500Z 07005KT 040V100 9999 BKN020 21/13 Q1022 NOSIG

HKJK · day 11 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 070° at 5 kt · visibility 6+ SM · broken layer at 2,000 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 13°C · altimeter 30.18" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 070° @ 5 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

070°5 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

06★ HDG 060° H5 kt X1 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,507'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

24 HDG 240° T5 kt X1 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 6,330 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 +16°C

7,000FT

+1,670 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS ↗ +100 FT

24h AGO18h12h6hNOW

FIELD ELEV5,330 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT5,070 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HKEL (Eldoret International Airport, Eldoret, elev 6,941 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact DANGEROUS

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+70%

-49%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+49%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+28%

-21%

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.

// Cloud layers · 1 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN020

Broken · base 2,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

// Computed

CEILING2,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER2,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~75% (mostly covered) FREEZING LEVEL15,936 ft VFR MARGIN-1,000 ft

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

03:37ZSUNRISE

09:38ZSOLAR NOON

15:40ZSUNSET

16:02ZCIVIL END

CURRENT15:18Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS16:02Z (44m) DAY LENGTH12h 02m

Waning Crescent

ILLUMINATION11% MOONRISE01:03Z MOONSET13:06Z FULL MOON IN18 days

// Nearest reporting stations

No nearby reporting stations found within 200 NM of HKJK.

// Area map · 60 NM radius · CartoDB Dark Matter + aeronautical overlay

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