// Station · 34m ago

HKJK

Jomo Kenyatta International Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 090° / 10 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 21°C / 9°C

ALTIM 30.21 inHg

ELEV 5,330 FT

1.3189°S / 36.9282°E

LOCATION · Nairobi, KE

WIND

090°10 kt

HKJK · 5,330 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 16Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

090°/10

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

FEW023

T / Td

21 / 9

ALTIM

30.21"

// Interpretation

VFR with moderate winds at 090°/10 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and a few at 2,300 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 HKJK 251630Z 09010KT 9998 FEW023 21/09 Q1023 NOSIG

HKJK · day 25 at 16:30 UTC · wind from 090° at 10 kt · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 2,300 ft · temp 21°C / dewpoint 9°C · altimeter 30.21" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 090° @ 10 kt

1 USABLE · 1 AVOID

WIND

090°10 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 1 usable

06★ HDG 060° H9 kt X5 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 13,507'

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 1 ends

24 HDG 240° T9 kt X5 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 loading…

FIELD ELEV5,330 FT OAT+21°C ISA DELTA+16°C PRESSURE ALT5,041 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 MODERATE

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. 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)

FEW023

Few · base 2,300 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,300 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~15% (sparse) FREEZING LEVEL15,936 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

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

03:33ZSUNRISE

09:35ZSOLAR NOON

15:38ZSUNSET

15:59ZCIVIL END

CURRENT17:04Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:59Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 04m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:37Z MOONSET01:42Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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