// Station · 8h 8m ago · STALE · HARD STALE

HKKT

Kitale Airport

CAT VFR

WIND CALM

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING BKN at 8,000 ft

T/Td 16°C / 15°C

ALTIM 30.27 inHg

WX -TSRA

ELEV 6,070 FT

0.9720°N / 34.9586°E

LOCATION · Kitale, KE

WIND

000°0 kt

HKKT · 6,070 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 17Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

CALM

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

BKN080

LAYERS

FEW017 SCT018 BKN080

T / Td

16 / 15

ALTIM

30.27"

// Interpretation

VFR — ceiling 8,000 ft. Winds calm, visibility 6+ SM, a few at 1,700 ft, scattered at 1,800 ft, and broken at 8,000 ft. Reported weather: thunderstorm with light rain (-TSRA). 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 HKKT 121700Z 00000KT 9999 -TSRA FEW017CB SCT018 BKN080 16/15 Q1025

HKKT · day 12 at 17:00 UTC · winds calm · visibility 6+ SM · a few clouds at 1,700 ft · scattered layer at 1,800 ft · broken layer at 8,000 ft · temp 16°C / dewpoint 15°C · altimeter 30.27" Hg · weather: thunderstorm with light rain (-TSRA)

// 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

04 HDG 040° —CALM —— 4,757'

22 HDG 220° —CALM —— 4,757'

Pattern altitude: 7,070 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 +12°C

7,200FT

+1,130 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV6,070 FT OAT+16°C ISA DELTA+12°C PRESSURE ALT5,722 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

+72%

-50%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+50%

-32%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+29%

-22%

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 · 3 reported · highest to lowest

// Reported layers (highest → lowest)

BKN080

Broken · base 8,000 ft AGL · ~5–7 oktas

SCT018

Scattered · base 1,800 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

FEW017

Few · base 1,700 ft AGL · ~1–2 oktas

// Computed

CEILING8,000 ft AGL HIGHEST LAYER8,000 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~91% (overcast) FREEZING LEVEL14,151 ft VFR MARGIN+5,000 ft

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

03:24ZSUNRISE

09:27ZSOLAR NOON

15:30ZSUNSET

15:51ZCIVIL END

CURRENT01:08Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING14h 22m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:51Z (14h 42m) DAY LENGTH12h 05m

Waxing Crescent

ILLUMINATION3% MOONRISE04:45Z MOONSET16:51Z FULL MOON IN13 days

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