// Station · 5h 24m ago · STALE

HKLU

Manda Airport

CAT VFR

WIND 180° / 7 kt

VIS 6+ SM

CEILING Few/scattered only

T/Td 30°C / 22°C

ALTIM 29.97 inHg

ELEV 20 FT

2.2524°S / 40.9129°E

LOCATION · Lamu, KE

WIND

180°7 kt

HKLU · 20 FT

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METRIC

NOW · 15Z

+6H

+12H

+18H

WIND

180°/7

VIS

6+ SM

CEILING

—

LAYERS

SCT026

T / Td

30 / 22

ALTIM

29.97"

// Interpretation

VFR with light winds at 180°/7 kt. Visibility 6+ SM and scattered at 2,600 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 HKLU 251500Z 18007KT 9999 SCT026 30/22 Q1015

HKLU · day 25 at 15:00 UTC · wind from 180° at 7 kt · visibility 6+ SM · scattered layer at 2,600 ft · temp 30°C / dewpoint 22°C · altimeter 29.97" Hg

// Runway analysis · computed from current METAR wind

Wind 180° @ 7 kt

2 USABLE · 2 AVOID · 1 CAUTION

WIND

180°7 kt

HEADWIND CAUTION · HIGH XW AVOID · TAILWIND

HEADWIND ENDS 2 usable

15★ HDG 150° H6 kt X3 kt RIGHT PRIMARY · 6,561'

26 HDG 260° H1 kt X7 kt LEFT ⚠ HIGH XW · 100%

TAILWIND ENDS · AVOID 2 ends

08 HDG 080° T1 kt X7 kt RIGHT —

33 HDG 330° T6 kt X3 kt LEFT —

Pattern altitude: 1,020 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 +15°C

1,800FT

+1,780 FT ABOVE FIELD ELEV

// DA · LAST 24 HOURS loading…

FIELD ELEV20 FT OAT+30°C ISA DELTA+15°C PRESSURE ALT-33 FT

// Performance equivalent Operating here right now feels like operating at HKVO (Voi Airport, Voi, elev 1,900 ft) on a standard ISA day.

// Aircraft performance impact MODERATE

TAKEOFF ROLL CLIMB RATE

Single-engine propC172, PA-28, Cherokee

+18%

-13%

Turbo / high-perf pistonSR22T, Bonanza, Mooney

+13%

-8%

Light jetCJ4, Phenom 300, M2

+7%

-5%

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)

SCT026

Scattered · base 2,600 ft AGL · ~3–4 oktas

// Computed

CEILING— HIGHEST LAYER2,600 ft TOTAL COVERAGE~40% (mixed) FREEZING LEVEL15,172 ft VFR MARGINunlimited

// Sun & Moon · times in Z · bar = local day (UTC+3)

03:18ZSUNRISE

09:20ZSOLAR NOON

15:21ZSUNSET

15:42ZCIVIL END

CURRENT20:24Z DAYLIGHT REMAINING0m VFR NIGHT BEGINS15:42Z (past) DAY LENGTH12h 03m

Waxing Gibbous

ILLUMINATION94% MOONRISE13:29Z MOONSET01:32Z FULL MOON IN2 days

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